Steve McCaskill

Steve McCaskill is TechRadar Pro's resident mobile industry expert, covering all aspects of the UK and global news, from operators to service providers and everything in between. He is a former editor of Silicon UK and journalist with over a decade's experience in the technology industry, writing about technology, in particular, telecoms, mobile and sports tech, sports, video games and media. 

Articles by: Steve McCaskill

Mobile Phone Museum

Why the Mobile Phone Museum's mission is to preserve the history of handsets

By Steve McCaskill last updated

Analysis Ahead of the 2022 Mobile Industry Awards, Ben Wood explains why the museum wants to preserve and document the history of the mobile phone

BT

TalkTalk wants UK government to focus on fibre adoption as much as rollout

By Steve McCaskill published

TalkTalk report says there are too many barriers to fibre adoption.

5G

US relaxes Huawei restrictions for standardization activities

By Steve McCaskill published

US government fears China might gain more influence on standards meetings.

TalkTalk looks beyond Openreach for wholesale contracts

By Steve McCaskill published

TalkTalk hopes to benefit from greater competition in the infrastructure space.

5G services in india

UK 5G potential could be unfulfilled due to investment gap

By Steve McCaskill published

Report calls for further investment and support for 5G deployment.

EE

BT examines possibilities with EE as main consumer brand, could fold in Plusnet

By Steve McCaskill published

BT consumer CEO eyes new product offerings and potential efficiencies under new structure

Liz Truss

New UK PM promises broadband upgrades and appoints Donelan as new culture secretary

By Steve McCaskill published

Michelle Donelan was previously education secretary in the final Johnson cabinet

OneWeb incurs $230m write down after cancelled Russian launches

By Steve McCaskill published

OneWeb had been using Baikonur Cosmodrome to launch LEO satellites

mobile phone

Business messaging revenues to reach $78 billion by 2027

By Steve McCaskill published

RCS promises to combine SMS with rich media capabilities.

rural areas

FCC dishes out further $800m for rural broadband roll out

By Steve McCaskill published

FCC makes more funds available for rural connectivity.

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More people in the US now use an iPhone than Android

By Steve McCaskill published

Apple has overtaken Android for the first time in installed active users.

5G

Ericsson says global 5G subscriptions are edging towards one billion

By Steve McCaskill published

Ericsson says 70 miliion subscriptions added in Q2 to hit a total of 700 million.

Lutz Schuler

Virgin Media O2 urges government to reduce social broadband VAT to 5%

By Steve McCaskill published

VMO2 CEO Lutz Schüler says more can be done to support consumers struggling with the cost of living.

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UK telcos face stricter cybersecurity rules

By Steve McCaskill published

Government hopes new obligations will improve standards across the industry.

Employees on their mobile phones

MVNOs fear they will be collateral damage of EU plans to make big tech pay for networks

By Steve McCaskill published

MVNOs say consumers will miss out on price and features

Ericsson

Ericsson and Nokia will withdraw from Russia by the end of 2022

By Steve McCaskill published

Telecoms equipment vendors detail plans to withdraw following invasion of Ukraine.

network

Virgin Media O2 switches on first OpenRAN site

By Steve McCaskill published

Operators hope OpenRAN can diversify supplier pool and drive innovation.

T-Mobile

T-Mobile uses SpaceX satellites to extend 5G network in US

By Steve McCaskill published

T-Mobile customers will remain connected wherever they are from next year thanks to Starlink network.

Oppo Find N

Oppo: App ecosystem needs to grow before we bring foldables to Europe

By Steve McCaskill published

Oppo wants to become an alternative to Apple and Samsung but its devices are off sale in Germany.

5G services in india

Ericsson, Nokia and Google make 5G breakthrough on Android 13

By Steve McCaskill published

Network slices guarantee certain network characteristics for different applications.

Mobile Security

Mobile Industry Extra: August 2022

By Steve McCaskill last updated

News in brief and job news from across the mobile industry

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Huawei founder reportedly puts staff on crisis mode

By Steve McCaskill published

Ren Zhengfei tells Huawei staff to focus on revenue as it seeks survival.

CityFibre

CityFibre hopes rebrand will drive awareness of full fibre

By Steve McCaskill published

CityFibre is the UK's third largest network infrastructure operator, and wants to get bigger,

BT/EE

UK government won't review Drahi BT stake

By Steve McCaskill published

Government can review foreign investments into sensitive industries, including telecoms.

Samsung

Samsung's new handsets usher in new era of form factor diversity

By Steve McCaskill published

Analysis Samsung hopes it can offer something other than a black rectangle to tempt iPhone users to defect.

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