Articles by 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

Government hopes new OpenRAN competition will advance 6G

By Steve McCaskill published 26 July 22

Government also partners with South Korea on OpenRAN power efficiency project.

CityFibre network upgrade makes 10Gbps broadband possible

By Steve McCaskill published 26 July 22

CityFibre partners will be able to offer faster speeds once XGS-PON has been deployed.

Ericsson completes €6.2bn Vonage takeover

By Steve McCaskill published 22 July 22

Acquisition had been held up by US authorities.

Vodafone boosts global network with SDN upgrade

By Steve McCaskill published 21 July 22

Vodafone makes its transport network more automated and programmable, enhancing capacity and capability.

Virgin Media O2 zero rates more sites to help with cost of living

By Steve McCaskill published 21 July 22

Virgin Media O2 customers can access variety of help sites without consuming data allowance.

Huawei outlines vision for 10Gbps '5.5G' networks

By Steve McCaskill published 20 July 22

Huawei says 5.5G will deliver new business applications before 6G arrives.

Openreach has now connected 8 million UK properties to full fibre

By Steve McCaskill published 20 July 22

Openreach plans to connect 25 million premises by 2026.

Three adds nearly 100 new locations to its UK 5G network

By Steve McCaskill published 19 July 22

Three says 5G is a boost for the tourist industry as it adds 86 new locations.

FCC says it needs billions more to fund Huawei telco kit removal

By Steve McCaskill published 19 July 22

US government had allocated $1.9bn for Huawei and ZTE kit removal, but could need several billions more.

FCC proposes major boost in minimum broadband speeds

By Steve McCaskill published 18 July 22

FCC proposes minumum broadband standard of 100Mbps download for US.

Virgin Media O2 allegedly makes billion-pound takeover offer for TalkTalk

By Steve McCaskill published 18 July 22

Virgin Media O2 makes '£3bn opening offer' for TalkTalk.

Young woman in yellow walking with smart phone on the old town square in Prague city

Return of EU roaming fees could spell big trouble for mobile operators

By Steve McCaskill published 15 July 22

Only half of customers know whether their operator has reintroduced roaming charges.

Deutsche Telekom sells majority stake in GD Towers business

By Steve McCaskill published 15 July 22

Deutsche Telekom plans to reduce debt and increase T-Mobile USA holdings.

Verizon's free 4G phone offer shows the challenge of switching off 3G

By Steve McCaskill published 16 July 22

Analysis Operators around the world will need to ensure no one is left disconnected by 3G switchoff.

EE will now block all piracy websites on your device

By Steve McCaskill published 13 July 22

Broadband operators have had to block websites for a decade, now mobile operators follow suit.

BT creates 2,800 jobs to drive digital transformation efforts

By Steve McCaskill published 13 July 22

BT creates 1,000 jobs in the UK and 1,800 in India.

Ofcom ensures you can still make emergency calls on a digital phone line

By Steve McCaskill published 12 July 22

Digital voice system will be more efficient, reliable, and offer better quality calls - but won't work in a powercut.

Nokia to lead major 6G research project

By Steve McCaskill published 12 July 22

Nokia will lead consortium of industrial, academic and startup partners in 6G venture.

Tango Networks partners with EE to turn any mobile phone into a business line

By Steve McCaskill published 11 July 22

Tango Networks will use EE 4G and 5G to power its converged service.

Ericsson, Qualcomm, and Thales are taking 5G to space

By Steve McCaskill published 11 July 22

5GN NTN could transform global connectivity using low earth orbit satellite technology.

Starlink Maritime brings satellite broadband to the seas

By Steve McCaskill published 8 July 22

Starlink targets ships with dedicated hardware and service for the sea.

Many more users can now get 4G and 5G on the London Underground

By Steve McCaskill published 8 July 22

Virgin Media O2 and Vodafone will now offer 4G and 5G on the Tube.

Soon enough, not even our lock screens will be safe from adverts

By Steve McCaskill published 6 July 22

Glance lets manufacturers and operators push content to user lock screens.

Vodafone and Google Cloud build AI and ML platform to boost network

By Steve McCaskill published 6 July 22

New AI Booster platform dramatically scales and accelerates Vodafone's capabilities

Samsung set for bumper Q2 despite smartphone slump

By Steve McCaskill published 5 July 22

Analysts expect Samsung's best Q2 for four years.

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