London Tube Closes the 5G Gap with Streets Above

London Tube closes the 5G gap with streets above

Mobile signal below ground beats the citywide average, Ookla says

Research: 5G on London Underground better than city

For most of the smartphone era, the London Underground remained one of Britain’s most prominent mobile not-spots, leaving passengers without continuous cellular service while metro systems in cities such as Paris, Tokyo, and Hong Kong had already introduced tunnel coverage. That era is now ending. Under a 20-year neutral-host concession awarded in June 2021, a […]

Ookla Study Reveals Quality of 4G and 5G Mobile Signals on London Underground

Network benchmarking giant Ookla, which collects data from consumers via their popular broadband and mobile Speedtest.net service, has today published one of the first independent studies of real-world 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) coverage quality on the London Underground. The good news is that it works and exists exactly where TfL says it should. Boldyn Networks, using kit from Nokia and others, currently holds a 20-year concession deal…

From Not-Spot to Neutral Host: Measuring the London Underground's Mobile Catch-Up

Ookla data show mobile coverage now blankets the connected parts of the London Underground, with signal holding 30 meters down and 1 in 5 connections already on 5G. Read the full article From Not-Spot to Neutral Host: Measuring the London Underground’s Mobile Catch-Up on Ookla®.