Steve McCaskill
Steve McCaskill is a former editor of Silicon UK, and is an experienced journalist. Over the last eight years Steve has written about technology, in particular, telecoms, mobile, sports tech, video games and media.
Latest articles by Steve McCaskill
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Gogo builds in-flight 5G network
By Steve McCaskill published
Gogo plans to upgrade its Air-to-Ground infrastructure
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Lamp post rows could delay UK 5G rollout
By Steve McCaskill published
New regulations aimed to make network rollout easier, but have instead led to more disputes
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O2 improves indoor coverage for 5G as revenues rise
By Steve McCaskill published
O2 prepares network for 5G launch as financial results are released
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BT increases fibre target and promises imminent EE 5G launch
By Steve McCaskill published
BT CEO expands FTTP rollout and prepares to launch EE 5G in 16 cities
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Ericsson: Consumers will pay more for 5G and there are use cases
By Steve McCaskill published
Ericsson hopes major report will dispel industry myths
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South Korea reaches 260,000 5G users
By Steve McCaskill published
Mobile Country staged coordinated launch earlier this year
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Intel abandons plans for 5G smartphone modems
By Steve McCaskill published
Intel quits market paving way for Qualcomm to supply Apple
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Huawei agrees 40 5G contracts
By Steve McCaskill published
Huawei's 5G influence grows as it adds more customers
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O2 switches on 5G spectrum to power connected car tests
By Steve McCaskill published
IoT O2's 3.4GHz airwaves will power network at Millbrook
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EE named UK's best performing network again
By Steve McCaskill published
All operators make gains as EE extends dominance
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Samsung starts mass production of 5G chips
By Steve McCaskill published
Samsung looks to expand influence in mobile ecosystem
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Smartphone sales to fall 3 per cent in 2019
By Steve McCaskill published
Analysts revise forecasts but predict good things for 5G handsets in coming years
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Samsung set to miss revenue expectations
By Steve McCaskill published
Samsung tells investors that slowing demand for memory and displays will have an impact
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Germany makes private 5G spectrum available for industry
By Steve McCaskill published
German regulator will assign 3.7-3.8GHz 5G airwaves to businesses
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MPs want Ofcom to monitor 700MHz coverage obligations
By Steve McCaskill published
5G spectrum auction will offer cheaper 700MHz airwaves with coverage obligations
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Germany won't ban Huawei but tightens rules for all 5G vendors
By Steve McCaskill published
Regulator issues greater security obligations
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BT uses LPWAN IoT to connect smart water network
By Steve McCaskill published
Northumbrian Water wants to build a smart water network
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Relish to rebrand as Three Broadband
By Steve McCaskill published
Three will rebrand the Relish service it bought in 2017
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FC Barcelona's Nou Camp will be 'first' 5G stadium
By Steve McCaskill published
MWC 2019 Barcelona and Telefonica partner to trial new applications for fans and boost coverage
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Vodafone: Partnerships like AT&T and ARM will drive IoT success
By Steve McCaskill published
MWC 2019 "If someone fails at something, we all lose"
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Ericsson: Our customers are 5G leaders
By Steve McCaskill published
MWC 2019 Ericsson CEO makes bold claim in Barcelona
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O2 5G confirmed to launch in these four cities in 2019
By Steve McCaskill published
O2 confirms 5G launch plans, meaning all four operators will go live this year
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5G will account for a quarter of UK mobile data traffic by 2022
By Steve McCaskill published
Cisco VNI report says 7.3 per cent of all connections will be 5G within five years
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