News Category: News
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Eight hundred outdoor small cells in London and beyond
When it comes to delivering outdoor small cells, experience matters. And, working in close partnership with the mobile network operators (MNOs), we have more than 800 small cells live in towns and cities across the country. So, if you’re a local authority wondering how to enhance mobile connectivity in your community, read on to find…
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Small cells, big moment: Freshwave rings in new era with first indoor 5G JOTS-ready data call at the Small Cells World Summit
We surprised an industry legend at the Small Cells World Summit (SCWS) in June and made telecoms history in the process. Live on stage at the 2025 Summit, we placed the first ever indoor 5G neutral host JOTS-ready data call to none other than Dave Morris of Virgin Media O2, celebrating his imminent retirement and…
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Bringing mobile connectivity to train passengers and staff with Project Reach
By Simon Frumkin, CEO, Freshwave In a time when passengers expect to browse, stream, and stay in touch wherever they go, Network Rail is leading the way with a bold move to enhance mobile connectivity for its passengers and staff. Their vision isn’t just about convenience; it’s about transforming the travel experience and making rail…
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Major boost for rail passengers: Say “goodbye” to mobile signal blackspots!
Project Reach, a new ground-breaking partnership between Network Rail, Neos Networks and Freshwave, will see an end to the worst signal blackspots on the major rail arteries of Britain as the companies join forces to provide the biggest upgrade to Britain’s rail telecoms infrastructure in decades, benefitting millions of rail passengers, establishing the beginnings of…
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Freshwave Mobile Connectivity ROI Index reveals better indoor connectivity could grow UK economy by £70bn
Freshwave, a connectivity infrastructure-as-a-service provider, warns that UK economic growth is at risk due to current indoor connectivity limitations. According to the Freshwave Mobile Connectivity ROI Index, which surveyed 900 C-suite executives and IT decision-makers, organisations (100+ employees) collectively lose £100bn annually – an average of £4.6m each – by failing to fully take advantage…
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National Apprenticeship Week: Skills for Life
This week marks National Apprenticeship Week, the biggest week in the apprenticeship and skills calendar. This year’s theme is “Skills for Life” and to mark the occasion we wanted to take to opportunity to introduce our great apprentices. We have network engineer apprentices as well as an in-house solicitor apprentice. Network engineer apprentices Our network engineer…
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Freshwave brings connectivity from all four mobile network operators to City of London skyscraper 8 Bishopsgate
Connectivity infrastructure-as-a-service provider Freshwave, working with real estate technology specialists Electracom Projects, has brought 4G connectivity from all four mobile network operators (MNOs) to 8 Bishopsgate. 8 Bishopsgate is the latest flagship City of London development of Mitsubishi Estate London and Stanhope PLC. The 50-storey tower offers more than 900,000 sq ft of space, 500,000+ sq…
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Freshwave plants portable 5G in agritech innovation at the National Robotarium
Steve Maclaren COO at the National Robotarium (left) and Tom Bennett CTO at Freshwave (right) Freshwave are pleased to have partnered with the National Robotarium, a world-leading centre for robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) based in Edinburgh, Scotland, to deploy a portable 5G private network at the facility. The 5G private network is being used to test robots…
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Freshwave secures additional £100m to maintain growth momentum
Freshwave, a leading mobile infrastructure provider in the UK, is pleased to announce that it has secured a committed credit facility of up to £100m from Guggenheim Investments, on behalf of certain clients, to fund its continuing growth trajectory. Guggenheim Investments is the global asset management and investment advisory division of Guggenheim Partners. This funding builds on…
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Freshwave appoint Sharon Olive as first Chief Commercial Officer
Connectivity infrastructure-as-a-service provider Freshwave is delighted to have promoted Sharon Olive to become the company’s first Chief Commercial Officer. Sharon has been with the business for more than five years as Account Director – Mobile Network Operators. In this role she’s been responsible for managing Freshwave’s relationships with all four UK mobile network operators (MNOs) across the…