Vodafone UK has announced that it’ll be launching its 4G mobile data service in the UK on 29th August 2013; the same day as O2 launches 4G on its own network.

SIM-only 4G deals will cost from £26 per month, while 24-month price plans with a 4G phone will cost from £34 a month.

Virgin Media Business has announced that Peter Kelly, former Enterprise director at Vodafone, is to become its managing director from next month. He’ll report directly to Tom Mockridge, Virgin Media’s CEO.

Mr Kelly has spent the last five years at Vodafone and previously worked at Nortel.

Vodafone Group has decided to reorganise its European businesses from October.

The Northern & Central Europe and Southern Europe regions will be merged into one Europe region, while Vodafone’s Turkish operating company will report its results within the Africa, Middle East and Asia-Pacific region.

The UK government has confirmed the parts of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland that’ll benefit from its £150 million Mobile Infrastructure Project.

Cornwall, Northumberland, Strabane, Aberdeenshire and Powys are among the areas that will be targeted by the project.

Ofcom says its four-year process to release digital TV and wireless microphone frequencies for 4G mobile broadband will be completed this week, five months earlier than originally planned.

Wireless microphones, which are often used at conferences and for theatre productions, have now been moved to different frequencies. In addition, TV transmitters and receivers across the UK have been retuned. The final TV retune will be completed on Wednesday in northern Scotland.