The network now covers 281 cities and towns across the country, with 75 per cent of the UK’s population under EE’s 4G umbrella.
The average 4G speed in the UK is now 14.7Mbps, according to a new research by Ofcom.
EE, O2, Vodafone and Three UK have all agreed to a new government plan—reportedly valued at £5 billion—to provide voice, SMS and data services to 90 per cent of the UK by 2017.
Mobile service provider EE has won the government contract to provide 4G to the UK's emergency services after a year-long tender process in which it ended up as sole bidder.
BT Group has outlined its planned acquisition of EE (formerly Everything Everywhere) for £12.5 billion to investors earlier this week, claiming that the acquisition would drop mobile prices.
After much speculation, it looks like we finally have a decision on the EE/O2 saga.
BT has confirmed that it is in talks with O2 and one other UK mobile network operator to acquire the services required to enable it to eventually launch its own branded network.
The new plans cater for a wide range of business needs, including SIM-only and data-only tariffs, and are on EE’s network.
BT Group has entered “exclusive negotiations” with wireless operator EE, in what could be one of the biggest wireless acquisitions ever in the UK.
BT is about to launch its own 4G service, as the telecoms giant steps fully back into the mobile arena, with plans to aggressively price deals to enable it to steal turf from rival network operators.
BT is about to pounce and snap up network operator O2, and the telecoms giant is expected to make an announcement before the week is out.
CityFibre has announced a deal whereby it will provide dark fibre backhaul connections to mobile masts owned by operators EE and Three. The long-term national framework agreement was inked with both networks and their joint infrastructure venture, Mobile Broadband Network Limited. This will be the first UK deployment of dark fibre (cabling which has already...
EE has just announced that its Wi-Fi Calling service is now live in the UK.
The latest town to get super-fast mobile surfing from the firm is Saltash - the first place in Cornwall to be offered 4G by the company.
Jobs are reportedly being lost in the firm’s administrative department and they will be absorbed by the customer support and sales departments over the coming months.
RootMetrics says EE came top in 90 out of 96 categories it tested it and its rivals in.
A business mobile plan that can easily scale with your organisation as it becomes successful and expands, claims the supplier.
The UK government is considering legislative options that will enhance and improve coverage provided by mobile network providers.
Following the news that BT is set to acquire one of the mobile industry’s biggest companies, analysts have had their say as to which would be the best fit.
O2 might have come off worst – using half-rate codecs for a third of its calls, no less – but the overall picture wasn’t rosy, either.
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