The UK will get it's initial taste of 4G super-fast mobile internet this year with the telecoms regulator Ofcom saying that it will permit EE, the owner of T-Mobile and Orange, to introduce the service, surely earlier than its competitors.
Ofcom said the move could deliver "significant benefits" to consumers that outweigh any rival concerns thus delaying the operator from launching 4G mobile internet will be "to the detriment of consumers".
Everything Everywhere announced its 4G LTE network's target is to reach 30% of the UK's population by December 2012. As a portion of the introduction, Everything Everywhere has renamed itself 'EE', which covers the new super-fast broadband organisation and will operate alongside its current Orange and T-Mobile brands.
The 4G service has now started in four cities - London, Cardiff, Bristol and Birmingham - with twelve more to follow. These are: Belfast, Derby, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Hull, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, Newcastle, Sheffield and Southampton.
EE, additionally is nearing selling a part of its airwaves to the UK's smallest operator, Three. A spokesperson for Three said: "We are interested in all mobile spectrum", although they wouldn't touch upon any deal with EE.
Vodafone and O2 have announced they will wait until the upcoming 4G spectrum auction, that may raise as much as 4.5bn for the government, before securing enough airwaves to introduce their own services. The spectrum being auctioned are currently being used for digital tv and can not be freed up for a mobile network until later in 2013.
Mobile phone networks are going to be permitted to bid for 4G bandwidth early next year. The auction will provide the equivalent of three quarters of the mobile spectrum currently in use - some 80% greater than released in 2000's 3G auction.
Ofcom said the move could deliver "significant benefits" to consumers that outweigh any rival concerns thus delaying the operator from launching 4G mobile internet will be "to the detriment of consumers".
Everything Everywhere announced its 4G LTE network's target is to reach 30% of the UK's population by December 2012. As a portion of the introduction, Everything Everywhere has renamed itself 'EE', which covers the new super-fast broadband organisation and will operate alongside its current Orange and T-Mobile brands.
The 4G service has now started in four cities - London, Cardiff, Bristol and Birmingham - with twelve more to follow. These are: Belfast, Derby, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Hull, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, Newcastle, Sheffield and Southampton.
EE, additionally is nearing selling a part of its airwaves to the UK's smallest operator, Three. A spokesperson for Three said: "We are interested in all mobile spectrum", although they wouldn't touch upon any deal with EE.
Vodafone and O2 have announced they will wait until the upcoming 4G spectrum auction, that may raise as much as 4.5bn for the government, before securing enough airwaves to introduce their own services. The spectrum being auctioned are currently being used for digital tv and can not be freed up for a mobile network until later in 2013.
Mobile phone networks are going to be permitted to bid for 4G bandwidth early next year. The auction will provide the equivalent of three quarters of the mobile spectrum currently in use - some 80% greater than released in 2000's 3G auction.
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