Hi all,
I wanted to share some details on EE’s plans for the future of the network.
Over the next three years, we’re committing to invest £1.5 billion on expanding our network and introducing new technologies that will enable mobile coverage in every home in the UK.
In a manifesto detailing our plans to take the network to the next level, EE CEO Olaf Swantee explains the changing mobile landscape of the UK and the way in which mobile voice calling and internet have become essential to modern life.
In order to meet the ever-growing demand and to close the gap between rural and urban mobile coverage, EE is committing to the following:
- Voice and 4G data coverage across 90% of the UK’s geography
- Using Micro Network technology to make phone calls and mobile data available in 1,500 communities that are not currently connected by either reliable mobile or high speed broadband
- Mobile voice coverage of more than 90% of the UK’s 245,000 miles of roads by 2017, up from the current coverage of around 82%, focusing on motorways first, then A and B roads, as well as specific 4G expansion to cover the country’s busiest train routes
- Deployment of low frequency 800MHz spectrum across the EE rural network to expand the EE’s reach by more than 1,500 square miles – an area bigger than the Lake District and Peak District National Parks combined
- A call completion rate of 99.6% as the network carries more than 150 million calls per day
- Introduction of 4G Voice – or VoLTE – to enable phone calls over 4G data services to thousands of homes and businesses that have never been covered by EE before
- WiFi Calling enabled on a range of iOS, Microsoft Windows and Android devices to enable mobile calls and texts for every home, office and recreational venue with broadband from 2Mbps
- Double speed 4G to 90% of the UK population, enabling data speeds up to 60Mbps to smartphones and tablets
- 4G+ to twenty of the UK’s busiest cities, doubling capacity for every user and enabling 150Mbps speeds to customers with the latest devices
- A foundation for technology and research leadership to position EE and the UK as global leaders in the 5G future
You can read our Network Coverage Manifesto in full here.
If there are any questions about the new network plans, please ask below and I’ll do my best to answer.
