5g Northern Ireland

[Markeoke]

Why is 5g rollout taking so long in Northern Ireland on EE/BT network? My brother is with O2 and has 5g coverage in most of the country while EE/BT 5g is only available in Belfast. I feel I was conned into buying a 5g phone for absolutely no reason.

[Katie_B]

Hello @Markeoke. 

Welcome to the EE Community. 

You can check your coverage using our Network Checker, you can also sign up for updates for you area.

When 5G is available within your area this will be updated and you will be notified. 

Katie

[bristolian]

EE have the largest 4G & 5G coverage footprints of all the 4 operators, but there will always be local differences resulting from different rollout strategies. For every location that O2 have 5G but EE "only" have 4G, there will be many others where the opposite is true - or potentially O2 only have 2G or 3G.

Out of interest, what is it you want to do with your phone for which 4G is unsuitable?