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Everything Everywhere announces the UK's first major LTE service, EE: combines Orange and T-Mobile networks
Finally, after gaining approval from UK regulator Ofcom, Everything Everywhere announced today that its calling its incoming 4g service EE. It's a new company, new network and a new brand, we're being told here at London's Science Museum. Officially formed of the combined network might of Orange and T-Mobile, the union has been allowed to use 4G services on its 1800 MHz spectrum starting today, although we're still waiting to hear precisely what hardware will be compatible with the UK's first LTE network. EE will also start offering a fiber service.
Orange and T-Mobile will still exist, with the colored carrier concentrating on giving customers "more from their phone" (whatever that consists of), while T-Mobile will appeal to customers chasing value. We've been told both 4G and fiber offerings will be launching soon -- hopefully a date's coming soon. We're also hoping there will be more on the cards than just a WiFi dongle -- more as we get it. It's launching in London, Cardiff, Birmingham and Bristol, with 16 cities launching by the end of the year -- including the likes of Manchester and Southampton. EE puts that at covering a third of the population of the UK.
We were given an ever-so brief glimpse at incoming devices for the new 4G service -- Brits can expect to pick up devices from Samsung, Nokia Huawei and more. (Including a WiFi dongles, naturally.)
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Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless, Internet
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