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 Everything Everywhere, the owner of T-Mobile and Orange, to introduce the service, expectably earlier than its competitors.
Ofcom said the move would give "significant benefits" to users that outweigh any competition qualms thus delaying the company from launching 4G mobile internet will be "to the detriment of consumers".
EE has said its 4G LTE network's ambition is to reach 30% of the UK's population by the end of the year. As a portion of the launch, Everything Everywhere has renamed itself 'EE', which covers the new super-fast broadband business and will operate alongside its current Orange and T-Mobile brands.
The 4G service has now started in four cities - London, Bristol, Cardiff and Birmingham - with twelve more to follow. These are: Belfast, Derby, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Hull, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, Newcastle, Sheffield and Southampton.
Everything Everywhere, additionally is nearing selling a part of its airwaves to the UK's smallest mobile operator, Three. A spokesperson for Three said: "We are interested in all mobile spectrum", however they wouldn't touch upon any deal with EE.
Vodafone and O2 have announced they will wait until the forthcoming 4G spectrum auction, that might raise as much as 4.5bn for the government, before obtaining enough airwaves to introduce their own services. The spectrum being auctioned are at the moment being used for digital tv and cannot be freed up for mobile companies until later in 2013.
Mobile phone companies are going to be permitted to bid for 4G airwaves early next year. The auction can provide the equivalent of 75% of the mobile spectrum presently in use - some 80% more than released in 2000's 3G auction.
Ofcom said the move would give "significant benefits" to users that outweigh any competition qualms thus delaying the company from launching 4G mobile internet will be "to the detriment of consumers".
EE has said its 4G LTE network's ambition is to reach 30% of the UK's population by the end of the year. As a portion of the launch, Everything Everywhere has renamed itself 'EE', which covers the new super-fast broadband business and will operate alongside its current Orange and T-Mobile brands.
The 4G service has now started in four cities - London, Bristol, Cardiff and Birmingham - with twelve more to follow. These are: Belfast, Derby, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Hull, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, Newcastle, Sheffield and Southampton.
Everything Everywhere, additionally is nearing selling a part of its airwaves to the UK's smallest mobile operator, Three. A spokesperson for Three said: "We are interested in all mobile spectrum", however they wouldn't touch upon any deal with EE.
Vodafone and O2 have announced they will wait until the forthcoming 4G spectrum auction, that might raise as much as 4.5bn for the government, before obtaining enough airwaves to introduce their own services. The spectrum being auctioned are at the moment being used for digital tv and cannot be freed up for mobile companies until later in 2013.
Mobile phone companies are going to be permitted to bid for 4G airwaves early next year. The auction can provide the equivalent of 75% of the mobile spectrum presently in use - some 80% more than released in 2000's 3G auction.
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