Everything Everywhere launches live 4G trial

News Wireless United Kingdom 3 MEI 2012
Everything Everywhere launches live 4G trial
Everything Everywhere has launched a live 4G trial in the North of England. The trial centres on the area of Threlkeld in the Lake District in Cumbria. It will run for up to 50 local residents until end-July and is being conducted to test the network performance ahead of potential further roll-out by end-2012, subject to regulatory approval. It will run over existing 1800 MHz spectrum used by the Orange and T-Mobile mobile networks and will provide experience on the performance of LTE in rural areas.

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Mobile,  Internet

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Orange,  T-Mobile,  Everything Everywhere

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United Kingdom

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Government telecommunications licensing, Data services, Bearer technology, Services, Market, Launch, Wireless, Internet Access, Consumer, Client, 4G - LTE, Product

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