New mobile 4G service launched in Southampton (From Daily Echo)
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New mobile 4G service launched in Southampton
7:09am Tuesday 30th October 2012 in News
By Matt Smith, Politics and business reporter
Hayley Glyn-Jones with a 4G phone at the EE store in Southampton today.
A superfast 4G service for mobile phones will be launched in Southampton today.
Southampton is one of the first 11 cities to be included in UK’s first ever 4G network.
Everything Everywhere (EE), the UK’s largest mobile network, which owns the T-Mobile and Orange networks, said its new 4G service will offer speeds of up to five times the existing 3G technology.
Small-business price plans on new 4G service will start at £35 a month for unlimited calls and texts. Consumer plans will start from £36 a month. A 4G fibre broadband service for home and office use will also be launched.
Store manager Hayley Glyn-Jones said she was “hugely excited” and said customers would be able to access the Internet at “phenomenal speeds”.
Martin Stiven, vice president of business to business at EE, previously told the Echo it was going to be “transformational in the way a lot of businesses work”, creating new opportunities, improved efficiency and productivity.
EE is investing £5.8m in its network in the region.
All four Orange and T-Mobile stores in Southampton will also have a full store refurbishment to become EE stores from today. EE aims to roll out 4G to 98 per cent of the UK population by 2014.
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sotonwinch09
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9:01am Tue 30 Oct 12
Huffter
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9:12am Tue 30 Oct 12
bazzeroz
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11:27am Tue 30 Oct 12
soton-mike80
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12:58pm Tue 30 Oct 12
userds5050
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1:26pm Tue 30 Oct 12
soton-mike80 wrote:O2 and Voda were unhappy and forced the auction for the nationwide 4G service to be brought forward to early next year. With EE being too expensive, only available in 11 cities and not using LTE to its full capabiliy I don't see it taking off straight away. If I was an Orange or T mobile customer and saw my 3G speeds slowing as a result I would be switching network.
Question: Why are EE allowed to run the show? I am on O2, I switched from Orange due to exceptionally poor customer service and reception in general, why should EE get to monopolise the new 4G market? Wouldn't it be better to roll it out across all networks simultaneously?
Georgem
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4:59pm Tue 30 Oct 12
sotonwinch09 wrote:Seems you don't understand what a smartphone is, or what mobile data is for. Still, let's just mock whatever we don't understand, eh!
Wow! Sending a text message or making a phone call will be so much quicker!
Georgem
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5:00pm Tue 30 Oct 12
bazzeroz wrote:What's that got to do with mobile broadband?
And what about the humble householder's? We don't count then?
bazzeroz
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5:35pm Tue 30 Oct 12
Georgem wrote:Absolutely sweet fa!
bazzeroz wrote:What's that got to do with mobile broadband?
And what about the humble householder's? We don't count then?
Brusher Mills
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6:50pm Tue 30 Oct 12
bazzeroz wrote:Then please explain your comment.
Georgem wrote:Absolutely sweet fa!
bazzeroz wrote:What's that got to do with mobile broadband?
And what about the humble householder's? We don't count then?
userds5050 says...
8:10am Tue 30 Oct 12