Being first to 4G may not be quite the advantage EE may have hoped. The U.K.’s first 4G network was up and running at the end of October last year but its Q4 results show the network it picked up only 201,000 total postpaid mobile customers in the quarter — down from 250,000 net adds in Q3, and 313,000 in the year ago quarter. So however many 4G sign ups it’s had it’s not spectacular. → Read More

4GEE, the U.K.’s first — and still its only — 4G network, owned by carrier EE, is continuing to grow its coverage footprint. Currently the network reaches less than half (45 per cent) of the U.K.’s population but by the summer EE will have built it out to cover a majority (55 per cent) of the U.K.’s people. The carrier said today it would be switching on a further 27 towns and cities by June. → Read More

4GEE, the U.K.’s first and still it’s only 4G/LTE network just got a little larger. Carrier EE has switched on 4G services in nine more towns, bringing the total number of towns and cities connected to the service to 27 in the 90 days since it launched the network. The network now reaches around 45 per cent of the U.K. population, according to EE — which says the rollout is ahead of schedule. → Read More

4G carrier EE, the freshly rebranded parent of Orange and T-Mobile in the U.K. which also owns and operates the U.K.’s first (and currently only) 4G/LTE network, has revealed it’s behind schedule to launch SIM-only tariffs. The SIM-only plans were supposed to be available from today but a tweet from the EE Twitter account says the plans will be delayed by up to two weeks. → Read More

Today EE, which owns the Orange and T-Mobile carrier brands, has flicked the switch — turning on 4G services in 11 UK cities. EE has also rebranded more than 700 Orange and T-Mobile stores as EE stores, on high streets across the country to start selling the new services to existing and new customers. → Read More