Mobile Network EE claims to reach over 70% of UK population
Mobile network EE on Thursday claimed its 4G coverage now covers over 70 per cent of the UK’s population after it recently brought 13 new towns into the fold.
The 4G coverage includes 263 major towns and over 2,500 villages with Buckingham, Burntwood, Chesham, Chesterfield, Dalkeith Glossop, Hertford, Rugeley, Sheerness, Thornaby-on-Tees, Ware and Wickford now accounted for.
EE, which was found to be the UK’s best mobile network provider by analyst group Rootmetrics earlier this month, has 30 million customers worldwide throughout its mobile, fixed and wholesale businesses.
Prime minister David Cameron welcomed the arrival of 4G to his home constituency, Witney. He said: “The arrival of EE’s 4G mobile services in Witney is a huge boost for local companies and people living in the area.
"Now the latest generation of mobile technology has arrived, Witney is now an area where it is even more attractive to live, to work and to do business.”
Olaf Swantee, chief executive of EE, said: “4G is now a well-known and well understood technology, with businesses and communities increasingly demanding 4G coverage because they see the significant economic benefit.
“Our fast, nationwide rollout continues, with hundreds of new sites being switched on every month to bring 4G to more places, often giving people a fast broadband experience for the very first time.”
This comes after EE earlier this month released the ‘Cash on Tap, mobile payment system - which allows London bus users to pay for fares, with the app set to expand into the London Underground later this year.