UK’s Everything Everywhere and BT
Wholesale have extended live multi-operator customer trial of LTE
broadband. The trial has seen the two companies collaborate to provide
wireless broadband to 180 customers living in and around St. Newlyn East
in Cornwall since October 2011.
The extension until the end of June 2012
has been granted by Ofcom to enable the companies to continue to
investigate the application of 4G LTE in rural areas. This will be
beneficial to the rollout of any potential subsequent commercial
service.
The trial is successfully demonstrating
that fixed and mobile technologies can work together to provide a
broadband delivery option for remote rural areas. It has also proven
that the low frequency spectrum (such as 800MHz) allocated to this trial
is optimal for enabling broadband in remote rural communities.
“The rollout of 4G will help drive
economic growth and create jobs across the UK by making the economy more
competitive, by enabling businesses to be more productive, and by
allowing consumers to benefit from the latest mobile innovations. This
trial has been key in investigating ways to rapidly bring 4G LTE to
Britain, and Ofcom is helping us do the groundwork to accelerate the UK
from laggard to leader,” said Olaf Swantee, CEO, Everything Everywhere.
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