EE to start enhanced 5G rollout in UK next month

(Pocket-lint) - EE volition commencement to connection "enhanced 5G" to UK customers from October.

This takes into relationship the low-band spectrum it won successful the Ofcom auction earlier this year. The 700MHz spectrum enables it to connection a amended indoor 5G signal.

The web volition beryllium extending this enhanced work to Redditch, Morecambe and Cramlington initially, Customers successful those areas with compatible 5G handsets should spot amended indoor connectivity.

There's nary connection yet connected erstwhile oregon wherever the low-band spectrum volition beryllium further rolled out, but EE has committed to ensuring the full UK is 5G-enabled by 2028. It claims that fractional the UK colonisation volition beryllium covered by 5G connectivity by aboriginal 2023.

"We proceed to look for ways to supply our customers with the champion 5G work possible. By further enhancing the indoor 5G sum we provide, we’re helping boost the acquisition for those with the latest smartphones, allowing them to get the astir from them successful much places crossed the UK," said EE's manager of mobile, David Salam.

Rival UK networks, including Three, (Virgin Media) O2 and Vodafone, besides clasp a important information of low-band spectrum truthful you tin expect their respective rollouts to besides widen to amended indoor sum successful the coming months.

Writing by Rik Henderson. Originally published connected 14 September 2021.