O2 UK to offer 4G from August 29th

Currently the only UK network that offers 4G speeds is Everything Everywhere and EE have been offering the service for a little while now and as such they could pretty much charge anything they wanted for it as there is no competition in the UK. That’s set to change however by the end of the month as O2 will be rolling out their 4G service on August 29th. Initially 4G will only be available in London, Bradford and Leeds. By the end of the year however, O2’s 4G service will be available ... Continue Reading →

O2 and Vodafone team up to offer 4G in the UK

UK carriers O2 and Vodafone have agreed a deal which will see them combine their network infrastructure in a bid to roll out 4G within the UK more quickly. By 2015, 98% of the UK should have 4G coverage by sharing roughly 18,500 masts between the two networks and will have mobile internet speeds of at least 2Mbps. Both networks say the actual speeds however are expected to be much quicker than 2Mpbs. O2 have already tested the 4G service in London and those users who took part in the trials saw speeds ... Continue Reading →