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2G or not 2G; EE finally answers the age-old question

EE has announced it will upgrade 600 sites across the country to shut down some of its 2G airwaves to make 4G stronger in certain regions.

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• 11 Sep 2017

Three formally launches its spectrum auction legal challenge

Having threatened it for ages, UK operator Three has finally filed its demand for a judicial review of Ofcom’s decision on UK spectrum caps in the coming 5G auctions.

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• 05 Sep 2017

EE unveils Cat 7 LTE router for people with rubbish broadband

UK operator EE has launched a souped-up mifi device called the 4GEE Home Router that’s aimed at people whose broadband sucks.

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• 04 Sep 2017

EE adds to Ofcom woes with another spectrum challenge

EE is set to pile the misery onto Ofcom, as it joins Three in challenging the watchdog’s new mobile spectrum cap.

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• 21 Aug 2017

EE puts Alexa in its box

UK operator EE has laid claim to being the first UK set-top box provider to support Alexa voice control.

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• 17 Aug 2017

EE gets into bed with Sainsbury’s amid retail push

UK MNO EE is looking to raise its retail game with the addition of 100 outlets within Sainsbury’s and Argos stores as well as tarting some of its own ones up.

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• 13 Jul 2017

Ofcom rejects Three’s pleas for spectrum socialism

UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has published its long-awaited decision on the upcoming 2.3 GHz and 3.4 GHz bands, and Three is not happy.

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• 11 Jul 2017

EE, Qualcomm and Sony make a play for ‘Gigabit LTE’

At an event in Wembley stadium EE used its live network to demonstrate LTE on steroids using a Sony Xperia XZ Premium smartphone with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chip.

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• 05 Jul 2017

Exclusive – the facts and figures behind EE’s Glastonbury temporary network

If a reveller goes to Glastonbury and doesn’t document the entire experience exhaustively on social media, were they really there?

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• 23 Jun 2017

Orange thinks BT is a bad bet

French operator group Orange has decided to further reduce its stake in BT despite the shares being worth considerably less than when it acquired them.

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• 20 Jun 2017

BT demos ‘hyperfast’ broadband, ‘pre-standard 5G’ and SDN for live video

UK operator BT has been showing off the latest inventions at its Adastral Park labs, with a focus on fixed-line performance.

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• 12 Jun 2017

EE claims 429Mbps 4G+ speeds in Wales – yup, that isn’t a typo

EE has opened the doors of the super-fast internet age in Wales, switching on its 4G+ network in the Welsh capital.

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• 06 Jun 2017

EE rushes to extract marketing win from EU roaming cap

EE has announced it will remove roaming charges for customers in a new deal, which coincides with the introduction of new roaming charge caps across the European Union.

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• 04 May 2017

EE uses coverage promise as an excuse to go skiing

UK MNO EE has announced the activation of a 4G site in the Scottish Highlands that just happens to feature the Glencoe Mountain Resort and Ski Centre.

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• 09 Mar 2017

EE takes to the skies with Googly balloon network

EE has announced it will soon be launching some very Googlish-looking connectivity balloons and drones to bolster its public safety LTE rollout.

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• 21 Feb 2017

EE claims clean sweep of latest Rootmetrics numbers

Rootmetrics has released the results of its UK’s national mobile performance for the second half of 2016 with EE claiming top spot.

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• 15 Feb 2017

Ofcom disciplines EE to the tune of £2.7m for billing fail

EE has felt the wrath of Ofcom as the regulator lands a £2.7 million swipe on the operator for overcharging customers on two separate occasions.

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• 18 Jan 2017

BT and Virgin Media defy odds to continue MVNO bromance

BT and Virgin Media will continue their bromance with a five-year extension of the MVNO agreement between the two.

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• 09 Jan 2017

EE best for Westfield shopping and googling – RootMetrics

With the Christmas period fast approaching, RootMetrics decided to research the best performing mobile operators in London shopping centres and train stations.

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• 21 Dec 2016

Three gets its own back on EE with a minor advertising standards win

The way in which small print was used in some ads by EE has been criticized but apart from that it didn’t seem to do much wrong.

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• 07 Dec 2016