Mobile firm in 4G move
Everything Everywhere, a joint venture between France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom, said last month it expected to start building a next-generation LTE network by the end of 2012, but it needed Ofcom’s sanction to use its radio spectrum for the new, faster services.
The regulator gave a provisional conclusion yesterday that the move by Britain’s biggest mobile carrier would bring benefits to consumers without distorting competition.
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Hide Ad“Allowing Everything Everywhere to reuse its spectrum in this way is likely to bring material benefits to consumers, including faster mobile broadband speed and potentially wider mobile broadband coverage in rural areas,” it said.