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OFCOM has published predicted coverage maps for each of the UK’s five 3G mobile operators. These are predictions based on propagation models and show areas where an outdoor 3G signal exceeds a minimum threshold signal strength for “50% of locations and 50% of the time”. OFCOM acknowledge that the network operators have more sophisticated models [...]

Ericsson, one of the world’s leading suppliers of mobile phones and related network solutions, has warned that it could be 2012 before the first true next generation Mobile Broadband networks gain a good foothold in the UK. The deployment of Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology (aka – 4G), which could deliver download speeds of 150 [...]