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BT has announced an extension to its Mobile Virtual
Network Operator (MVNO) agreement, using its EE network,
with the UK supermarket chain ASDA. The new deal will include
access to 4G services for the first time and will allow ASDA Mobile
customers to enjoy faster speeds on their mobile devices from the
spring. The agreement is an extension of the previous five-year
contract signed by EE, now part of BT Group plc, in August 2014 and
takes the exclusive contract to the end of 2020.
EE’s 4G coverage today reaches almost three quarters of the UK’s
landmass and this will extend to 95% of the country by 2020.
ASDA Mobile expects to switch its customers across from 3G
to 4G services during the spring.
SPAIN
Telefónica has presented the 5G Technological
Cities project, which will lead the way towards 5G in
Spain, with the initial deployment of 5G capabilities in the
cities of Segovia and Talavera de la Reina, in partnership with
Nokia and Ericsson.
Telefónica will convert the two cities into 5G living laboratories over
the next three years (2018–20), with pioneering capabilities including
the initial 5G capacity, the deployment of the new 5G network and
the development of use cases which allows citizens and companies to
benefit from the advantages of the technology.
Priority will thus be given to the citizens of Segovia and Talavera de
la Reina, enabling them to benefit from the improvements to the
network’s speed and capacity, as it will be deployed throughout
the urban centres in such a way that the two cities will
progress towards digitalisation and experience the
advantages of technological innovation.
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