Three UK announced that it continues the rollout of its 5G network with the launch of its first Ericsson 5G sites which are now live for its customers in Manchester, Glasgow and Reading.
Three launched 5G back in August 2019 and is now available to customers in 154 towns and cities being serviced by over 800 sites across the UK.
The new sites mark the beginning of the next stage of Three’s 5G rollout which will see the connectivity extended to many more areas across the country. Three became one of over 100 service provers worldwide to establish a 5G commercial agreement with Ericsson back in July.
The partnership will help boost network efficiency and enable a cost-effective and rapid extension of 5G across the UK.
The partnership with Ericsson to rollout its 5G network is part of a £2billion investment into the transformation of Three UKs Network and IT infrastructure, and also includes huge improvements to our 4G network. As part of this investment, we have also launched 20 new data centres, made significant improvements to our fibre backhaul capabilities and completed the rollout of VoLTE across our entire 4G network. All of these improvements are helping us ensure better connectivity, every day, for every customer.
Susan Buttsworth, Chief Operating Officer at Three UK
Our customers use 3.5 times more data than the industry average so the investments that we are making are vital to enhancing current performance of our 4G network, futureproofing it and delivering on our promise of providing better connectivity, every day for every customer.
