EE, the UK’s largest mobile network operator, predicts Glastonbury 2016, the world's largest outdoor music festival to see EE customers using a colossal 15 terabytes of data via its 4G network. EE said that this year's event will be the most connected green-field music festival in the world after they set up the largest and most powerful temporary 4G network seen at any UK event.
EE who is the official partner of the festival added that festival-goers will use EE’s 4G network to share twice as much content in five days as people across the whole of Bristol – the South West’s largest city.
To cope with the data demand, EE has added a sixth mobile site this year, and tripled the amount of mobile airwaves for customers to use. For the first time ever customers will also be able to make calls on the EE 4G network with EE’s launch of ‘4G Calling’.
Keep your eyes peeled next week for Glastonbury goodness. What might you unearth...? pic.twitter.com/RgM97O2kJk
— EE (@EE) May 20, 2016
The official Glastonbury 2016 app, an app for the festival which is developed in partnership with EE, will be available to download in early June, allowing festival-goers to get up-to-the-minute news on the weekend’s entertainment and live stream BBC’s coverage, added the Operator.
Spencer McHugh, Director of Brand at EE
Each year social media feeds all over the world are flooded with images and videos of Glastonbury Festival so, in anticipation of the huge demand we expect to see at Worthy Farm this June, we’ve tripled our 4G capacity thanks to a number of new innovative network technologies.
