o2 are really pushing 4G now

[Anonymous]

this is interesting if your in teh public sector 

http://www.mobilenewscwp.co.uk/2014/08/06/o2-launches-exclusive-10-4g-tariff-for-the-public-sector/

[ewanrw]

Correct, but Voda did withdraw their bid, and O2 has signed back haul agreements with BT for the 2600MHz spectrum they bought via one of their subsidiaries.

Anyway EE already have a bad rep for showing excellent signal and being able to connect to diddly-squat. So much so they have had their knuckles wrapped for it. And as far as market share goes, they're only approx 7% and 10% ahead of O2 and Voda respectively.

In other words EE are very beatable. They had a massive lead over O2 and Voda for 4G and have made very little of it in my opinion, and given O2/Voda have the vast majority of 800MHz, EE's limited success will be short-lived.

FYI, I work in the industry on the B2B side and have EE for my personal contract.

ewan

[Anonymous]

£5 per month deals which include a phone effectively means they (EE) ate running either at break even or a loss.

It is good to publicise customer numbers for marketing purposes. I suspect Voda pulled out as no point in being busy fools filling your networks with traffic and making no money on it versus having higher paying customers whom you name a profit on.

[ewanrw]

Voda pulled out as they were in the process of buying Cable & Wireless (which they now have) meaning they would have been providing BT, a direct competitor, with their own services.

[MI5]

Some good informative posts there ewanrw, thanks.