O2 UK Complete 4G and 5G Upgrades for 3,000 Postcodes in Glasgow
Mobile network operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today revealed that – over the past 12-months – they’ve completed a project to upgrade the capacity of their 4G and 5G mobile services across “over” 3,000 postcodes in the city of Glasgow (Scotland), which should bring “faster” mobile broadband speeds and greater reliability to the area.
The work forms part of O2’s Mobile Transformation Plan to invest around £700m this year into their mobile network – “ensuring it is fit for the future and can keep up with increasing customer demand“. All mobile operators have to conduct similar work, so this is not unusual and comes against a backdrop of rising demand (i.e. the amount of mobile data traffic more than doubling in the past 5 years). Not to mention the need to withdraw their old 3G network.
Dr Robert Joyce, O2’s Director of Mobile Access Engineering, said: “With customers using more data than ever before, the improvements we’ve made at over 3,000 postcodes in Glasgow will ensure local people and businesses can access reliable connectivity that is so essential in powering our customers’ digital lifestyles. As part of our Mobile Transformation Plan, we are continuing to invest in our network with future upgrades planned to ensure that we can continue to support our customers both now and in future.“
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O2 needs to get there 4g frequency priority sorted out, if your on 4g800 you have good data speeds for less then 250-750mb then you get traffic shaped and it won’t change to the 1800 or 2600 band if available (not often anyway)
There 2g works really well if your using gps trackers or smart meters
Codswallop. O2 is unusable in Glasgow city centre on weekdays, and has been for years.