O2 UK Boost 4G and 5G Mobile at 2,000 Postcodes in Coventry

Mobile network operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today revealed that over the last 12-months they’ve upgraded the network capacity and coverage of their 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) services at a total of over 2,000 postcodes across the West Midlands (England) city of Coventry.

The upgrades form part of O2’s Mobile Transformation Plan, which is investing 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 typically 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, which also plays a role.