Potential 4G adopters in the UK not only need to consider the price of EE's plans, but also the thin coverage currently available. This is slowly being fattened up, however, and today the company has announced that by March 2013, it plans to extend its high-speed network to an additional 17 areas (to make a grand total of 35). Those 17 towns and cities don't include last week's stealthy activations inDerby, Newcastle and Nottingham, or the planned switch-flipping in Belfast, Hull, Maidenhead and Slough before the end of the year. As well as gracing new locations with 4G and bolstering network density, EE is also upgrading its 3G network to support dual-channel HSPA+ (DC-HSPA+ for short). This is expected to be available across 40 percent of EE's network by year's end, and will also be enjoyed by customers signed up with Orange or T-Mobile. So, enough of the suspense -- head past the break for the full list of locales getting 4G early next year.
Areas receiving 4G in Q1 2013:
- Bradford
- Chelmsford
- Coventry
- Doncaster
- Dudley
- Leicester
- Luton
- Newport
- Reading
- Rotherham
- St. Albans
- Sunderland
- Sutton Coldfield
- Walsall
- Watford
- West Bromwich
- Wolverhampton
[Source: Engadget]