Telefónica UK and Vodafone UK are planning to pool the basic parts of their network infrastructure, creating a single ‘national grid’ that runs independent spectrum for Vodafone and O2.
The companies - which already have a network partnership known as Cornerstone - say it’ll improve 2G and 3G coverage as well as providing faster roll-out for 4G mobile services. They anticipate delivering a nationwide 4G service up to two years before Ofcom’s anticipated regulatory requirement of 98% population coverage by 2017.
Telefonica UK says it’s partnered with Jasper Wireless to deploy a market-leading platform that’ll help customers manage their machine-to-machine (M2M) connections.
The two companies have been working together on M2M projects since last year.
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This week’s podcast from The Fonecast takes a look at the European Commission’s new roaming charges before talking about the rest of the week’s big stories, from Facebook to free messaging.
You can listen to the programme on our website audio player, via iTunes, by using our RSS feed or by downloading the MP3.
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It's been another busy week for the mobile industry, with European roaming charges, Facebook applications, Yahoo's CEO, mobile payments, free messaging and financial results all hitting the headlines.
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Chinese telecoms business Huawei is reported to have won a five-year deal to manage key aspects of O2’s UK network.
It’s Huawei’s first major managed services agreement in the UK.
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