Cell Phones in Great Britain - Merging of T-Mobile and 3UK 3G networks

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Merging of T-Mobile and 3UK 3G networks

Paul Clarke

2007-12-20, 7:33 am

The announcement yesterday of a 3G network merger looks like good news for
the user. No mention seems to be made of timescales, though. Any
thoughts/comments from the experts?

Paul

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2007-12-20, 7:33 am

On 20 Dec, 12:54, "Paul Clarke" <p...@nospam.co.uk> wrote:
> The announcement yesterday of a 3G network merger looks like good news for
> the user. No mention seems to be made of timescales, though. Any
> thoughts/comments from the experts?
>
> Paul

They're not merging networks -- they are sharing the radio-portion of
masts in particular locations. For example, say T-Mobile have poor
coverage in a particular location but Three had an existing mast --
they could enable that mast for T-Mobile customers (once T-Mobile
provided the appropriate back-haul).

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