- Vodafonthree uses Ericsson and Nokia Tech to upgrade her networks
- 4G customers have already seen increases of up to 40%
- 5G must be almost everywhere in 2034
Vodafonthree has announced an agreement with several billion pounds with Ericsson and Nokia to expand and improve its British networks.
The collaboration, which comes weeks after the official end of its mega fusion, marks one of Europe’s largest privately funded infrastructure construction and covers over 17,000 places throughout the UK.
This will consist of 10,000+ places that benefit from Ericsson’s ran and core network solutions, and another 7,000+ places that get Nokia’s RAN equipment.
Ericsson and Nokia will help improve Vodafonthrees network
The company stated that 4G speeds have already been increased by up to 40% for the seven million three and smarty customers using their networks and only three months into the merger, customers are already able to automatically use each other’s networks and roam at no extra cost.
When we look ahead, Vodafonethree plans to tackle 16,500 square kilometers non-spots across the UK. At the end of the first year after the merger, almost three out of four customers should have access to the company’s fastest 5G speeds and expand to 90% in the year three and 99.95% by 2034.
Network expansion plans are also intended to provide financial benefits, with the UK economy to increase by up to £ 102 billion between 2025 and 2035 thanks to better infrastructure access for energy, financial services, manufacturing, security and technology companies.
To help with the expansion, Vodafonthree has signed up for another four partners in support of Site Builds Nationwide: Beacon, Circet Wireless, M Group and WHP Telecoms.
Vodafonthree also expects to generate up to 13,000 jobs as part of its expansion across technology, construction and maintenance over the eight-year roadmap.
Ericsson CEO Börje Ekholm welcomed the partnership as an opportunity to “Power [VodafoneThree] with the most advanced programmable network products, software and solutions in the world. “
Nokia CEO Justin Hotard noted the chance of giving the UK “industry-leading network solutions” to accommodate the customer and grow AI requirements.
