Vodafone is bringing its 4G network to five more major cities in the UK including Basingstoke, Bournemouth, Portsmouth, Reading, and Southampton by end of summer.
Vodafone claims that rollout in these cities will extend its 4G network to an additional one million people and over 35,000 businesses.
“Mobile connectivity plays a vital role in keeping communities in touch and helping to support the local economy”, said Vodafone CTO Fergal Kelly in a blog post.
“Our network improvements will ensure thousands of businesses and hundreds of thousands of consumers in the south of England will have a better opportunity to take part in the growing smartphone revolution”, he added.
If we look at the subscriber base of Vodafone, the telecom provider had 637,000 4G customers at the end of March and according to data provided almost half of these customers had subscribed to content packages that offer them either Sky Sports Mobile or Spotify music. New Vodafone subscribers will soon get six month Netflix subscription for free.
In comparison, EE currently has over 3.6 million 4G subscribers, while Three, which provided free 4G upgrades, has over 1.7 million subscribers.
4G rollout to these five cities will take Vodafone’s coverage tally to 238 cities across the UK. In comparison Everything Everywhere covers 215 large towns and cities and 2,588 villages and small towns whereas O2 has 4G coverage in 233 towns and cities.
