EE has now deployed over 600 street-level small cells in cities and towns across the UK and plans to add hundreds more. In aggregate, these small cell sites currently carry 20TB of data traffic every day.
Where possible, small cells take advantage of existing street assets, such as BT’s iconic red telephone boxes, lamp posts and CCTV columns.
EE is using Nokia's 4G small cell integrating licenced 1800MHz and 2600Mhz spectrum with unlicenced 5GHz spectrum.
New installations are targeted at high demand areas, including in major cities such as Birmingham, Brighton and Sheffield.
Meanwhile a host of seasonal hotspots have also received a timely connectivity boost ahead of the Summer, including Newquay, Paignton, Salcombe, Southend-on-Sea and Clacton-on-Sea.
James Hope, Director of Mobile Radio Access Networks, EE: “As demand for data continues to rise, small cells are becoming an increasingly integral part of our mobile network. Our partnership with Nokia ensures customers continue to benefit from our fastest 4G speeds even at the busiest times and in the most congested of locations, and we’re proud to pass another milestone in this project as we continue to invest in improving the UK’s best mobile network up and down the country.”
