VodafoneThree announces £11bn investment. What can you expect?
VodafoneThree is making a fast start on turning its promises into reality. Amongst its priorities is network convergence and more specifically delivering 99.95% 5G population coverage. It will happen on a financial scale we’ve not witnessed before. The £11bn investment makes it one ‘of the largest privately funded infrastructure programmes in the UK’. Aside from delivering all kinds of speed benefits, it’s expected to remove a total of 16,500 sq/km of ‘not spots’. This is of course great news for consumers, especially those who are crying out for consistent, reliable coverage in more rural areas. High speed networks will also be pivotal to businesses that want to harness IoT, AI and all the applications that underpin a more productive workforce. The plan to deliver the ‘fully funded, regulated, and guaranteed’ network will be music to the ears of the regulator as it meets the reasoning for waving the merger through. It will take a while to complete the mammoth job, but all credit to the team - they are out of the blocks fast. That will also be reassuring to the government, which will be glad to see up to 13,000 jobs are plumbed into the plans. However, there was...
