4G mobile broadband offers significantly faster speeds than the previous generation 3G and allows those working away form home or accessing movies and music on their mobiles or tablets to download more data faster.
From today EE’s service is available in Bath, Bournemouth, Brighton, Cambridge, Darlington, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Northampton, Poole Portsmouth and Redcar.
By Christmas the network will also connect Aberdeen, Braintree, Cheltenham, Chester, Dundee, Durham, Exeter, Gloucester, Grimsby, Ipswich, Lincoln, Middlesbrough, Norwich, Peterborough, Plymouth, Stoke-on-Trent, Swansea, Swindon and York.
EE is offering 4G from £18.99 per month with a free Samsung Android smartphone as well as on pay as you go deals from just £10 with 1GB of data and 2,014 free voice minutes for the coming year.
Olaf Swantee, Chief Executive Officer, EE, said: “With every new town and city we switch on, the 4G revolution picks up pace. From Bath to Bournemouth, Northampton to Newastle-under-Lyme, today’s towns and cities are the latest in a long line to get 4G from EE.
“By Christmas, 160 places across the UK will have 4G access, meaning that people and businesses can do more, trade more and connect more. That’s the fastest rollout of 4G in Europe, and with well over one million people already using the service, one of the most successful too.”