24 Feb EE to expand 4G coverage in 43 locations across the East of England in 2021
EE will upgrade more than forty 4G sites in the East of England in 2021 as part of the Shared Rural Network (SRN) initiative to extend coverage in rural areas across the UK.
SRN is a programme between the UK’s four mobile network operators and the UK Government to extend 4G coverage to 95 per cent of the UK’s geography by the middle of this decade. The upgrades announced today fall under the first phase of the Shared Rural Network, where EE will invest to significantly reduce ‘partial not-spots’ by 2024.
EE has already upgraded its 4G network in 25 locations across England since the SRN deal was signed in March 2020 to bring improved connectivity to each nation.
Locations to be upgraded in 2021 include:
Bedfordshire
• Melchbourne and Yielden, Bedford, Bedfordshire
• Riseley, Bedford, Bedfordshire
Cambridgeshire
• Balsham, Cambridgeshire
• Fairfield, Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire
• Connington, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire
• Sawtry, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire – (2 sites)
• Thorney, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
• Thornhaugh, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
• Wittering, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Essex
• Bures Hamlet, Braintree, Essex
• Gosfield, Halstead, Braintree, Essex – (2 sites)
• Steeple Bumpstead, Braintree, Essex
• Wethersfield, Braintree, Essex
Hertfordshire
• Throcking, Cottered, Hertfordshire
Norfolk
• Attleborough, Breckland, Norfolk
• Carbrooke, Breckland, Norfolk
• Great Hockham, Breckland, Norfolk
• Hilborough, Breckland, Norfolk
• Narford, Breckland, Norfolk
• Mundford, Breckland, Norfolk
• A47, Blofield, Broadland, Norfolk
• Weston Longville, Broadland, Norfolk – (2 sites)
• Brancaster, King’s Lynn and West Norfolk, Norfolk
• Northwold, King’s Lynn and West Norfolk, Norfolk
• Snettisham, King’s Lynn and West Norfolk, Norfolk
• South Creake, King’s Lynn and West Norfolk, Norfolk
• Titchwell, King’s Lynn and West Norfolk, Norfolk
• Tottenhill, King’s Lynn and West Norfolk, Norfolk
Suffolk
• Little Cornard, Babergh, Suffolk
• B1119, Sweffling, East Suffolk, Suffolk
• Benhall, East Suffolk, Suffolk
• Friston, East Suffolk, Suffolk
• Kirton, East Suffolk, Suffolk
• Leiston, East Suffolk, Suffolk
• Wangford, East Suffolk, Suffolk
• Creeting St Mary, Mid Suffolk, Suffolk
• Barnham, West Suffolk, Suffolk
• Elveden, West Suffolk, Suffolk
• Eriswell, West Suffolk, Suffolk
• Icklingham, West Suffolk, Suffolk
Locations already upgraded since 2020 include:
• Ashdon, Uttlesford, Essex
• Offley, Great Offley, Hertfordshire
Across the UK, a total of 579 locations are to benefit from the extended EE 4G coverage by the end of 2021 – 333 in England, 132 in Scotland, 76 in Wales, and 38 in Northern Ireland. All sites have been made available for other operators to share under the SRN scheme.
