O2/Vodafone network sharing

[DrDrew]

Good news for people on O2 and Vodafone

https://www.technobuffalo.com/news/...twork-sharing-agreement-gets-approval-in-u-k/

 

[maggi200]

Don't tmobile already piggy back off orange and vodaphone? So really it's merely becoming one large network shared and maintained by many under licence? Or am I barking up the wrong tree

 

[DrDrew]

Thought it's just T-Mobile/Orange sharing under Everything Everywhere, with O2 and Vodafone having their own networks. (Tesco mobile, and Talk Talk (at least) buy space on the O2 network)

Think Vodafone and O2 are keeping their own infrastructure, just means that when putting in new masts they don't need to put in competing ones, only complimentary ones whilst this agreement is in place.

 

[maggi200]

Yeah the EE is correct. But I can't rememebr where I read that tmobile shared vodaphones network masts already?

 

[DrDrew]

Not been able to find anything saying that on a quick search. Found that T-Mobile and 3 used to share network masts, but have only found reference to EE having separate network sites to Vodafone & O2 (though up to now Vodafone and O2 have been sharing mast locations, but not masts themselves)

 

[N0ddie]

O2 are the only carrier that we get signal on in our house. This is good news for everybody then.