Mobile operators will be able to roll-out 4G services to the vast majority of the UK in the first half of next year, six months earlier than previously estimated. It follows Everything Everywhere's launch of a 4G service ahead of Christmas.
Everything Everywhere, the owner of Orange and T Mobile, has announced that it will rebrand as EE ahead of the 4G network launch.
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