It will in the frequency that 3 purchased from EE.

In reply to a post by pcoventry76:

phew! - thanks for clearing that up

Yes, existing iPhone 5's only support LTE in the UK at 1800mhz, which means EE today and Three in future.

The EU "standard" frequencies for European LTE are 800mhz and 2600mhz - so I'm guessing a future iPhone 5S will support these.

For apple all these LTE frequencies are a pain as they can no longer have one worldwide model as they had with the 4S - but two models for USA, and at least 2 models for the rest of the world. Roaming LTE will be quite hard.

(I read there are more then 42 bands of LTE rolling out worldwide, compared to 5 bands for 3G/UMTS).

In reply to a post by jchamier:

Yes, existing iPhone 5's only support LTE in the UK at 1800mhz, which means EE today and Three in future.

The EU "standard" frequencies for European LTE are 800mhz and 2600mhz - so I'm guessing a future iPhone 5S will support these.

For apple all these LTE frequencies are a pain as they can no longer have one worldwide model as they had with the 4S - but two models for USA, and at least 2 models for the rest of the world. Roaming LTE will be quite hard.

(I read there are more then 42 bands of LTE rolling out worldwide, compared to 5 bands for 3G/UMTS).

They will if they use the newly announced Qualcomm chip

In reply to a post by pcoventry76:

Just seen on the train their ad about giving more g force without the extra expensive. That's got to annoy EE! I couldn't get a pic the windows on the train are reflective so camera couldn't focus

Edit

Sorry I was on the train so couldnt spell things right!

Hang on, I was allowed to edit a post an hour later? handy to know!

bit late to the convo but is this the sorta add you saw

Ash

So when the EU says 50% to get ultrafast broadband, and the Government is running Ultrafast broadband projects for cities this can be delivered via HSDPA ?

While it is not a technical definition, when governments use it for projects that sets an acceptable definition

In reply to a post by Spasch:

They will if they use the newly announced Qualcomm chip

Sadly its not that simple, as its the same Qualcomm chip in the two models of iPhone 5 but the supporting antennas and power amplifiers are different for different frequencies (thus two models).

This latest chip means costs of assembly will be a lot less, and I wouldn't be surprised for Apple to be first customer, they have the money to commit to huge order quantities and so get preferential treatment.

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

While it is not a technical definition, when governments use it for projects that sets an acceptable definition

I would guess you are likely right, unless it goes to court, nobody (even Govt) can tell a privacy company (e.g. Hutchison 3G UK Ltd) to stop using an English word in their advertising.