In reply to a post by adslmax:

Would be better for all of us if 4 networks merger together so it will flick the switch to strong network eg: EE, Vodafone, Three or o2 with same sim card

You got a time machine? That would go against the way the government from 1985 and 1993 launched mobile phones as different companies that competed with each other. They sold expensive licenses to do this. Coalition govt was told if you want to change this, the networks want the hundreds of billions of pounds back please. Never going to happen in UK or EU or USA. They are licensed to compete on coverage.

There is extensive mast and structure sharing going on, but in most built up areas the problem is landlords evicting masts and so signal suddenly vanishes.

Even the legacy BT copper network that went to almost every house isn’t expected to be replaced by an OR network to every house, see the interview with the BT CEO last week (in the news on this site).

Edited by jchamier (Tue 03-Jun-25 12:09:47)

In reply to a post by adslmax:

Would be better for all of us if 4 networks merger together so it will flick the switch to strong network eg: EE, Vodafone, Three or o2 with same sim card

I think only one country has attempted a single 5G network, Malaysia, although it took a while to get going and has challenges of its own.

In reply to a post by adslmax:

In reply to a post by behuk:

T-Mobile / Orange managed it, I don't see why Vodafone / Three can't.

I mean MVNO like Smarty, iD Mobile, Superdrug and other etc except Vodafone and Three (more expensive cost monthly sim)

Virgin Mobile, which was atop T-Mobile at the time, would use both T-Mobile and Orange.

In reply to a post by tdw42:

Virgin Mobile, which was atop T-Mobile at the time, would use both T-Mobile and Orange.

That only happened after T & Orange merged. It wasn't unique to Virgin Mobile, was available to any MVNO on the T-Mobile/Orange merged network that was quickly named "EE".