This morning Ofcom, the UK communications regulator, has published details, including rules and a timetable, for the upcoming 4G spectrum auction.

EE launched their 4G services on 30th October but other operators have had to wait to get their hands on new spectrum before they can launch their 4G offering. The upcoming spectrum auction will allow all UK operators to bid for the required spectrum to launch these services.

Todays announcement sets out the process involved in bidding for the spectrum, the timetable, the rules for taking part and the reserve price for the spectrum that is to be auctioned.… Read more

If you have been following our blog or indeed our Twitter feed (@UK_4G) then you will already know the issues we experienced first hand with EE. We’re not going to dwell on this now, all the details can be found in our post EE activation woes.

But, in short, being sent to EE shops that did not exist to get a replacement SIM , 3 different SIM cards before we could get up and running, being charged on a contract days before we actually had an active SIM, being told credits would be applied to the account but still waiting for these to be applied, the list goes on…

We were not alone though, many others had activation issues, SIM issues, migration issues, just look at EE’s Twitter timeline to see just how many people are experiencing difficulties we at 4Gdongles have been contacted by quite a few people also reporting similar issues.… Read more

On Tuesday 30th October we decided we should order a Samsung Galaxy SIII LTE on a 4G tariff with EE. We thought it would be useful to get our hands on one to test 4G speeds in the North West of England to get an idea of how it works outside of London.

The business team were extremely helpful on the phone and it took no longer than 10-15 minutes to be setup with EE and our order placed.

As promised, the phone and SIM arrived the following day, Wednesday (yesterday).… Read more

So now that EE have released their tariffs and pricing structure, you may be unsure which plan is right for you.

What can you do each month with the data allowances on offer? It is difficult to say exactly, webpages greatly differ in size, some may contain just text, some with images, others have multimedia built into the page. A standard email is typically tiny in size, but then can increase substantially with attachments.

Here we have used typical values to give you a rough idea of what can be done with each set of data allowances.… Read more