Brittisk operatör lanserar 5G i 16 städer nästa år

EE (formerly Everything Everywhere) is a British mobile network operator, internet service provider and a division of BT Group. It was established in 2010 as a 50:50 joint venture between Deutsche Telekom and France Télécom (now Orange S.A.) through the merger of their respective T-Mobile and Orange businesses in the UK. It is the largest mobile network operator in the UK, with 29.6 million customers and the largest operator of 4G services in Europe.It was acquired by BT in January 2016 and subsequently became a second consumer division, operating alongside BT Consumer following BT's new organisational structure that took effect in April 2016. It retained its brand, network and retail stores while its business operations became part of newly formed BT Business and Public Sector division, and its MVNO operations became part of newly formed BT Wholesale and Ventures division. On 28 July 2017, BT announced organisational changes to "simplify its operating model, strengthen accountabilities and accelerate its transformation" and involves bringing together its BT Consumer and EE divisions into a new unified BT Consumer division that will operate across three brands – BT, EE and Plusnet. It will take effect from 1 April 2018.EE has its headquarters in Hatfield in the UK and also has main offices in BT Centre in London, Bristol, Darlington, Doxford, Greenock, Merthyr Tydfil, North Tyneside, Plymouth and Leeds. As of 23 November 2016, EE's 4G & 2G networks' combined coverage reaches more than 99% of the UK population, with double speed 4G reaching 80% while EE’s 3G network reaches 98% of the population.

5G (5:e generationens mobilnät eller 5:e generationens trådlösa system) är ett namn som används i vissa forskningsrapporter och projekt för att beteckna nästa stora fas av mobila telekommunikationsstandarder bortom 4G/IMT Avancerad som har standardiserats under 2011. För privatpersoner förväntas 5G att innebära att dator och mobila enheter får snabbare uppkoppling och mindre fördröjning. Tillämpningar innefattar maskin-till-maskin-kommunikation. Fler enheter kommer ha möjlighet att vara uppkopplade samtidigt och till lägre kostnad och man förväntas kunna hitta internet på fler platser.