O2 To Improve 3G UK Coverage With Extra 1500 Mobile Network Sites

O2 mobile customers with internet-enabled smartphones such as the Apple iPhone 3GS and the Palm Pre will soon benefit from a improved network coverage, as O2 have confirmed plans to build 1,500 new mobile network sites across the UK in 2010.

This is welcome news to O2 mobile customers that struggle to get a decent 3G signal in parts of the UK. Despite O2 having had exclusivity for the last two years on the Apple iPhone 3G S, Ofcom 3G coverage maps published earlier this year suggested O2 had less extensive 3G mobile coverage across the UK than mobile rivals such as 3 and Orange – who also now have the iPhone. O2, will see this step as vital in staying at the front of the game as the smartphone market heats up and 3G coverage and reliability become ever more important.