Here's where you can use the iPhone 5 'ultrafast LTE'

While our friends across the Atlantic have been basking in the full shine of fast LTE wireless network connectivity, here in Europe the adoption rate has been... well, let's just say, less than stellar.

But fast or not, LTE adoption in Europe is happening. It's the 4G we've all been waiting and now that the mobile hardware has matured enough, Apple is finally confident enough to hop on the LTE bandwagon. But are the carriers ready?

Here are the LTE carriers, which would support the iPhone 5:

USA

• AT&T
• Sprint - CDMA iPhone
• Verizon - CDMA iPhone

Canada

• Bell (including Virgin)
• Rogers (including Fido)
• Telus (including Koodo)

Japan

• KDDI - CDMA iPhone
• Softbank

Germany

• Deutsche Telekom

UK

• EE a.k.a. Everything Everywhere (Orange & T-Mobile)

Australia

• Optus (including Virgin)
• Telstra

South Korea

• SK Telecom
• KT

Hong Kong

• SmarTone

Singapore

• M1
• SingTel

Going through the fine print we also found that unlocked iPhone 5 models may support LTE networks outside the country of purchase when using a valid SIM from a supported carrier, though certain limitations apply. LTE roaming may not be available in-between all carriers and band support does not necessarily guarantee support on all LTE networks running on the same bands.

The list of carriers offering LTE is certainly not long and the coverage in Europe is rather flimsy. Let's hope that a popular device such as the iPhone would be able to change the odds into the customer's favor.

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EE will bring first 4G LTE network in the UK by the end of the year

Carriers over at the US are tripping over themselves to brag about their 4G LTE networks, but adoption across the pond has been limited. Things are changing though - Everything Everywhere is rebranding itself EE and will be rolling out the first 4G LTE in the UK.

The service, called "4GEE", will cover a third of the population by the end of this year. As you would expect, that means covering the big cities - Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Derby, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Hull, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Nottingham, Newcastle, Sheffield and Southampton.

4GEE will be available to phones and laptops. Five LTE-enabled phones will be available initially - the Samsung Galaxy S III LTE, the new Nokia Lumia 920 and Lumia 820, the HTC One XL and the Huawei Ascend P1 LTE.

Huawei will also be providing a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot and a USB stick.

EE has plans to roll out fiber broadband to homes and promises lower prices if you get both fiber broadband and 4GEE.

The T-Mobile and Orange brands won't disappear - their stores will remain intact, but you'll have to go with EE if you want 4G.

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Source : http://www.gsmarena.com/ee_will_bring_first_4g_lte_network_in_the_uk_by_the_end_of_the_year_-news-4784.php

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