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Networks to work together to create Britain’s largest 3G network

T-Mobile and 3 have announced that they are to join forces to build a combined 3G and HSDPA network to cover 98% of the country. Which will give them a huge advantage over the other networks, and give customers better mobile internet.

This agreement follows a similar agreement between Vodafone and Orange earlier in the year. However, while Vodafone and Orange cannot agree on the value of their respective assets and the deal has yet to progress, this new agreement has seen both 3 and T-Mobile agreeing fully and the network share will begin on January 1st 2008.

By sharing resources to build a bigger 3G network they expect to cut costs by £2 billion and reduce the number of phone masts by 5,000. These cost savings are expected to be passed onto the consumer in the form of cheaper mobile broadband. 3 and T-Mobile have been competing for customers in the mobile broadband arena, by trying to undercut each other since they began selling USB modems.

Both networks have made it clear that this agreement is simply a share of resources and does not mean that T-Mobile will be buying out 3 anytime in the near future.