Originally Posted by
Skippy2005:
“5 of each? Vodafone has 2x10 800. Or am I missing the point.
Edit.... I read the comment again and it went in this time
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The 2x10 800 would be split into 2x5 and 2x5 - which would be struggling for capacity that way on both non VoLTE and VoLTE. Vodafone probably are best leaving the whole 2x10 as data 800, with the option of adding VoLTE in the future if necessary.
Though personally I would try and get the 2x5 1800 over to 4G to help with capacity, in conjunction with their 2600. The 1800 will have greater range than the 2600, so will give more capacity to a greater area - whilst also bringing support to some older phones, i.e. iPhone 5 users, who only have 1800 support on their phone for 4G. It'll also help to ease their load on the 2x10 800.
With regards to the 900MHz band... the more places 3G900 is rolled out to (and possibly 3G2100), the less need there will be for 2G900, except if your phone doesn't support 3G900 (and there is no 3G2100 coverage).
As for whoever posted that graph - thank you for posting that. It just shows that, if BT/EE goes through, some of BT's 2600 might have to be sold, as that would leave the BT owned EE with 100MHz of 2600. It also shows that, unless 3/O2 goes through, both 3 and O2 will be short on spectrum - 3 having just 2x5 of 800 and 2x15 of 1800. O2 doesn't look much better, with 2x10 of 800, 2x5 of 1800 (if they get it refarmed to 4G) and nothing else much.
I wonder if BT will end up giving either 3 or O2 (if the 3/O2 merger didn't go through) their 2600 if the EE takeover goes through? Because 3 and O2 need a bit of 2600 to help with their capacity.