Cellnet... er.. I mean EE actually do have enough 800 for what they need it for.
Ultimately it only has to extend beyond the reach of 1800 and once 1800 is fully rolled out that won't really be that many 800 handsets on any particular cell.
It has been stated by Celln.... EE that 800 will cover about an extra 1500 square miles across the whole of the UK which isn't a particularly massive amount compared to the total landmass.
Most users indoors will offload onto WiFi so 800 will help those in rural areas just out of reach of 1800. 5Mhz of 800 can handle 200 active handsets at full speed (maybe 10 - 15 Mbps). In most areas it will be most unlikely there will be anything like that many handsets active simultaneously in the 800 band.
My particular cell (or 120 degree sector) for example I doubt will ever have more than 50-100 active 800 handsets on it at once. LTE will instantly switch back to 1800 on the fly as soon as it's available again.
Remember it's simultaneous active handsets. A cell can have a lot more inactive ones.
A 10KB pushed email for example only makes that particular handset "active" for a few milliseconds. It then goes inactive again.
Because of EE's massive allocation of 1800/2600, 5Mhz of 800 is all they needed really.
Ultimately it only has to extend beyond the reach of 1800 and once 1800 is fully rolled out that won't really be that many 800 handsets on any particular cell.
It has been stated by Celln.... EE that 800 will cover about an extra 1500 square miles across the whole of the UK which isn't a particularly massive amount compared to the total landmass.
Most users indoors will offload onto WiFi so 800 will help those in rural areas just out of reach of 1800. 5Mhz of 800 can handle 200 active handsets at full speed (maybe 10 - 15 Mbps). In most areas it will be most unlikely there will be anything like that many handsets active simultaneously in the 800 band.
My particular cell (or 120 degree sector) for example I doubt will ever have more than 50-100 active 800 handsets on it at once. LTE will instantly switch back to 1800 on the fly as soon as it's available again.
Remember it's simultaneous active handsets. A cell can have a lot more inactive ones.
A 10KB pushed email for example only makes that particular handset "active" for a few milliseconds. It then goes inactive again.
Because of EE's massive allocation of 1800/2600, 5Mhz of 800 is all they needed really.



