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EE closes in on Emergency Services Network coverage target

2026-01-20T15:25:00

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EE’s ESN delivery lead Tomas Vanderick tees up imminent network rollout milestone, and charts a course to full service ready launch via capacity and resilience stress tests. With indoor rollout beginning this year, and capacity testing at major events, the long-delayed programme is finally approaching operational readiness, but risks remain…

This article includes:

  • Themes: 4G sites; Apps; Batteries; Blackouts; Control room interfaces; Core network; Coverage obligations; Data centres; Devices; Generators; Indoor coverage; Mobile services; Network architecture; Network capacity; Network resilience; Outdoor coverage; Power outages; Procurement; RAN; Satellite; Supply chain; TETRA; Unicast model; User services; Voice quality; Wide area network.
  • Events: Emergency Services Times Q&A panel.
  • People: John Black; Nigel Smith; Paul Peck; Tomas Vanderick.
  • Geographic: London; Scotland; UK.
  • Organisations: Airwave; BT/EE; Emergency Services Mobile Communication Programme (ESMCP); Emergency Services Network (ESN); Emergency Services Times; Home Office; IBM.

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