EE has laid claim to the title of Europe’s largest 4G network after the launch of the iPhone 6 pushed its customer base for the faster network well beyond the 5 million mark.
EE, which was the first mobile network to launch 4G in Britain but one of the last in Europe, now has 5.6 million customers on 4G and said that more than 80 per cent of people signing up to a new contract opt for the faster network.
The growth means that the UK network has surpassed T-Mobile in Germany, which has roughly 5.2 million 4G users, in the last quarter and it now expects to have 7 million users on the faster network by the end of its financial year having previously