UK 4G Network Trial in Cornwall

Trials are due to start soon of a new 4G mobile phone network in parts of Cornwall that suffer from poor broadband connectivity. The trials will begin in September this year and will make use of phone frequencies recently freed up by the switch from analogue to digital television services in East Cornwall.

Clear Mobitel says the 4G network test aims to gather information on how to best roll out 4G services to other rural areas of the UK which traditionally have had patchy or non-existent mobile broadband coverage. The trial will involve a mobile phone running Google Android as well as USB wireless cards.

Clear Mobitel already has a license to provide 4G phone services to the island of Jersey.