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O2 is one of the leading
mobile service providers in Europe. Customers and corporates all across
the UK and Ireland enjoy its specialized communication solutions. A
service provider of repute, O2 also has business interests in Germany,
the Czech Republic and the Isle of Man besides joint ventures in the UK
and Germany.
The coverage of the O2
network qualifies in different areas. First and foremost, O2 coverage
is quite extensive in the UK – over 99 per cent of the
population in the country can enjoy its non-voice services as well as
data connections via GPRS, 3G and WLAN. Moreover, the extensive network
coverage has positive repercussions in some related areas as well. The
stature and level of O2 coverage ensures
- reliability in services,
- clarity of speech and
- most importantly a high
level of customer satisfaction.
However, maintaining a mobile
network of this magnitude and importance is no easy job.
Significant resources in terms of money need to be invested
to monitor the operations – seven days a week and 365
days a year – and this is exactly what is being done.
A team of highly qualified engineers is entrusted with the responsibility
of testing the network on a regular basis.
O2 also offers vast global
coverage to its subscribers. The O2 network has roaming agreements with
357 networks in 155 countries across the world, which makes this
possible.The specific details:
In voice related services,
there are over 390 network agreements covering over 170 countries. When
we talk of data services, the O2 network has over 130 network
agreements, offering network coverage in 70 countries.
Efforts are on to upgrade the quality of indoor mobile
coverage. O2 plans on providing
small mobile base stations to organisations that experience
low quality mobile coverage within their premises. Efforts are
also on to motivate manufacturers of mobile phones to design
and develop 3g handsets, which can operate at a lower frequency.These
initiatives would translate into easy passage of mobile signals
through office walls – this in turn is expected to eliminate
black spots and enhance the coverage of the O2 mobile network
inside closed doors. Indoor mobile coverage is less likely to
remain disturbed once these initiatives are implemented
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