SPEEDS: EE is upgrading its network at this year's Glastonbury festival
135,000 revellers will descend on a field in Somerset next month and along with some top music acts they should also be treated to some of the fastest mobile speeds in the UK.
EE has just announced that it's tripling the capacity of the UK’s biggest temporary 4G network which is currently being built at Glastonbury.
The UK network is expecting to have to cope with its customers munching through 15 terabytes of data over the course of the five days.
This mind-boggling amount of data is the equivalent of downloading Adele’s hit single Hello three million times.
SUPER-FAST: EE is tripling the amount of 4G masts at Glastonbury
To cope with the data demand, EE has added a sixth mobile site this year, and tripled the amount of mobile airwaves for customers to use.
And, for the first time ever, customers will also be able to make calls on the EE 4G network with EE’s launch of ‘4G Calling’.
Speaking about the investment Spencer McHugh, Director of Brand at EE, said: “People in the UK are using their mobiles more than ever before to share cherished experiences.
"2016 has already seen 4G data usage increase by at least 40% at other major events year on year and this trend shows no sign of slowing down.
"Each year social media feeds all over the world are flooded with images and videos of Glastonbury Festival so, in anticipation of the huge demand we expect to see at Worthy Farm this June, we’ve tripled our 4G capacity thanks to a number of new innovative network technologies.
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