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O2 UK admits EDGE coverageDespite numerous flames telling us we were wrong, O2 has indeed rolled out support for EDGE thanks to the iPhone, as we said it would. An O2 spokesman confirmed this to Mobile Software Insight and confessed that EDGE has been working in the UK for some time. So if you have an O2 handset, you should be able to see this for yourself. What does this mean? Well, EDGE is a half-way house between regular GSM data – as provided by GPRS, and 3G. So instead of around 40-50 Kbit/s with a GPRS connexion, you should see about 160-200 Kbit/s. Which should mean that surfing the net with the iPhone's Safari browser should not be too much of a pain. As we mentioned before, EDGE will work on a variety of smartphones, data Cards and USB modems. Not just the iPhone. More to the point it should speed up email downloading on devices such as the RIM Blackberry along with O2's Xda range.The full Inquirer story ... O2 confesses to EDGE support |
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