14 DAY TRIAL // Everything Everywhere, the company that resulted from the merger of Orange and T-Mobile UK, has just announced that a number of no less than 1.35 million British mobile customers are already taking full advantage of the network switching feature the two wireless carriers announced as available a few weeks ago.
According to the duo, their users are already making around five million more calls than before, while sending 20 million more texts since they can access both networks.
What the said “switch” is all about includes the possibility for Orange users to access T-Mobile's airwaves when signal is stronger this way, and the other way around.
To benefit from this feature, users need to sign up either on Orange's or T-Mobile's website, and they would receive an update to their SIM card, so that they can pick up signal from the other network when losing the signal from the existing network.
Currently, Everything Everywhere is the largest wireless carrier in the UK. The ‘big switch on’ of access to both Orange and T-Mobile networks at the same time is seen as the biggest transformation of mobile coverage in the country.
The wireless carrier aims at offering users the greatest network experience in the UK, through offering a combination of 2G, 3G, 4G, fixed broadband and Wi-Fi services in a single offer.
“This is just the beginning of our hugely ambitious network plans and I’m delighted that we’ve enabled so many of our customers to make calls and send texts in more places by signing up to take advantage of our unique offer – two networks for the price of one,” Tom Alexander, CEO of Everything Everywhere, commented.
“And we’re not stopping there. The next benefit, due in spring next year, will enable our customers to experience enhanced data and internet coverage, as well as the ability to make calls and send texts in more places.
“We’ll also be enhancing our services so that customers can automatically switch to whichever network has the strongest signal while they’re mid-call, keeping them close to the people, places and things that matter to them, wherever they are.”
Orange and T-Mobile users who did not sign up for access to both networks can still do so either on Orange's website here, or on T-Mobile's site here.