What’s that? Your Vodafone coverage has been pretty bad? Well, there’s good news on its way – Vodafone has announced it will begin a major upgrade of its network starting next week, and plans to launch LTE services by the end of the year.
The core element of the Vodafone upgrade is to shift from multiple Ericsson cabinets at each base station to a single Huawei SingleRAN cabinet, which can control 2G, 3G and LTE networks.
The upgrade will begin next Tuesday on the NSW Central Coast, before rolling out to all 5800 current base station sites over the next 18 months.
Good news for Vodafone customers, especially if they manage to end up with super-fast LTE services sooner than the competition.
[ZDNet]
Vodafail
Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 3:07 PM“…the next 18 months” FAIL!
matt
Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 5:49 PMthats 10 base stations being upgraded every single day. that doesn’t seem that bad…
I’m sure they will do the most popular ones first…
Adrian Cascun-Valencic
Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 3:10 PMso, what you’re saying is that for the next 18 months Voda has a ready excuse for why my service is so shite? “oh, we’re doing a major system upgrade and services will be affected”
… *sigh* :–P
Michael Pengilley
Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 3:40 PMI received my new Telstra sim today after our business dumped Vodafone, then I see this haha, sorry too late…
Mike
Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 3:46 PMYea great… another 18mths of rubbish coverage. To little to late voda. Since they annonced that they we upgrading/fixing their existing towers etc my coverage has gone from bad to worse. I never thought I’d say it, but it may be off to Telstra.
Michael Koultras
Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 3:48 PMDoes that mean three will also have improved coverage considering three and vodafone have merged.
Michael
Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at 12:47 PMEventually. At the moment 3 and Vodafone are still separate networks but there are plans for a joint network.
One day 3′s “old” network will shut down and their base stations (where kept by VHA) will go to the new network. And 3 customers will essentially be ported to the new network, what is Vodafone today, but probably a bit more seamless than that :)
I’d take it they’re upgrading ALL base stations that will be part of the new joint network, both 3 and Voda.
Michael Perry
Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 3:50 PMHave been a (business enforced) Vodafone customer for 2 weeks, and I now totally understand where #vodafail comes from. This upgrade can’t come soon enough.
wsDK_II
Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 4:38 PMtoo little, too late – im moving onto Telstra
Todd
Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 4:49 PMTo late vodafail. I will never return to your fatally flawed network. On Telstra and loving it. I actually get use my iPhone/ipad even on long train trips.
Tyson
Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 5:02 PMWill 3 users also get an upgrade through vodafone?
Peter Lehfeldt
Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 5:16 PMI was promised that by the end of the month they will upgrade the tower (in Central Brisbane suburbia) so that I get reception at my house.
*LOL*
Vit Peyr
Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 5:33 PMLTE next week?
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*runs to phone store*
Luke Hill
Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 7:14 PMim with Voda. I got rid of my iphone the other day. Went to a nokia 6700 classic.
I no longer have any dropouts.
Simon Reidy
Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 9:37 PMHow about getting 3G right before talking about LTE Vodafail? That alone sound like a desperate attempt to hang on to customers that are leaving in droves.
Greg
Friday, April 15, 2011 at 11:14 AMWait, vodafone au still has customers? Who in their right mind would be silly enough to still be paying them money?
Dave
Friday, April 15, 2011 at 12:58 PMhahaha bitches win. i live on the central coast and it’s about time they fixed things up. only problem is i go to Necwastle most days of the week -.-
i R SPaCe CaT
Thursday, April 28, 2011 at 8:26 PMI live in newcastle :) upgrade tonight.
Steve
Thursday, September 15, 2011 at 4:18 PMI’d rather see improvements in 2G and 3G reception before they worry about LTE. I’m still contracted for 16 months so hopefully I’ll see a benefit before my contract expires.
Sean
Sunday, December 18, 2011 at 11:50 PMOne of my friends has ported over to telstra as she has seen the coverage that my iPhone was getting and when I’m at her house I’m running at full signal and her vodafone was running at next to no signal and her brothers wife was just getting a signal on optus and my friend is on 3 acres and her husband is on telstra and i told her not to go on vodafone two years ago and when she drives over brisbanes gateway brige the phone always drops out when she is on the blutooth hands free kit in the car and i have to call her on her work phone being on telstra next g. I even get coverage on fraser island in queensland when I’m at my perrents beach house on the island and i can get the bigpond next g wifi internet when I’m up there and the speed is very good and i say go telstra and I’m not even thinking of switching back over.
Sean
Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 10:46 PMTelstra has brought out a 4g LTE handset but it does 3g for voice 4g LTE for data and that would be good for voip and Skype and i would wait for a wile until more handsets come out and I’m amazed vodafone hasn’t got LTE switched on yet and i have been in a Telstra where customers switch there mobile phones from vodafone to Telstra and getting a LTE modem at the same time on 24 month contracts most buy the bigpond version witch doesn’t have a mobile number and they don’t need a mobile number for the internet and the next g and the LTE that doesn’t have a mobile number except the Telstra version
Sean
Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 10:52 PMI wouldn’t be supprised if Optus gets LTE up and running well before Vodafone does like Telstra got online last year