| 14 January 2021 In what has been a red letter day for the rollout of the next-generation mobile architectures across the country, the UK’s biggest mobile network operator by customers, O2, has revealed that its 5G network now reaches 150 UK towns and cities. As the network provider was announcing its extension, the UK government revealed the second tranche of winning schemes in its 5G Create programme including projects designed to advance broadcasting. O2’s new UK 5G locations now live include Bournemouth, Cheltenham, Doncaster and Southampton, while it has also has significantly increased its 5G coverage footprint in the larger cities such as London, Liverpool, Birmingham, Glasgow, Bristol and Manchester. O2 currently offers over 30 different 5G-enabled devices and says that it will continue to rollout 5G where customers need it, with urban areas receiving added coverage through more cell sites, in-building solutions and small cell deployments. It adds that will now focus now on densification to improve customer experience as O2 plans to invest more than ever before in its network.