Communications giant Orange has recently completed improvements to its HSPA network at hundreds of sites across Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Mobile communications giant Orange has recently confirmed that it has completed improvements and expansion to its HSPA network at around seven hundred and sixty sites across Scotland and Northern Ireland. The upgrades to its new 3G HSPA network have resulted in a twenty percent improvement in network performance, and this applies to both data and voice services.

The improvements that have been made by Orange will ensure that users can enjoy reliable access over its 3G HSPA network at hotels, airports, conference centres, on major roads, in business parks, and on railway routes across Scotland and Northern Ireland. Over ninety four percent of the population will now enjoy coverage following the upgrades according to Orange officials, and over seventy percent of the population across the UK will be able to enjoy 3G+ coverage.

The Vice President of IT and Networks for Orange stated: “We are delighted to announce the new network has gone live in Northern Ireland and Scotland. We are investing heavily in updating and improving our infrastructure to meet our goal of being the best UK network for coverage and reliability.”

Orange, which recently topped the polls in a survey carried out by YouGov into mobile broadband customer satisfaction, aims to provide speeds of up to 7.2Mbps in the top thirty cities in the UK and 2Mbps for around eighty percent of the total population. The provider also states that it has the largest integrated 3G/2.5G network in the UK, which is says covers ninety nine percent of the population. It intends to continue investing heavily to improve performance at hundreds of 2G and 3G sites.