Three UK boosts mobile backhaul and 4G/5G capacity Hutchison-owned Three UK has added 10Gbps backhaul – a 20-fold capacity boost – to more than 3,200 sites to improve quality of experience for 4G and 5G. This is part of the company’s £2bn network investment which has seen its 5G sites reaching 1,250 in number in 193 towns and cities, up from 1,000 sites at the end of last year. The operator has also added 20 MHz of 1.4 GHz spectrum to 1,500 sites to double 4G capacity and improve indoor and outdoor coverage. This will be added to more sites during the year. COO Susan Buttsworth said the operator’s average data usage, per customer per month, has surpassed 17GB, driven…