Clear Mobitel has planned live consumer LTE trial in the 800MHz Digital Dividend spectrum in UK. Clear Mobitel will conduct the LTE trial in a zone which is centered on the Caradon Hill area of East Cornwall.

This radio frequency band was previously occupied by analogue TV transmissions until the digital switchover in the South West which was completed in April 2009. 

Clear Mobitel will be trialling solutions based on its own LTE end user devices to connect so-called “not spot” rural area consumers that either have no broadband or poor broadband service currently.

“This trial is one of the most important projects in the company at present. This is not just a trial of rural broadband solutions based on LTE for Cornwall, it is a trial which has global ramifications for rural economies that have been shattered by the effects of the global recession,” said Harpal Mann CEO and Founder of Clear Mobitel.

Clear Mobitel has already achieved a recommendation of allocation in the 2600MHz band in Jersey to operate a 4G LTE network from the Jersey Competition and Regulatory Authority (JCRA).