Mobile networks including EE, Vodafone, O2, and 3 are all said to be experiencing issues, just a day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s advised the public to avoid workspaces. However, the operators don’t think the problem is due to the immense growth in remote working. “We don’t believe it is connected to the rise in home working [due to the coronavirus],” said EE. They are instead blaming the disruption on “interconnect issues” that originated at O2. [Read: Video: The Pablo Escobar Fold 2 is just a… Samsung Galaxy Fold?] In a statement, O2 said it would share updates on its efforts to fix the network as they were available. TNW reporters on EE and Vodafone have experienced no problems, but the O2 network was down at the time of writing.
