UK networks Orange and T-Mobile have pledged to spend £1.5bn over the next three years to improve data coverage.
Parent company, Everything Everywhere, says it will create the UK's "broadest 3G data coverage".
The merger of Orange and T-Mobile means customers of each network can automatically roam on the other.
EE says the upgrade of its 3G transmitters means they can easily be adapted to 4G when the faster spectrum is allocated in the future.
"We believe that the UK requires a 21st-century infrastructure and are committed to rolling out 4G as soon as possible to support growing data use, connect parts of the country with little or no mobile broadband, and drive economic growth," Olaf Swantee, chief executive of Everything Everywhere, said in a statement.
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