Editing EDGE (telecommunication) (section)

== Deployment ==
The first EDGE network was deployed by [[Cingular]] (now [[AT&T]]) in the United States<ref name=":0" /> on June 30, 2003, initially covering [[Indianapolis]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2003-07-04 |title=First commercial EDGE network |website=Gizmodo |url=https://gizmodo.com/first-commercial-edge-network-6642 |access-date=2025-02-27 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Cingular Launches World's First EDGE Network |url=https://www.phonescoop.com/articles/article.php?a=605 |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=Phone Scoop |language=en-US}}</ref> [[T-Mobile US]] deployed their EDGE network in September 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-09-03 |title=T-Mobile USA Launches EDGE, Finally |website=Gizmodo |url=https://gizmodo.com/t-mobile-usa-launches-edge-finally-123762 |access-date=2025-02-27 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=EDGE Launch Imminent On T-Mobile |url=https://www.phonescoop.com/articles/article.php?a=1354 |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=Phone Scoop |language=en-US}}</ref> In Canada, [[Rogers Wireless]] deployed their EDGE network in 2004.<ref>https://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReportArchive/r/NYSE_RCI_2004.pdf</ref> In Malaysia, [[DiGi]] launched EDGE beginning in May 2004 initially only in the [[Klang Valley]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=DiGi Launches EDGE |url=https://www.lightreading.com/business-management/digi-launches-edge |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=www.lightreading.com |language=en}}</ref>

In Europe, [[TeliaSonera]] in Finland rolled out EDGE in April 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Telecompaper |url=https://www.telecompaper.com/news/teliasonera-finland-upgrades-gprs-network-to-edge--409172 |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=www.telecompaper.com}}</ref> [[Orange Group|Orange]] began trialling EDGE in France in April 2005 before a consumer rollout later that year.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-04-12 |title=Orange Launching National EDGE Wireless Network |url=http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/April2005/1301.htm |access-date=2025-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050412015501/http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/April2005/1301.htm |archive-date=12 April 2005 }}</ref> [[Bouygues Telecom]] completed its national deployment of EDGE in the country in 2005, strategically focusing on EDGE which is cheaper to deploy compared to 3G networks.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.option.com/news/detail.cfm?newsitemgroup_id=239 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060316090657/https://www.option.com/news/detail.cfm?newsitemgroup_id=239 | archive-date=16 March 2006 | title=Option: Wireless technology }}</ref> [[Telfort]] was the first network in the Netherlands to roll out EDGE having done so by May 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001474/000110465906016278/a06-6447_120f.htm |access-date=2025-02-27 |title=FORM 20-F – Koninklijke KPN N.V. |date=2005 |website=www.sec.gov}}</ref> Orange launched the UK's first EDGE network in February 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UK's first EDGE network |date=13 February 2006 |url=https://www.esato.com/news/uks-first-edge-network-778 |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=Esato}}</ref>

The [[Global Mobile Suppliers Association]] reported in 2008 that EDGE networks have been launched in 147 countries around the world.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-05-14 |title=GSA confirms 313 EDGE networks launched worldwide; 34 countries added in past year |language=en-GB |url=https://www.mobileeurope.co.uk/4530/ |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=Mobile Europe}}</ref>