EDGE networks coming to the UK this year?

EDGE networks - the mobile piggy-in-the-middle between GPRS and 3G networks - could be coming to the UK soon, according to a Nokia exec.
EDGE, also known as 2.75G, has been deployed in a number of European countries - including Belgium, France and Poland - but has yet to make its way to the UK.
Traditionally, operators have been sceptical of deploying the technology, having already leapfrogged EDGE in terms of speed with 3G.
However, according to Robin Lindahl, Nokia's VP of radio networks, UK operators are expressing interest in rolling out EDGE.