Slovak operator 4ka introduced that it has began increasing its 5G Community with the launch of companies in new areas. On the finish of February, 4ka expanded its 4G community protection, which already covers over 95 p.c of Slovakia’s inhabitants, and now it has began increasing its 5G community, the corporate lately introduced.
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4ka’s 5G Community Growth
4ka mentioned its 5G companies at the moment are obtainable in 6 new areas, together with Bardejov, Malacky, Stupava, Piestany, Zlate Moravce, and Zvolen, utilizing the C-Band (3.4 GHz and three.7 GHz). The 5G Community, constructed on the three.7 GHz band, requires a better variety of transmitters to cowl the territory whereas offering increased speeds of over 600 Mbps.
Protection Strategy
4ka mentioned this yr it has modified its 5G Community protection technique. Prior to now, the corporate targeted on giant cities with excessive inhabitants density. Now it’ll give attention to small areas in which there’s a excessive focus of 4ka prospects and 5G gadgets. With this, smaller cities and cities could have 5G protection, the operator mentioned.
“This yr, we managed to considerably enhance our cellular community when, on the finish of February, we efficiently accomplished the transition from 3G to 4G community, with which we’ll cowl greater than 97 p.c of the inhabitants within the first half of the yr. We have now now set about increasing the 5G community wherever it is smart. Regularly, through the yr, the 5G community shall be added in dozens of latest areas all through Slovakia,” says 4ka.
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Key Cities with 5G Community
With plans to cowl greater than 10 further areas by early summer season, 4ka says its 5G community is already operational in key cities resembling Bratislava, Trnava, Nitra, Levice, Cadca, Ziar nad Hronom, Sered, Stropkov, Topolcany, and in components of Banska Bystrica.
