Vodafone Spain is increasing its 5G infra in Spain utilizing spectrum within the 700 MHz band
Spanish operator Vodafone mentioned it’s at the moment increasing its 5G community utilizing the 700 MHz frequency with the goal of reaching 82% of the inhabitants and a complete of two,700 municipalities with its 5G service by the top of this yr, exceeding the dedicated deployment obligations.
The European operator mentioned it can deploy 5G in 147 cities with lower than 1,000 inhabitants and in 553 cities with between 1,000 and 50,000 inhabitants throughout the remainder of the yr.
As well as, Vodafone has elevated the areas of its NB-IoT community, which at the moment reaches all provincial capitals and their surrounding areas, with greater than 16,886 community areas up to date with this know-how. The deployment has allowed the provider to proceed to broaden its presence within the IoT section, with greater than 6.57 million energetic IoT traces as of the top of 2023, a rise of 34% in comparison with the earlier yr, the provider famous.
Julia Velasco, community director at Vodafone Spain, mentioned: “With the aim of constant to facilitate the digital inclusion of corporations, residents and administrations, Vodafone’s 5G community will attain 82% of the entire inhabitants in our nation and a pair of,700 municipalities positioned in giant and small cities, in addition to rural areas. Our purpose is to bridge the digital divide and supply connectivity to everybody, together with those that want it most.”
In November 2023, Vodafone mentioned it has achieved 1 Gbps speeds in its ongoing community checks within the higher 6 GHz frequency band in Spain.
Vodafone confirmed it not too long ago ran checks of each 6 GHz spectrum and its current 5G community working at 3.5 GHz. Utilizing the identical quantity of bandwidth and radio antenna energy, indoor speeds of greater than 1 Gbps had been achieved in each instances, the telco mentioned.
The telco defined that 6 GHz tools was put in on an current 5G web site in Madrid overlaying Vodafone’s campus and the encircling space, together with a number of indoor areas. Huge MIMO antenna know-how was used on this check. Additionally, a 200-megahertz channel, which is the anticipated quantity of spectrum that might be made out there per cell operator in every European nation, was used, which is roughly double the bandwidth used for 5G providers right this moment, enabling greater speeds and capability for advanced 5G networks.