German telecoms company Vodafone said it completed more than 1,400 structural projects on LTE and 5G networks in the second quarter of the year.
In a statement, Vodafone said it had commissioned more than 500 new structural sites and installed more antennas for LTE, 5G and 5G Standalone (5G SA) at nearly 900 other sites to expand broadband capabilities.
A total of 180 actions were taken on existing LTE dead spots or to save new LTE dead spots. The new generation 5G SA continued to be a major expansion domain, with a further 350 stations upgraded to 5G SA locations. The telecom operator noted that approximately a portion of the German population is already connected to Vodafone’s 5G SA network through 5,500 5G SA locations, of which more than 4,000 stations now have antennas in the 3. 5 GHz frequency range.
Almost 27,000 mobile phone stations currently provide cellular communication to 99. 9% of Germany’s population.
Vodafone also said it completed a total of 661 large-scale structural projects on its network in the second quarter of the year.
Vodafone had said in the past that it had completed more than 1,200 structural projects in the first quarter of the year, expanding its 5G SA network.
Vodafone Germany unveiled its 5G SA network in 2022 in partnership with Ericsson, Nokia, Qualcomm, and Oppo. For the expansion of 5G, Vodafone is currently betting on frequencies in the 3. 6 GHz, 1. 8 GHz and 700 MHz bands in large urban spaces, residential spaces, suburbs and rural spaces in Germany.
Vodafone first introduced its 5G network in Germany in 2019, the 3. 5 GHz frequencies acquired from Telefónica in 2018.
Last month, Vodafone announced that it had installed a total of 100 advertising columns on 5G sites in Düsseldorf.
Vodafone Germany reported that 50 more advertising columns will receive 5G in the next two years, adding that this initiative ensures even greater reception and greater network stability and at the same time solves a main challenge that still exists in Germany with the expansion of 5G. network in urban centers: the long search for places for new cell phone stations and the long authorization procedures.
Vodafone’s 5G advertising columns have obtained a location certificate from the German Federal Network Agency to prove their compatibility. The installed 5G antennas, built in collaboration with Ericsson, serve a radius of about 400 meters around an advertising column. On average, there are currently about 6,000 connections per column with 5G-enabled smartphones, one and two per day, and about two hundred gigabytes of data per column pass through Vodafone’s 5G network, one and both. one and both weeks.