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Telefonica to begin standalone 5G rollout from 2021
2020-01-06 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
5G Challenges First of all, it's very important for us to explain what we mean when we say 5G. At Telefonica we have launched 5G across the UK and the rest of our European markets will follow soon, but initially we are launching it on a non-standalone basis. That means that we are deploying the 5G New Radio capabilities and we are evolving the core in order to provide the same kind of current services but enhanced with more capabilities. We have been doing a lot of work to improve our transport and backhaul network and currently all the designs are ready for the arrival of 5G and to manage the incremental capacities it will bring. 5G for us is about far more than the current non…read more on TotalTele.com »
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