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Telefonica Germany stated it should change off the final 300 3G websites energetic on its cell community on 30 December. The freed-up frequencies at 2,100 MHz, which O2 beforehand used for 3G, will likely be used solely for the sooner and extra environment friendly 4G commonplace. The 2G community will stay in place as the fundamental community for cell telephony and SMS. Cell information utilization runs on the sooner 4G and 5G cell requirements within the O2 community.
O2 has accomplished the nationwide 3G community change off in a number of steps since July 2021. In summer time, the corporate nonetheless operated round 16,000 websites with 3G know-how.
By changing 3G to the sooner 4G commonplace, the corporate stated it may possibly squeeze considerably extra efficiency out of the identical frequency spectrum for purchasers.
With 4G, trendy IoT options may also be used, for instance for smartwatches, IoT trackers, and within the enterprise buyer section for sensible gadgets reminiscent of merchandising machines. In parallel, the O2 5G community opens up an excellent higher community expertise and allows new digital connectivity options reminiscent of digital actuality gaming.
Telefónica stated it has taken complete measures to make sure that all clients can take the step into the digital future. The corporate supplied all its personal clients a free SIM swap in the event that they had been nonetheless utilizing a SIM card restricted to 3G.
“The long run is 5G. We began the 5G enlargement turbo this 12 months and already present round 30 % of the inhabitants with the quick cell commonplace. Over 99 % of the inhabitants advantages from our 4G community,” says Mallik Rao, chief know-how & info officer at Telefónica Deutschland.
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