Deutsche Telekom’s ongoing domestic network upgrades delivered 145 fresh sites and updates to 417 locations during October, work it stated delivers benefits beyond just wireless connectivity.
The bulk of Deutsche Telekom’s work last month focused on the North Rhine-Westphalia, Bavaria and Lower Saxony regions. The operator explained its 5G network is approaching the reach of its 4G infrastructure, with 99 per cent of German households covered by the next-generation technology compared with 100 per cent coverage for LTE.
Deutsche Telekom noted the expansion and upgrade project is of particular benefit to customers on a hybrid tariff combining fixed and mobile access.
The set-up switches to mobile infrastructure when it offers faster data rates than Deutsche Telekom’s fixed network, delivering 500Mb/s download and 50Mb/s up without requiring fibre access.
Deutsche Telekom ultimately plans for all mobile sites to employ low-band frequencies to deliver broad range and coverage. Mid-band will be deployed in 90 per cent of sites to ensure adequate data rates and low latency.
It explained 85 per cent of its mobile sites are also being connected to a fibre backbone delivering data rates of 10Gb/s.
Source: https://tynmagazine.com/deutsche-telekom-homes-in-on-total-5g-coverage/
