The Telekom Germany According to its own information, it has connected almost 208 new LTE locations to the mobile network in the past three months, meaning that an average of at least two new locations were built per day. In addition, 534 locations received additional LTE antennas, which increased their capacity. The coverage of the population with LTE is currently 98.5 percent.
“We are continuing to accelerate the LTE expansion,” explains Walter Goldenits, Managing Director Technology at Telekom Germany. Goldenits adds: “We are planning over 2,000 completely new mobile phone locations this year. In addition, we will increase the cell phone capacities for our customers through expansion measures at over 10,000 other locations. As part of these massive expansion activities, we are also taking 5G to Germany. By the end of 2020 at least the 20 largest cities in Germany will be connected. “
Of the 208 new LTE locations in the past three months, Bavaria in particular has just over 200 new locations and expansions. In second place is North Rhine-Westphalia with 122 and Lower Saxony with 100 new and expanded LTE locations.
Under www.telekom.de/schneller you can research the exact speed for your address. Under telekom.de/netzausbau you can also find out at which locations 5G is already available. Accordingly, 5G is already available in the following cities: Berlin, Bonn, Darmstadt, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Cologne, Leipzig and Munich. The cities in which the 5G expansion is planned: Bremen, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Erfurt, Hanover, Ingolstadt, Kiel, Magdeburg, Mainz, Potsdam, Saarbrücken, Schwerin, Stuttgart and Wiesbaden.
For the LTE expansion in Germany, Telekom had the “We’re hunting dead spots” campaign in Started nationwide in August 2019.With this campaign, Telekom wants to break new ground in network expansion. Municipalities with an LTE radio hole in their area were able to take part in the campaign from August to the end of November 2019.
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