O2 is the first domestic operator to start offering 5G commercially, with competitors continuing test operations in selected locations. Vodafone is to gradually test 5G in Karlovy Vary, where commercial operation is also ready, as well as in Ústí nad Labem and Jeseník. T-Mobile, which this year announced a 5G test network on the campus of the University of Mining in Ostrava, is also preparing a commercial launch.
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The city of Pilsen, which is one of five pilot cities for 5G testing within the project of the Ministry of Industry, wants to test, among other things, drone flights beyond the line of sight, streaming for crisis management and edge computing. He wants to find out how these modern machines can be best integrated into an integrated rescue system with the help of 5G networks, and thus increase the safety of the population.
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5G technology
The development of the new communication standard was finally completed around mid-2018.
The main benefit of the new technology is a significant, approximately tenfold increase in transmission speed and a significant reduction in response time compared to the 4G standard.
It aims to enable faster internet in mobile phones, the use of technology in industry and robotics, but mainly in the areas of the Internet of Things, autonomous vehicles, virtual and augmented reality, 360-degree videos and holographic calls and projections.
According to some scientists, millimeter waves newly used by 5G networks pose a health risk to humans and nature, but most experts agree that the technology is safe from a health point of view.
Commercial operation of 5G networks was first launched in 2019 in South Korea.
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In Jeseník, some citizens are resisting the start of 5G testing. According to them, the 5G signal is harmful to health, and they have even been linked to coronavirus disease. According to experts, nothing like this has been confirmed, and they also point out that television transmitters transmitting a signal with a higher power have operated on the same frequencies as 5G, which no one minded. Resistance to 5G is often part of the so-called hoaxes, ie false alarms most often spread over the Internet.
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O2’s new 5G mobile network covers the wider center of Prague and Kolín. Customers will be able to join 5G, for example in Prague’s Old and New Towns, Vinohrady, Nusle, Dejvice and Bubeneč. It offers services to customers of the FREE + and NEO tariffs for a monthly crown.
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The operator launched the 5G technology at a frequency of 3.7 GHz, which O2 had previously used. 5G now allows a connection speed of 600/100 Mbit / s. “If the conditions of the frequency auction allow it, we are ready to increase the available speeds and the percentage of coverage,” said Jan Hruška, the company’s technology director. The auction should start in the fall.
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O2 is building the fastest network together with CETIN. Last year in Cologne, 5G launched with Ericsson, and now continues testing with Huawei and Nokia.
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The majority owner of O2 is PPF investment group Petr Kellner with about 80 percent. O2 has 5.9 million mobile customers.
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