“We are not a save-the-date-world champion, but we are Execution-champion of the world”, said the Telecom-technology-in-chief Walter Goldenits this week at the launch of the network measures. Overnight, the Telecom had converted to 12,000 antennas. Instead of UMTS, which had already been a couple of weeks ago is reduced to a Minimum, send LTE now at the same time and the new 5G. Of everyone who uses the LTE network of Telekom benefits. In the case of 5G, however, you’ll have to wait usually a little.
Up to 800 MBit/s, LTE
As of now, there are 20 percent of the population that reaches the Telecom, up to four weeks, it should be 50 percent of the population. Then you can in the areas, which has converted the Telekom, with up to 225 Mbit/s in rural areas, and 600 to 800 Mbit/s in cities of surfing. Possible, a new frequency range for LTE makes.
The frequencies that had used the Telekom so far for UMTS, now sends only a trunk network. Just 21 Mbit/s per antenna are still available here. But it has increased in the rural area the speed of LTE of 75 Mbit/s up to 225 Mbit/s. Because where so far only the Band 20 has been active, and LTE with a spectrum of 10 MHz on frequencies around 800 MHz has sent, sends the Telekom now with a further 15 MHz of spectrum at frequencies around 2.1 GHz.
Better Telecom network: the tag works
This free 15-MHz spectrum, the improved Telecom network now sends. A Trick is used, which allows the Telecom to send only 5G, but LTE. The Whole is called the DSS method. That means that if you already have a 5G phone and 5G-Tariff of the Telekom, you can use 5G. You are the only LTE user in the Telecom network, so your phone can get LTE on a further 150 Mbit/s capacity. This makes the mobile phone automatically, you don’t have to influence it. The network has, for each antenna individually, the capacities required in the LTE or 5G network.
Possible the step is only because the Telekom has entered into an agreement with the competitor of Telefónica. Because most of the frequencies, the Telekom now uses, belong to the end of the year to the O2 network. Due to the early use of the Telekom has now, however, instead of 10 MHz, twice the Frequency and with 5 MHz of UMTS continue to run and with a further 15 MHz LTE and 5G send.
These frequencies can make use of the Telekom
In the future, it will be LTE on significantly more spectrum and 5G to enter. As the Telekom announced that it is planning on the frequencies between 700 to 900 MHz, GSM, LTE, and 5G offer. Here she has a total of 35 MHz of spectrum for a power supply in the area. With 50 MHz of spectrum in the range of 1500 to 1800 MHz, and 40 MHz of spectrum in the range of 2.1 and 2.6 Ghz, there is more capacity for LTE and 5G, the support masts in villages, small towns and cities of the network. In big cities and Hotspots in addition to the 5G frequencies of 3.6 Ghz should be used.
