Friday, 26 July 2019 10:46

O2 to launch UK's third 5G service in October

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Britain will get its third 5G service in the same month that Brexit has been promised, with O2 announcing on Thursday that its network would be switched on in October in 20 towns and cities, expanding to 50 by summer next year.

In a statement, the company said it would be focusing on areas where it claimed customers needed the technology most: transport hubs, key business areas and entertainment and sports venues including the The O2 and Twickenham Stadium.

As to 5G-enabled devices, O2 said the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G would be available for purchase by 8 August, with the Xiaomi to follow later the same month. Both consumers and businesses would be able to select 5G prices that suited them.

Mark Evans, chief executive of Telefónica UK, the owner of O2, said: "5G is going to be a game changer for our country. Whether it’s for people or businesses, the power of this next-generation network is going to unlock a world of possibilities for our economy and society.

“As we switch on our network across the country, our intelligence-led roll-out prioritises the key areas in towns and cities first – the places where our customers need, and will use, 5G the most.

"We’re also giving our customers maximum flexibility with our industry-leading custom plans, letting people adopt 5G at a time that’s right for them."

Two 5G services are already operating in the UK, those of EE and Vodafone. In both cases, the companies have used gear from Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies in non-core parts of the network. iTWire has asked Telefónica UK if it will be doing the same.

O2 said it would have 5G operating in the following 20 towns and cities by the end of the year: Belfast, Blackpool, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, Coventry, Derby, Edinburgh, Eton, Guildford, Leeds, Leicester, Lisburn, London, Norwich, Nottingham, Reading, Slough, Stoke and Windsor.

And by the UK summer of 2020, the following additional 23 towns and cities would be covered: Aberdeen, Bradford, Brighton, Birkenhead, Birmingham, Cambridge, Glasgow, Hove, Kingston, Liverpool, Luton, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Newbury, Newcastle, Northampton, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Sheffield, Southampton, Sunderland, Warrington and Wolverhampton. An additional seven would be announced later to bring the total up to 50.

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Sam Varghese has been writing for iTWire since 2006, a year after the site came into existence. For nearly a decade thereafter, he wrote mostly about free and open source software, based on his own use of this genre of software. Since May 2016, he has been writing across many areas of technology. He has been a journalist for nearly 40 years in India (Indian Express and Deccan Herald), the UAE (Khaleej Times) and Australia (Daily Commercial News (now defunct) and The Age). His personal blog is titled Irregular Expression.

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