Polkomtel, which operates under the Plus brand and belongs to the Cyfrowy Polsat group, announced ambitious plans to expand 5G in Poland.
The Polish operator said that this month, the technology will be accessible to 5 million people and that it will accelerate deployment.
While in May it announced that by the end of this year it would launch about 700 5G base stations reaching about 3 million people in 7 large cities, including Warsaw and the Warsaw agglomeration, now reports that in November it will cover over 700 masts with new technology will be 5 million inhabitants of the country. This year’s plan has been extended by 100 towns.
Next year (no more precise date was given) Plus wants to reach 11 million Polish residents in 150 cities with its 5G. This effect is to be ensured by over 1700 stations in all present and former voivodeship cities.
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“In May 2020, the first 5G Plus network in Poland on the 2600 MHz TDD frequency was launched in 7 cities with 100 transmitters. It allows you to achieve internet speed up to 600 Mb / s. Several months of observations of network user experiences and the best results obtained in 5G network speed tests compared to other operators resulted in the decision to expand the network coverage. More than 150 cities will be added to the list of 7 current 5G cities, thanks to which over 11 million people will be able to use the fastest 5G in Poland, ”the telecom said today.
This means that the current list of cities from 5G Plus, i.e. Warsaw, Łódź, Gdańsk, Katowice, Poznań, Szczecin and Wrocław, will be joined by, inter alia, residents of the Silesian agglomeration, Tricity, Kraków, Bydgoszcz, Częstochowa, Olsztyn, Kielce, Radom, Toruń, Zielona Mountains, Opole, Gorzów Wielkopolski and many others – announces the operator.
The above plans concern the development of the 5G network in the 2600 MHz TDD band. The company announces the inclusion of the new technology in other bands as well.
“Plus is currently also working on the development of the 5G network using new frequencies and technologies,” reports the telecom. He does not reveal any details.
On Tuesday, Cyfrowy Polsat, the owner of Plus, publishes the results for the third quarter of this year. On such occasions, it usually lists the track record of network development.