Greece

The 5G ESSENCE project has successfully demonstrated the first use case (“5G Edge Network Acceleration with local video production and distribution in a Stadium”) in Egaleo-Athens, Greece. Two football teams had a typical 90 min. match and, through the used 360° cameras, this event was broadcasted to the eMBMS (evolved Multimedia Broadcast / Multicast Services) […]

Greek telco Wind Hellas switched on a trial 5G mobile network at the Thessaloniki International Fair. The firm is giving attendees the chance to experience 5G technology using Huawei Mate 20X handsets, though commercial services are not expected to be implemented until next year at the earliest.

Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson’s live 5G demonstration achieved an ultra-low latency connection with fiber-like results over a wireless backhaul (5G X-Haul Solution). This joint innovation project took place in Deutsche Telekom Service Center in Athens and used Ericsson’s mobile transport technologies, including the MINI-LINK 6352 microwave solution and Router 6000. The demonstration achieved a data […]

5G technology was presented  by Cosmote in a live demonstration along with Nokia, achieving speeds of up to 4.5Gbps. At the InfoCom World conference, visitors had the opportunity to watch 360° video streaming through a Virtual Reality headset. Both players used the 3.5GHz range during the demonstration.

Using the spectrum band 3.5GHz, Cosmote will gradually implement 5G starting from urban areas before the expansion throughout the country by 2020. The 3.5 GHz was awarded for Q3 2019, and further test permits are awaited in 2018-2019.