3.5 GHz

The Dutch operator KPN openned four 5G labs in the Johan Cruijff Arena in Amsterdam, a farm in the northern town of Valthermond (Drenthe), the port of Rotterdam, and two motorway stretches in the south of the country. In Amsterdam arena, tests will include massive MIMO antennas from RAN supplier Nokia. At the Valthermond farm, […]

On Rotterdam harbour, on the 6th of November 2018, KPN, Shell, Huawei, ExRobotics, Accenture and ABB have tested industrial 5G-applications. The tests aimed for the optimisation of manufacturing and the improvement of maintenance prediction and safety. The tests at Shell Pernis successfully tested preventive maintenance for around 160,000km of pipelines using  5G-connected UHD-cameras with machine […]

Telia Finland announced a pilot 5G network in Helsinki. The operator aims to start commercial 5G services at the beginning of 2019.

The mobile operator EE has announced its plan to launch a live trial of 5G services in 2018 in 10 sites around East London’s tech hub. This will enable the use of prototype 5G devices five small businesses and five homes.

Orange Spain announced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that it will be conducting trials of 5G technology in four unnamed Spanish cities in 2019. The operator said it will be using the 40MHz of spectrum in the 3.5GHz band it acquired in a 2016 auction for the 5G pilots. 

Huawei and Bouygues Telecom announced a joint innovation program to experiment 5G in France. Bordeaux will host their first 5G network trial, from single site to multi-site coverage.

Elisa launched tests of VR, AR and game applications on a 5G network it built with Huawei in Pasila, Helsinki. The 5G network operates on the 3.5 GHz band. Furthermore, the operator tested 5G network in a moving car, simultaneously with two 5G terminal devices, in a trial with Huawei in Helsinki’s Pasila district.  Elisa […]

Orange Poland plans 5G network tests in 2019, mainly focusing 3.5 GHz frequency bands. The operator planned the launch of its next-generation technology by 2020-2021.

Proximus and its 5G partner Huawei achieved a successful 5G outdoor trial with 2.94 Gbps throughput and 1.81 millisecond end-to-end latency