What are the 5g base stations of Berlin Communications Company

Currently, Telekom's 5G network is available in Berlin, Bonn, Darmstadt, Munich and Cologne. The cities of Hamburg, Frankfurt and Leipzig are expected to receive the technology by the end of 2019. In June, rival telco Vodafone started to activate the first antennas for 5G networks in the cities of Cologne, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Dortmund, and Munich.

In addition to the 700 MHz frequency, there are two other radio bands: 2.1 GHz and 3.6 GHz. The telco kicked off the rollout of its 5G network in a limited number of cities across Germany at the beginning of July 2019.

For the 5G expansion, Vodafone is relying on frequencies in the 3.6 GHz, 1.8 GHz and 700 MHz bands in large urban areas, residential areas and suburbs, and rural areas across Germany. Also, Telefónica Deutschland/O2, controlled by Spanish telco Telefónica, said its 5G network is operating over 18,000 antennas in the country.

Last year, Vodafone Germany launched its 5G Standalone (SA) network in partnership with Ericsson, Nokia, Qualcomm and Oppo. For the 5G expansion, Vodafone is relying on frequencies in the 3.6 GHz, 1.8 GHz and 700 MHz bands in large urban areas, residential areas and suburbs, and rural areas across Germany.

During 2022, Germany's largest operators have been focusing on the expansion of their 5G networks, with some operators already offering coverage to more than 80% of the country's population. German carrier Deutsche Telekom recently said its 5G network already reaches 94% of the country's population.

Telefónica Deutschland had said that it is technically ready to deploy a nationwide 5G Standalone network but noted that the infrastructure will be fully activated as soon as 5G Standalone offers real added value for customers, and when enough devices in the market support 5G SA.