German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom announced that it will expand mobile coverage at 651 sites over the last four weeks, ending June 18, 2024. According to Telekom, the effort includes the construction of 87 new locations that will be able to offer both 4G and 5G frequencies. In addition, the company is boosting capacity at 564 existing sites, 69 of which are transmitting 5G for the first time. Telecom He said in a statement this week.
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Network Expansion and Speed
Deutsche Telekom currently operates around 11,900 5G antennas in the 3.6GHz frequency band, covering more than 900 cities and municipalities. Users can experience download speeds of up to 1 Gigabit per second, significantly improving connectivity across Germany.
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Deutsche Telekom Telekom highlighted that over 96% of households have access to 5G networks and 99% have access to 4G services. Going forward, Telekom aims to cover 99% of the population with 5G by the end of 2025.
“We continue to accelerate the expansion of mobile communications,” he said. Telekom Germany“More than 96% of the population can already access the telecom’s 5G network, and we aim to reach 99% by the end of 2025.”
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Deutsche Telekom Increases Stake in T-Mobile US
In early June, Deutsche Telekom exercised the call option it held with SoftBank, as agreed in June 2020, and acquired an additional 6.7 million shares in its subsidiary T-Mobile US (TM US).
