Huawei partners Telekom for 5G boost in Germany
After powering the first 5G connection in Europe back in
2017, Huawei’s innovative technology has recently helped Deutsche Telekom
expand its mobile 5G telecommunication network in Germany. The leading global
provider of information and communications technology continues to support
Telekom by upgrading its antennas from 4G to 5G across the country, at a speedy
rate. Huawei has also signed a new contract with Telekom to fuel the further
upgrade of the network, as one of the two sole suppliers for the expansion.
Telekom now has 12,000 antennas for 5 G in live operation in
Germany – the largest 5G network in Germany. Half of the country’s population
is expected to benefit from 5G services by mid-July. Thanks to technology and
components from Huawei and Ericsson, Telekom Germany now supplies more than
1,000 towns and communities completely or partly with the new mobile
communications standard. This covers 16 million German residents, and coverage
should go up to 40 million people by mid-July.
"This is the largest 5G initiative in Germany. We are
bringing 5G to urban and rural areas for half of the German population. And we
are now reaching this milestone earlier than planned," emphasizes Telekom
Deutschland CEO Dirk Wössner. He added: “Despite the Corona crisis, we have
expanded 5G without detours. Our networks have worked reliably. In addition to
the current situation, our technicians have made over 12,000 antennas fit for
5G. By the end of the year, there will even be 40,000 antennas fit for 5G. That
is a huge achievement. Deutsche Telekom will also have the best network for 5G.
In a first step, around 16 million people in Germany will be able to use 5G
from today. By mid-July, half the population of Germany will be able to use
it." Customers will not only be offered the best network, but also the
right tariffs and attractive smartphones, Wössner said. Among the smartphones
on offer is also Huawei’s P40 Pro. for the new 2.1 GHz frequencies.
To support the recent speedy roll-out of the 5G in Germany,
Deutsche Telekom made variable use of mobile phone frequencies and implemented
new, innovative technologies. The company uses 15 megahertz (MHz) in the 2.1
gigahertz band for LTE and 5G. Of this, 5 MHz come from the previous 3G
spectrum and will be rededicated. In addition, Deutsche Telekom acquired 10 MHz
of the current 3G spectrum from another provider ahead of schedule.
With this combination of available frequencies, Deutsche
Telekom is significantly accelerating the roll-out of 5G - especially in rural
areas, as well as improving speeds for its LTE service.
Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS) provides an additional
spectrum for LTE customers and allows Deutsche Telekom to operate two mobile
communications standards in parallel in one frequency band. The new technology
distributes the spectrum between LTE and 5G users according to demand. This
way, the network automatically adapts to the needs of the respective customers
within milliseconds, hence an even better user experience.
In Telekom’s Radio Access Network (RAN), which consists of
the radio masts and the associated transmitting and receiving equipment, and
where no data processing takes place, main components from Ericsson and Huawei
are installed. As it is technically impossible to upgrade 5G from one
manufacturer to 4G components from another manufacturer, Deutsche Telekom will
continue to use the existing suppliers Huawei and Ericsson to upgrade this
antenna network from 4G to 5G.
Back in 2017, Huawei powered Telekom’s first 5G connection
and the first of its kind in Europe. Powered by Huawei user equipment using
3GPP specifications for 5G New Radio (NR), the deployment on commercial sites
was the first in Europe and marked an important advancement in the global
development of 5G.
The same year, Huawei also partnered with Telekom to launch
the fastest 3.5 GHz LTE TDD Massive MIMO field trial with 20MHz bandwidth at
3.5GHz band reaching 750Mbps, a key technology for achieving greater efficiency
gains in higher frequency ranges associated with 5G New Radio.
"3.5GHz is a major spectrum asset of Deutsche
Telekom", said Wang Yang, Vice President of Huawei TDD product line.
" This joint technical innovation is another big milestone in terms of
long-term strategic cooperation between both parties. Huawei is quite happy to
cooperate with Deutsche Telekom to unleash its great potential in 4G as well as
5G. Massive MIMO is an ideal companion for the 3.5GHz band in terms of both
capacity and coverage. We believe this joint innovation will bring technology advance
as well as business success to Deutsche Telekom,” said Yang.
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