Before getting into the matter, it’s time to review the details of Orange’s 5G. Like all operators, this is being carried out with 5G NSA en 3,5 GHz (release 15) that takes advantage of part of the existing 4G infrastructure. In addition, 5G NSA DSS (dynamic spectrum sharing) technology is used, which allows 4G LTE and 5G to coexist on the same band to deploy faster.
The 700 MHz auction It will be key for 5G SA to start rolling out with its own infrastructure. Although everything pointed to the first quarter of the year, right now it seems impossible that it is fulfilled and we should have the auction launched before the summer. At the moment, we have some details and obligations, but not a specific date.
At the city level, Orange’s 5G coverage is already in the big cities such as Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Zaragoza, Bilbao, A Coruña, León or Santander, as well as others that go from Cádiz to Ibiza, passing through Ceuta and Melilla, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Mojácar or Denia, without forgetting Cáceres, Salamanca, Córdoba, Logroño or Valladolid.
Orange 5G city listing in February 2021
As we have been able to confirm, this is the full list of cities with 5G coverage in Orange at the moment:
- Adamuz
- Adra
- Eagles
- Alcazares, Los
- Alcúdia
- Alhaurín el Grande
- Alicante / Alacant
- Almeria
- Almonte
- Almunecar
- Arahal
- Arcos de la Frontera
- Ayamonte
- Badajoz
- Barakaldo
- Barbate
- Barcelona
- Benalmádena
- Benferri
- Benidorm
- Bilbao
- Cáceres
- Cádiz
- Calp
- Calvià
- Campello, the
- Cartagena
- Cartaya
- Castellón de la Plana / Castelló de la Plana
- Castro-Urdiales
- Ceuta
- Chiclana de la Frontera
- Chipiona
- Ciutadella de Menorca
- Conil de la Frontera
- Córdoba
- Coruña, A
- Dénia
- Derio
- Donostia / San Sebastian
- Ibiza
- Cook
- Erandio
- Finestrat
- Getxo
- Gijón
- Granada
- Gualchos
- Huelva
- Huércal-Overa
- Isla Cristina
- Jaén
- Jávea / Xàbia
- Leioa
- Lion
- Nice
- Line of the Conception, La
- Logroño
- Lugo
- Madrid
- Málaga
- Manacor
- Manilva
- Maó-Mahón
- Marratxí
- Mazarrón
- Medina-Sidonia
- Melilla
- Mojacar
- Molina de Segura
- Montoro
- Motril
- Murcia
- Navalmoral de la Mata
- Níjar
- Novelda
- Orihuela
- Ourense
- Palencia
- Palma
- Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las
- Pamplona / Iruña
- Petrer
- Pilar de la Horadada
- Pontevedra
- Portugalete
- Pozuelo de Alarcón
- Puerto de Santa Maria, The
- Punta Umbría
- Roquetas de Mar
- Rota
- Sabadell
- Salamanca
- Salobreña
- San Javier
- Sanlucar de Barrameda
- Sant Antoni de Portmany
- Sant Joan d’Alacant
- Sant Josep de sa Talaia
- Santa Cruz of Tenerife
- Santa Eulària des Riu
- Santa Pola
- Santander
- Santurtzi
- Sevilla
- Rate
- Cotillas Towers, The
- Torrevieja
- Totana
- Trujillo
- Valencia
- Valladolid
- Vejer de la Frontera
- Vera
- Vigo
- Vilagarcía de Arousa
- Villafranca de los Barros
- Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Zamora
- Zamudio
- Zaragoza
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