The network expansion at Telefónica Deutschland is making good progress. After CEO Markus Haas announced that it wanted to eliminate all dead spots in Germany by 2024 in cooperation with Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone and the federal government, the company has now announced another milestone. Because not only the LTE expansion is progressing in the network of Telefónica Deutschland, parent company of the core brand O2, but also the 5G expansion.
5G in the O2 network now in 80 cities
As Telefónica Deutschland announced on Friday, 5G is now available to O2 customers at almost 2,000 antenna locations in around 80 cities. The 3.6 GHz frequency specially designed for 5G is used for this. However, it should be noted that in cities where the new cellular standard is already available for O2 customers, the new cellular network cannot be used across the board. And in rural regions, 5G is still the absolute exception in the O2 network. Over a Network coverage map on the O2 homepage you can check whether you can already use 5G at home or whether you currently have to be satisfied with LTE.
By the way, Telefónica has already installed 375 5G antennas in Berlin. This makes the capital the front runner in the O2 network in terms of 5G expansion in Germany. According to the company, there are already 175 3.6 GHz antennas installed by Telefónica in Munich, around 150 in Hamburg and more than 120 each in Cologne and Stuttgart. Nuremberg can look forward to 100 and Bonn to around 75 5G antennas.
For a few days, 5G has also been available in the O2 network in Leipzig, Regensburg, Pforzheim, Freiburg im Breisgau, Mülheim an der Ruhr and Wörth am Rhein, among others. By the end of the year, the provider wants to provide around 30 percent of the German population with 5G. A nationwide supply in Germany is planned for 2025.
With 5G, we offer our customers an additional high-speed network for mobile data usage and at the same time enable new digital applications such as virtual reality gaming or live streaming on TV.
Markus Haas, head of Telefónica Germany
Try 5G for free? O2 makes it possible!
Would you like to try out O2’s LTE and 5G network? You can currently order a free SIM card to start a corresponding test. Important: To be able to test the fifth generation of the cellular network, you of course also need a 5G-capable smartphone. The latest, commercially usable mobile communications standard is currently available in the O2 network in the following cities:
- Aachen, Affalterbach, Altdorf near Nuremberg, Ansbach, Augsburg
- Berlin, Bielefeld, Bietigheim-Bissingen, Bochum, Bonn
- Dachau, Dortmund, Duisburg, Düsseldorf
- Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Erlangen, Essen, Ettlingen
- Fellbach, Feucht, Flensburg, Frankfurt, Freiburg im Breisgau, Fürth
- Gelsenkirchen, Gerlingen
- Hallbergmoos, Hamburg, Heidelberg, Heilbronn, Herne, Heroldsberg, Herzogenaurach
- Ingolstadt, Ismaning
- Karlsruhe, Kernen im Remstal, Cologne, Korntal-Münchingen, Kornwestheim
- Landsberg am Lech, Lauffen am Neckar, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Leipzig, Leonberg
- Mainz, Mannheim, Marbach am Neckar, Mönchengladbach, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Munich, Munster
- Neckarsulm, Neubiberg, Neuhausen ob Eck, Nuremberg
- Oberasbach, Oberhausen, Ostfildern
- Pforzheim, Potsdam
- Regensburg, Remseck am Neckar, Rosenheim, Röthenbach an der Pegnitz, Rückersdorf
- Schwerte, Sindelfingen, Steinheim an der Murr, Stuttgart
- Unterföhring
- Waiblingen, Weinstadt, Wendelstein (Kleinschwarzenlohe Forest), Wiesbaden, Wörth am Rhein, Wuppertal
- Zirndorf
Wherever 5G can already be used, customers can benefit not only from higher speeds (currently up to 500 Mbit / s) for mobile surfing, but also from additional network capacities and lower latency times. Incidentally, from July 6, 5G will be available in more tariffs from O2. Then, among other things, the popular all-network flat rate O2 Free M.
