You have a 5G mobile and you don’t know if your municipality or city has coverage? Vodafone has announced in the framework of the Mobile World Congress that will expand the coverage of your red 5G to 46% of the Spanish population, reaching nearly 1,000 municipalities, by the end of this year. Thus, the British operator will provide connectivity to download content 5 times faster than with a 4G and customers will benefit from a lower latency.
In addition, Vodafone is reinforcing with 700MHz the coverage of mobile phone and data also in 25 large cities that already had 5G with the 3.5GHz frequency: Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Malaga, Zaragoza, San Sebastián, Pamplona, Logroño, Toledo, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Palma de Mallorca, Valladolid, Murcia , Segovia, Castellón, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Coruña, Vigo, Gijón, Santander, Bilbao, Vitoria, Badajoz and Alicante.
More rural areas
“The turning on of the 700 MHz band in 1000 municipalities represents an important leap to reach more rural populations and continue advancing digital transformation of our country”, underlined Julia Velasco, director of Vodafone Spain Network.
Likewise, Vodafone recalled that, according to a Deloitte report, for every 1,000 new broadband users in rural areas, 80 new jobs are created.
Catalonia and Valencian Community
In Catalonia, 191 municipalities will have 5G in the 700MHz band. Among these municipalities, there are large cities such as Barcelona, Lérida, Tarragona, L’Hospitalet or Girona. 5G in the 700 MHz band will also arrive in small towns such as Esparraguera, Alella, Montmeló, Tossa de Mar, Pals, L’Escala or El Perelló.
In the Valencian Communitythis network will be deployed in 141 municipalities, among which are Elche, Alicante, Valencia or Castellón de la Plana and rural towns such as Llíber, San Rafael del Río, Aras de Alpuente, Pinet or cities such as Alcoy, Benidorm, Elda, Dénia , Javea or Torrevieja.
Andalusia and the Castiles
In Andalusia, Vodafone will reach another 101 municipalities, of which 59 have fewer than 25,000 inhabitants, such as Conil de la Frontera, Tarifa, Mojácar, Chipiona Nerja or Mairena del Alcor. It will also reach the seven provincial capitals of the region and cities such as Dos Hermanas, Jerez de la Frontera or Marbella.
In Castile and Leon 5G 700MHz will be deployed in 93 municipalities that include both large cities and rural areas. Burgos, León, Salamanca or Valladolid will have a 5G network. In addition, Vodafone will take this technology to small towns such as Crespos, Casillas, Navauluenga, Arlanzón, Cea, El Espinar, or Benavente, for example. In Castilla la Mancha, citizens of Albacete, Cuenca, Guadalajara or Toledo will also enjoy this powerful network. The inhabitants of La Roda, Daimiel, Socuéllamos or El Robledo, among many other municipalities in the region, will also have access to this technology.
Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria and Euskadi
In Galicia, there will be 81 municipalities where Vodafone coverage will be deployed. Among these municipalities are A Coruña, Orense, Vigo, Pontevedra, Santiago de Compostela, Ferrol or Lugo. In addition, it will reach small towns such as Betanzos, Padrón, A Pobra do Caramiñal, Foz, Tui, Marín or Sanxenxo, among others.
In Asturias and Cantabria 61 municipalities will be able to enjoy 5G. Large populations such as Gijón, Santander or Oviedo and municipalities with less than 1,000 inhabitants such as Ruesga, Villanueva de Oscos or Caravia will be covered. The cities of Castro Urdiales, Avilés, Cangas de Onís, Laredo, or Torrelavega will also have 5G. In Basque Country are 58 chosen municipalities, including major cities such as Vitoria, Donostia, Bilbao or Barakaldo and also Bergara, Legazpi, Zarautz, Aia, Zumaia, Basauri, Lekeitio or Bakio.
Madrid, La Rioja and Aragon
in the community of Madridthere will be 31 municipalities including Madrid, Alcorcón, Getafe, Alcobendas, cities in the Madrid mountains such as Manzanares el Real, Colmenar Viejo, Galapagar or small towns such as Santa María de la Alameda, Robledo de Chavela or Fresno de Torote.
The 27 municipalities with 5G 700MHz in the Islands Canary Islands They range from large cities such as Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Telde or Santa Cruz de Tenerife to small towns such as Agaete, El Paso, Adeje or Yaiza, among others. In The Rioja, 26 municipalities will have this service, among which is Logroño and 19 rural municipalities with less than 1,000 inhabitants, in addition to others such as Alfaro, Ezcaray or Haro, for example. In Aragona total of 25 municipalities will benefit from this technology, among which Huesca, Zaragoza and Teruel stand out as large cities or Villafeliche, La Amolda or Cedrillas as small rural areas that will also have access to 5G.
Murcia, Navarra, Extremadura, Ceuta and Melilla
In the Region of Murcia, 18 municipalities will have 5G, among which are large towns such as Murcia or Cartagena or municipalities such as Águilas, Alcantarilla, Mazarrón or San Javier, among others. In Navarra there will be 15 municipalities with 5G from Vodafone, the vast majority having less than 1,000 inhabitants and reaching large cities such as Pamplona or Tudela.
In Estremadura, Cáceres and Badajoz, as well as 7 more municipalities, will have access to Vodafone connectivity. Among the municipalities are Villanueva de la Vera, Jarandilla de la Vera, Don Benito, or Mérida. Furthermore, in Ceuta and melilla5G will also be deployed in the 700 MHz band.
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