COUNTRY FOCUS: POLAND
Poland to give the operator’s customers a
foretaste of 5G by switching on the country’s
first live urban 5G test network in Warsaw.
Operating on a government-granted test
license on the 3.4–3.6GHz band, the test
network has been set up between nine sites
in the Ochota and Powi ś le districts of the
Polish capital.
Orange Poland has made more than 100
5G smartphones and routers available for
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invited customers to test and experience
5G download speeds of up to 900Mbps.
The operator expects to rollout commercial
5G in Poland in 2020–2021, following the
acquisition of the necessary 5G spectrum.
Jean-François Fallacher, CEO, Orange
Poland, said: “We are one step closer to
launching the Polish fifth generation mobile
network. We are technologically ready for
this challenge. After more than a year of
trials in laboratories and in the field, we
have launched a network operating in the
capital city.”
Martin Mellor, Head of Ericsson Poland, said:
“Ericsson has been leading worldwide 5G
rollout and now we’re bringing the same
technology to the heart of Warsaw. Our
collaboration with Orange Poland, together
with our ongoing investment across Poland,
contributes to a wave of 5G innovation
making Poland one of the leading nations
for 5G in Europe.” n
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