Mobile communications: Telefónica calls for launch of the final 5G frequencies | EUROtoday

Telefónica Germany boss Markus Haas is looking for the 5G campus networks to be awarded to the cell phone operators. “It would make sense to give these frequencies to mobile network operators, who could then provide more capacity and higher data speeds in the short term,” stated Haas in an interview with WELT AM SONNTAG. At the final frequency public sale, the Federal Network Agency reserved a part of the 5G spectrum for industrial corporations and analysis establishments, amongst others, to be able to arrange smaller inside networks there. In distinction to the excessive public sale bids from cellular operators, it is best to solely pay an administration payment.

“This is very valuable national spectrum that we are missing,” stated Haas. “So far there have been fewer than 500 applications for very small cell applications for these campus networks.” Sometimes an airport space is roofed, typically a small firm website. “But the rest of the area in Germany, and we’re talking about around 99.9 percent, is not used for these frequencies.”

The entire factor was an experiment that Germany had undertaken and that many industrial corporations had demanded on the time. “But experience shows that companies have little interest in building their networks themselves,” stated the Telefónica boss. The Ministry of Digital and Transport just lately launched a survey to learn the way excessive the demand for campus networks actually is. That needs to be waited for now.

As another, cellular operators may “provide a local network slice, an independent, divided network area on their networks, which they can then use with guaranteed capacities,” stated Haas. “You could also think about a kind of opt-out model in which we actually disconnect a network locally for companies.”

Before the final frequency public sale, corporations had requested their very own campus networks in order that, amongst different issues, they might community their manufacturing there with out having to disclose useful knowledge to 3rd events. In specific, the automobile producers Volkswagen, BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Audi, but in addition BASF and Siemens, had deliberate their very own networks for this. Many corporations additionally cooperate with the cell phone suppliers Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone and Telefónica to function campus networks.