Vodafone to trial 5G services in UK this year

Eric Auchard Vodafone will begin testing next-generation 5G mobile networks in seven of the UK’s 10 largest cities later in 2018, as part of a plan to start limited deployments in dense urban areas in some of its markets next year.

Vodafone will begin testing next-generation 5G mobile networks in seven of the UK’s 10 largest cities later in 2018, as part of a plan to start limited deployments in dense urban areas in some of its markets next year.

The mobile communications company has signalled it is in no rush to introduce 5G, seeing the potential tenfold increase in mobile broadband data speeds it offers as a way to wring greater results out of network choke points initially.