Deutsche Telekom highlighted that its 5G community at present covers 96% of the German inhabitants

German telco Deutsche Telekom stated it has achieved its targets when it comes to fiber optic deployment. The provider stated it made greater than 2.5 million new fiber optic connections potential in 2023.

The operator famous {that a} whole of eight million households within the nation now have entry to a fiber optic connection.

Deutsche Telekom’s fiber optic community spans round 730,000 kilometers and the telco defined that it has now linked 3,000 industrial areas to the fiber optic community.

“Telekom will proceed to speed up its enlargement within the coming yr. The purpose is to as soon as once more convey fiber to greater than 2.5 million new households. Telekom desires to attain the sound barrier of ten million fiber optic connections by 2024,” the operator stated in a launch.

Deutsche Telekom confirmed it expects to launch its 5G Standalone (5G SA) providing to non-public clients in Germany subsequent yr.

The provider additionally highlighted that its 5G community at present covers 96% of the German inhabitants. Deutsche Telekom’s 5G community has 80,000 5G antennas, together with over 10,000 antennas transmitting on the three.6 GHz band in additional than 800 cities and municipalities throughout the nation.

The operator’s 5G know-how is at present providing obtain speeds of as much as 1 Gbps and that the telco expects to achieve 99% of the inhabitants in Germany with 5G by 2025.

The telco additionally started the deployment of Open RAN (O-RAN) in Germany in December, in collaboration with Nokia and Fujitsu. The telco expects to have 3,000 O-RAN appropriate antennas by the tip of 2026.

Deutsche Telekom additionally stated it has applied 53 campus networks throughout Germany.

In August, Deutsche Telekom stated it has already linked 83% of all 5G cell communications places nationwide with fiber optics.

The telco additionally stated that greater than 10,000 5G cell websites now have fiber optic connections with a pace of 10 Gbits, accounting for round 40% of all 5G cell radio programs. By 2026, Deutsche Telekom will equip greater than 28,000 mobile phone websites with  high-speed connections at 10 Gbits.

The telco additionally highlighted that 5G antennas on the three.6 GHz frequency are  notably highly effective as a result of they’re virtually solely linked to the transport community with a ten Gbits connection by way of fiber optics.

The telco added that the three.6 GHz frequency band dietary supplements the 5G frequencies within the 700 MHz and a couple of.1 GHz vary, that are already in use nationwide within the Deutsche Telekom community. Particularly in densely populated areas, the three.6 GHz frequencies guarantee notably excessive obtain speeds and clean cell phone protection, the provider stated.