{"id":33466,"date":"2023-01-20T08:09:20","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T08:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=33466"},"modified":"2023-01-20T08:09:20","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T08:09:20","slug":"vodafone-uk-open-trial-5g-standalone-network-to-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/01\/vodafone-uk-open-trial-5g-standalone-network-to-customers.html","title":{"rendered":"Vodafone UK Open Trial 5G Standalone Network to Customers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mobile operator Vodafone<\/a> has confirmed that the first “trial<\/em>” customers are now able to connect to one of the UK’s first deployments of an ultrafast cloud-based 5G<\/a> Standalone (SA) network, which has been built across parts of several cities including London, Manchester, Liverpool, Bristol, Bath, Glasgow and Birmingham.<\/p>\n

At present, existing 5G<\/a> deployments in the UK tend to use Non-Standalone<\/strong> (NSA) hardware and systems, which can still deliver impressive mobile broadband download speeds, but they’re often hobbled by some dependence upon existing 4G<\/a> services.<\/p>\n

The way to solve this is by moving toward a pure end-to-end 5G<\/a> network (SA), which will also deliver improvements such as ultra-low latency times (fast), better upload speeds, network slicing capabilities, better support for Internet of Things (IoT) devices, increased reliability and security.<\/p>\n

Regular readers may recall that the operator first started testing a smaller (and more limited) pilot 5G SA network in London, Manchester and Cardiff during mid-2021 (here<\/a>), but that was not intended for customers and this has now been extended into a much wider field-trial. Selected customers are now being invited to take part in the trial across London, Manchester, Liverpool, Bristol, Bath, Glasgow, and Birmingham.<\/p>\n