Network 2019

11. Dezember 2019

Telefónica Deutschland to invest several billion euros into its mobile network by 2022:

Additional CapEx heralds growth phase and start of 5G era

Telefónica Deutschland plans to accelerate its growth significantly in the coming years. Between 2020 and 2022, the company intends to increase its revenue by at least 5 percent overall while further increasing its profitability. As a basis for growth, an additional several hundred million euros are to be invested in network expansion.
11. Dezember 2019

5G in healthcare:

Digital Health - when data can save lives

Today we wear fitness trackers that are connected to our cell phones via Bluetooth. Via app we synchronize these trackers or Smartwatch with the cell phone in order to look at and evaluate the data in detail. All of this is normal nowadays. However, the new mobile phone standard 5G will turn many things upside down and open up numerous new possibilities for consumers. What is commonly called "disruptive" will also be seen in the health sector.
11. Dezember 2019

Benefits for private users and society:

5G is much more than smooth mobile gaming

With 5G, users can play mobile games faster - but is that all? 5G offers enormous advantages for everyone - for industry and society as well as for the individual. From social networking to smartphone use, 5G will fundamentally change many areas. This will benefit the customer as a part of society and as an individual in two ways.
11. Dezember 2019

This is how 5G gets to the radio mast:

Glass fiber and directional radio provide for fast 5G expansion

A mobile phone mast forms the final node that makes the 5G network available where it is needed - at the customer's premises. So far, so understandable. But how does the network actually get to the mast?
11. Dezember 2019

Pioneer for the new mobile communications standard:

LTE remains the backbone of the network infrastructure in the 5G age

At the latest since the frequencies required for 5G came under the hammer in the frequency auction in June 2019, 5G has been making the headlines again and again and causing many political debates about the great opportunities for the economy and society.
03. Dezember 2019

"Good" rating in all German network tests for the first time:

O2 network achieves breakthrough in network quality

This never happened before: In all three major German network tests, the O2 network has achieved the grade "good". In the tests of the specialist magazines connect, CHIP and COMPUTER BILD, the network made the biggest leap forward across all providers in terms of network quality.
14. November 2019

More LTE, higher speeds and more stable connections:

O2 customers benefit from LTE network expansion

Telefónica Deutschland is implementing the largest LTE expansion program in the company's history. The company consistently pushed ahead with the expansion of the O2 LTE network in October and put more than 550 new LTE transmitters into operation. This has improved broadband coverage and LTE capacities in all 16 federal states.
11. November 2019

Price-performance winner at Smartphone Magazine network test:

O2 network awarded with "good" rating

In the current network test of Smartphone Magazine, the O2 network was awarded with a "good" rating. With 310 points, O2 is at eye level with the runner-up in the overall ranking (312 points). Among other things, the O2 network scored with the best network coverage in Germany (99.96 percent) and strong results in YouTube streaming or ping times.
06. September 2019

Additional national LTE expansion:

Network operators agree on national mobile network pact

With today's signing of the national mobile network pact, another important step has been taken jointly by politicians and network operators to advance Germany's digital transformation. In the summer of 2018, the federal government, local authorities and network operators signed a declaration of intent on how the LTE expansion in Germany can be driven forward. Telefónica Deutschland is firmly convinced that the digitization of Europe's largest economy can only succeed with the close cooperation of all parties involved.
26. August 2019

Telefónica Deutschland continues LTE expansion offensive in July:

O2 network with new LTE stations from the Baltic Sea to the Black Forest

Telefónica Deutschland continued to massively expand its LTE network in the summer month of July, connecting many holiday resorts to the fast Internet. From the Baltic Sea to the Black Forest, the company put more than 600 new LTE transmitters into operation last month. The extensive measures directly benefit O2 customers in their digital everyday lives: The quality of the O2 network has been further improved by the expansion measures in numerous German cities and communities as well as along important traffic routes. Every hour, the network receives new LTE transmitters for better LTE coverage, higher average data rates and more LTE capacities. In total, the company will install around 10,000 new LTE transmitters in its network this year.
29. Juli 2019

Positive half-year results for Telefónica Deutschland's LTE expansion:

O2 network with improved LTE coverage in thousands of municipalities

More LTE, higher speeds and again an even better nationwide network coverage - Telefónica Deutschland draws a very positive half-year result for its LTE expansion in the o2 network. In the course of this year alone, the company has put 4,400 new LTE transmitters into operation throughout Germany.
16. Juli 2019

CEO Markus Haas in an interview with the Berliner Zeitung:

"Politics and business must finally sit down at one table"

The expensive frequency auction has deprived the market of billions, at the same time the network rollout requirements demand a lot from the mobile operators. In an interview with Redaktions Netzwerk Deutschland (RND), CEO Markus Haas explains that sanctions do not promote network expansion and that Germany now needs politicians and business to join forces.
09. Juli 2019

Cable network access for Telefónica Deutschland:

Real competition in the German fixed marked at last

The spectrum auction is behind us, and the next landmark decision concerning the future of the German telecommunications market is already upon us: The European Commission is about to decide whether Vodafone should be allowed to purchase large parts of Liberty Global's European cable network. A statement by board member Valentina Daiber.
17. Juni 2019

Mobile network of the future in "Factory 56" in Sindelfingen:

Mercedes-Benz Cars and Telefónica Deutschland establish the world's first 5G network for automobile production

Together with telecommunications company Telefónica Deutschland and network supplier Ericsson, Mercedes-Benz Cars is putting in place the world's first 5G mobile network for automobile production in its "Factory 56" in Sindelfingen.
17. Juni 2019

Telefónica Deutschland as partner for the industry and business customers:

"We are bringing companies into the 5G age"

In a short interview, Cayetano Carbajo Martín, Chief Technology Officer of Telefónica Deutschland, talks about the importance of the deployment of private networks for the company and the role that telecommunications providers will play in the future.
12. Juni 2019

The number one in German mobile sets the course for 5G:

Telefónica Deutschland acquires valuable frequency spectrum for the latest mobile radio technology 5G

In the mobile radio frequency auction that has come to an end, Telefónica Deutschland has secured 90 MHz nationwide spectrum for the high-performance mobile radio standard 5G with a running time up to 2040.
12. Juni 2019

Telefónica Deutschland's three-point plan for nationwide mobile communications coverage:

Call for a fast and comprehensive mobile broadband service in Germany

The end of the 5G frequency auction is only the beginning of a necessary overall mobile communications concept for all participants from industry and politics to trigger sustainable investment impulses for Germany's digital infrastructure.
22. Mai 2019

Telefónica Deutschland with continuously high LTE expansion rate:

More than 800 new LTE transmitters in April 2019 improve O2 network

Telefónica Deutschland continues to go full speed ahead with the expansion of its O2 LTE network: In April 2019 alone, the telecommunications provider built more than 800 new LTE stations or upgraded the capacity of existing LTE locations throughout Germany.
07. Mai 2019

High-speed internet via cable:

Telefónica Deutschland and Vodafone cooperate in fast cable connections

The telecommunications providers Telefónica Deutschland and Vodafone have agreed that Telefónica Deutschland will have access to Vodafone's and Unitymedia’s cable network in Germany. With the access to the cable network, Telefónica Deutschland is significantly expanding and improving its nationwide fixed-network offering with high-speed internet, including its capability to provide high quality over-the-top internet-based TV services.
25. April 2019

O2 network expansion in the first quarter of 2019:

Telefónica Deutschland commissions a new LTE transmitter every hour

Telefónica Deutschland once again stepped up the pace of its LTE expansion across its O2 network in the first quarter of 2019. The new LTE stations that the company built together with the LTE upgrades to existing locations that it performed numbered over 2,200 in the first three months overall.
21. März 2019

Improvement of O2 network at the beginning of 2019:

Telefónica Deutschland accelerates LTE expansion

Telefónica Deutschland further intensified its network expansion measures in the first few months of 2019. In February 2019 alone, the company performed more than 900 LTE upgrades nationwide. With more than 220 LTE upgrades a week in February, Telefónica Deutschland nearly doubled the rate of its LTE expansion in comparison to the previous year. The network quality was noticeably improved further in many regions across Germany. After 6,700 very extensive LTE upgrades in 2018, the company is pursuing a unique mission this year: Around 10,000 LTE upgrades will advance LTE network coverage in the country toward full coverage and add to its coverage in cities.
15. Februar 2019

Conclusion of three-month pilot in Hamburg:

5G fixed wireless access from Telefónica Deutschland and Samsung proves successful

Telefónica Deutschland and Samsung Electronics have successfully piloted fixed wireless access (FWA) with 5G in Hamburg. The pilot of the 5G gigabit technology took place from December 2018 to February 2019 in the district of Hamm in Hamburg. A number of private households participated in the free pilot.
06. Februar 2019

Urgent request for legal clarification of the auction rules:

"Billions in 5G cannot be invested on the basis of unclear rules."

Telefónica Deutschland is seeking legal clarity on the auction design for the upcoming 5G mobile communications standard with an urgent court application for the forthcoming auction procedure. This has no influence on the timetable for the network expansion of the technology.
25. Januar 2019

More than 6,700 additional LTE stations in 2018:

Telefónica Deutschland supplies millions of people with LTE for the first time

Telefónica Deutschland massively expanded its LTE network in all German states in 2018. In total, the company expanded the O2 network with more than 6,700 additional LTE stations throughout Germany. Telefónica Deutschland has thus enabled millions of people, even in rural areas, to use mobile high-speed Internet and modern digital applications and to make calls with top sound quality thanks to Voice over LTE (VoLTE).