Press Releases Telefónica Germany for topic #network

O₂ Telefónica is using a new analysis tool that maps the status of its 28,000 mobile network sites and over 50,000 transport routes in real time. This "digital twin" helps to improve the network experience of millions of O₂ Telefónica customers.

Telecommunications provider O₂ Telefónica launches the 5G Cloud Core, a new 5G core network built entirely in the cloud, using technologies from European network equipment provider Nokia and from Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Telefónica and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced that the companies have launched their first virtualized RAN (vRAN) and Open RAN commercial site in Germany. It is the first time that Samsung’s 5G vRAN solution is being used in a commercial network in Germany. The site is now operating in Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, providing high-performance and reliable 4G and 5G services to customers.

Five years ago, the 2019 frequency auction marked the start of the 5G rollout in Germany. Today, O₂ Telefónica's 5G network already reaches 95 per cent of the population. Whether Berlin or Braunschweig, Munich or Mönchengladbach - O₂ Telefónica has covered almost one hundred per cent of Germany's largest cities with 5G. The majority of rural regions and an increasing number of transport routes are also ready for the future thanks to the fast 5G rollout. Current figures from O₂ Telefónica show that mobile data usage in Germany will continue to increase exponentially with 5G.

Premiere for the first completely self-sufficient radio tower from O₂ Telefónica: With the mobile communications site in the Hessian town of Kirtorf, the mobile communications provider is closing one of the last white spots. Among other things, the 50-metre-high mast transmits with the modern 5G standard. Solar cells and a highly efficient fuel cell generate sustainable electricity on site - because the site does not have a conventional electricity connection.

Telecommunications provider O₂ Telefónica is equipping the new multifunctional SAP Garden sports arena in Munich with a modern 5G network. Sports fans at the 11,500-seat venue in Munich's Olympic Park, the new home of Red Bull Munich's ice hockey team and FC Bayern Munich's basketball team, will benefit from high data transfer rates and short response times when surfing the O₂ network.

30 years of connect network test, 25 years of O₂ network and a very good network quality for customers: The O₂ mobile network once again receives the grade “very good “ in the 30th network test by the telco magazine connect.*

O₂ Telefónica is expanding its international network coverage for the Internet of Things (IoT) for its business customers. This is made possible by the new partnership with the IoT satellite operator OQ Technology.

Fans used more mobile data than ever before at peak times during the game on November 5.

The two technologies enable network operators to set up even more flexible network architectures in which hardware and software are separated from each other and individual components are virtualized.

On the occasion of the anniversary, CEO Markus Haas appeals to use the full potential of mobile communications for a sustainable future for Germany.

Telecom provider O₂ Telefónica and network equipment supplier Ericsson are taking the next development step for advanced 5G networks: The companies have implemented the first Ericsson Cloud RAN solution in Europe's mobile network. The novel Cloud RAN architecture virtualizes parts of the radio access network (RAN). In the Wayra Innovation Hub - the start-up accelerator of O₂ Telefónica in Munich - the companies successfully implemented a practical use case with a so-called "data shower".

Deutsche Bahn (DB), network equipment supplier Ericsson, telecommunications provider O₂ Telefónica and cell tower operator Vantage Towers are working together to develop a solution that would establish an extensive 5G mobile communications infrastructure along train tracks in Germany.

O₂ Telefónica has focused on expanding its O₂ network in the first quarter of 2023 and is ensuring better mobile coverage throughout Germany.

O₂ Telefónica and Nokia make the upload of files and videos on the 5G network even faster. For the first time, the telecommunications provider and its technology partner have bundled two 5G frequencies to increase the maximum data rate when sending data over the mobile network. This so-called carrier aggregation technology is already used extensively in the 4G/LTE network.

O₂ Telefónica is taking the next step in 21st century digital connectivity and is going to move its 5G core network in Germany to the cloud in the future. With its software-based 5G cloud core network, the telecommunications provider wants to deploy and make updates in the network even faster and provide new networking solutions for private and business customers.

The renowned connect network test awards the O₂ mobile network a "very good" rating for the third time in a row. The provider was able to record a significant plus of 20 points on its account. This means that the O₂ network has made the biggest leap forward in quality of all German network operators.

On Thursday, there were restrictions in telephony via 2G, 4G and fixed network in the period from about 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. due to a disrupted voice system at a network location. Customers of O₂ Telefónica have been able to make full phone calls again since late yesterday evening.

What a spectacular game! Tens of thousands of American Football fans came to Munich last weekend to watch the first regular season game of the US Professional Football League in Germany. A look at the mobile data from the O₂ Telefónica network shows: Fans came from all over Germany and many from the United States. According to the data, they are significantly younger and more digitally active than those who attend soccer matches.

Telecommunications provider O₂ Telefónica is using innovative Cloud RAN technology from European network equipment supplier Nokia in its 5G network for the first time. As with Open RAN, Cloud RAN allows parts of the radio access network (RAN) to be virtualized, which makes it possible to separate hardware and software.

Telecommunications provider O₂ Telefónica is making much faster progress with the nationwide rollout of its 5G network than originally planned. The O₂ network now supplies 75 percent of the population in Germany with the 5G mobile standard. Currently, more than 18,000 5G antennas are transmitting on the o2 network.

In the major Smartphone Magazin network test, the O₂ mobile network secures the top rating of “Outstanding”. Thanks to a further improvement in network quality, O₂ now receives the highest rating in the network test for the first time, following the rating of “very good” last year.

O₂ Telefónica and Telekom are working together to close mobile network gaps in rural areas. The two companies have been working more closely together since last year to improve mobile coverage and are now jointly providing better mobile communications in the so-called "gray spots."

O₂ Telefónica is providing Ukraine with a comprehensive package of modern network technology to support the urgently needed reconstruction of the destroyed telecommunications infrastructure in the country.