Press Releases Telefónica Germany for topic #network

Telecommunications provider Telefónica Deutschland will shut down the 2G (GSM) mobile standard on its network in the second half of 2028

Telecommunications provider Telefónica Germany has further accelerated the nationwide expansion of its mobile network in the first quarter of 2026

Artificial intelligence is now part of the team at O₂ Telefónica's network operations. As a digital sparring partner, the Network Operations Agent “NOA” supports network engineers and service managers in network operation and maintenance. Humans and machines work together to ensure that the O₂ Telefónica network runs even more stably, quickly, and efficiently

O₂ Telefónica has become the first telecommunications operator worldwide to move production-scale network functions to AWS Outposts deployed in its own data center.

The rankings have changed in the quality comparison of nationwide mobile networks: O₂ Telefónica has achieved second place for the first time in the latest network test by trade magazine connect – just behind Deutsche Telekom and on a par with Vodafone. The O₂ network achieved a record score of 937 out of a possible 1,000 points, earning a “very good” rating for the sixth time in a row.

Telecommunications company O₂ Telefónica has reached an important milestone in the fully automated optimization of its mobile network. The digital twin of the O₂ network is an internally developed software that maps all components of the network in real time.

Around 5,000 expansion measures since the beginning of the year are steadily improving connectivity for consumers and businesses in the country

Telecommunications provider O₂ Telefónica now covers more than half of its electricity needs with wind power from the German North Sea and Baltic Sea. People and businesses using the o2 mobile network are now very likely to be using electricity from renewable sources directly from their local coastline.

Telecommunications provider O₂ Telefónica has comprehensively expanded its mobile network in the first six months of 2025. With around 3,500 expansion measures since the beginning of the year, the company is ensuring noticeable improvements wherever users need them for mobile telephony and data usage.

Telecommunications company O₂ Telefónica and infrastructure provider 5G Synergiewerk are breaking new ground in network expansion by launching a nationwide rollout of 5G streetlights. This will improve the mobile network for smartphone users and businesses in busy city centers and tourist regions.

The technology company Siemens and the telecommunications provider O₂ Telefónica are launching a partnership in Germany to advance the networking of the water industry with a new connectivity solution for customized 5G mobile networks.

Telecommunications provider O₂ Telefónica has already made significant progress in network expansion at the start of the year. In recent weeks, the company has implemented more than 1,600 measures to further increase the performance of the O₂ mobile network.

At Mobile World Congress, O₂ Telefonica in Germany announced that they have selected Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ: AMZN) as cloud provider for network workloads.

Collaboration harnesses Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) for resilient, high-performance, cloud-native 5G deployment of Nokia’s Policy Controller Functions, ushering in a new era of customer experience.

A German-French consortium establishes a 5G highway corridor to achieve gigabit-speed connectivity on the road. Tower companies (TowerCos) Vantage Towers and TOTEM, mobile network operators O₂ Telefónica and Orange, as well as the University of Applied Sciences Saarland (htw saar) have entered into a pioneering cooperation.

O₂ Telefónica is integrating quantum technologies into its mobile network to improve performance and explore new data security standards. As the digital landscape evolves, quantum technologies are providing new methods to solve complex computational problems that are difficult for classical systems to solve, while also enabling quantum-resistant encryption.

O₂ Telefónica has achieved a breakthrough in the telecommunications industry: just six months after the launch of the innovative 5G Cloud Core, one million customers in Germany can already use the advanced, cloud-based core network for mobile surfing and telephony.

O₂ Telefónica is creating greater flexibility in its own transport network with the so-called “whiteboxing” approach. With this new concept, the telecommunications provider ensures that the software and hardware of the numerous switching centers in the transport network – so-called IP routers – are decoupled from each other. This enables the company to remotely install vendor-independent software updates on the existing routers.

For a year now, O₂ Telefónica has been offering the real 5G, also known as 5G-Standalone (5G SA) or “5G Plus”, across its entire 5G network. The rollout of the 5G network began in October 2020. Just three years later, the telecommunications provider opened access to 5G Standalone for its customers.

O₂ Telefónica has reached a milestone in the further development of 5G. By bundling four frequency bands in 5G standalone mode, the company achieved peak download speeds of more than 1.7 gigabits per second. For comparison: that is almost twice as fast as the most powerful commercial fiber-optic connections currently available.

Cloud services are a key tool for the digital transformation of business processes. The business customer brand o2 Business of the telecommunications company o2 Telefónica and Netskope, a leading provider of security service edge (SSE) technologies, will be working together in future. The partners offer companies in Germany a customisable security solution for cloud services.

O₂ Telefónica and Deutsche Telekom will be working even more closely together in the area of fiber optics in future. The two companies have concluded an agreement on a new purchasing model for the marketing of fiber optic connections in Deutsche Telekom's network. This purchasing model offers O₂ Telefónica the opportunity to map Deutsche Telekom's new fiber optic portfolio for its own customer contact.

A mobility analysis by telecommunications provider O₂ Telefónica and analysis partner Invenium, based on a concert at the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, provides insights into the composition of the “Swifties” in Germany.

Telecommunications provider O₂ Telefónica is continuing its comprehensive network expansion program and now covers 96 per cent of the population with its 5G network.

Telecommunications provider O₂ Telefónica is optimizing its repair and maintenance measures at around 28,000 mobile network sites, thereby ensuring an ever-better network experience for its 45 million customers. Thanks to various quality initiatives, the company was able to reduce the number of necessary repair measures per site by more than a third compared to 2019.