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EE ANNOUNCES 5G LAUNCH LOCATIONS FOR 2019
EE ANNOUNCES 5G LAUNCH LOCATIONS FOR 2019.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 2296H BT Group PLC 13 November 2018 \n\n13 November 2018\nEE ANNOUNCES 5G LAUNCH LOCATIONS FOR 2019\n \n· EE launching 5G within 16 UK cities in 2019 - switching on 5G in the busiest locations across London, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham and Manchester as phase one of launch\n· 5G launch to cover the busiest parts of cities, including London's Hyde Park, Manchester Airport, Edinburgh Waverley train station, Belfast City Airport, The Welsh Assembly and Birmingham's Bullring shopping centre \n· 5G Smartphones to be introduced alongside 5G Home router for 5G broadband\n· EE also building next generation 5G core network, with virtualised network functions on a cloud native infrastructure\n \n13 November 2018 - EE, the UK's number one mobile network and part of BT Group, today announced that it is switching on 5G sites in 16 UK cities in 2019. The first launch cities will be the UK's four capital cities - London, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Belfast - and Birmingham and Manchester. \n \nEE is building 5G in the busiest parts of the six launch cites - including Hyde Park in London, Manchester Arena, Belfast City Airport, the Welsh Assembly, Edinburgh Waverly train station and Birmingham's Bullring - where the power of 5G technology can really make a difference by providing a more reliable data connection to business and consumer customers, even in the biggest crowds. \n \nAs well as the six launch cities, through 2019 EE will also be introducing 5G across the busiest parts of ten more UK cities: Glasgow, Newcastle, Liverpool, Leeds, Hull, Sheffield, Nottingham, Leicester, Coventry and Bristol.\n \nEE will launch with multiple smartphone partners, as well as an EE 5G Home router with external antenna, to showcase the power of 5G for broadband. \n \nThe BT Technology team is virtualising elements of the core network for 5G rollout in 2019, and is building a next generation 5G core in line with the next stage of global 5G standards, with virtualised network functions on a cloud native infrastructure, creating the basis for a smart and fully converged agile network. The BT 21CN backbone network is Petabit-class, and will ensure the future-proofed scale requi...