VM O2 advances Giga Site rollout amidst UK network upgrade race

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Source: Virgin Media O2

Operator reaches the halfway mark in its rollout of new, high throughput Giga Sites, contributing to broader, £1.4bn mobile upgrade programme. Achievement highlights ongoing race between operators to improve network quality, with VM O2 and VodafoneThree seeking to catch up to BT…

This article includes:

  • Organisations: Accenture; Boldyn Networks; BT; Cellnex UK; Ericsson; Freshwave; Nokia; nPerf; Ontix; Opensignal; Virgin Media O2 (VM O2); VodafoneThree.
  • Geographies: Austria; Europe; France; Germany; Spain; United Kingdom (UK).
  • Themes: 4G; 5G; 5G standalone; backhaul upgrades; broadband speed tests; C-band spectrum; core network development; data transmission speeds; dual-band massive MIMO; Giga Sites; infrastructure expansion; low-band spectrum; macro cells; mid-band spectrum; mini macro sites; mobile network quality; mobile transformation; multi-operator core network; multi-operator radio access network; network integration; network sharing; rural connectivity; small cells; spectrum refarming; throughput capacity.

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