From mobile phone to tiny but powerful personal ruler of the connected world. And the revolution will be even greater for the telematic home, for industry, for mobility, even for medicine. 5G cellular networks are on their way, with their load of fantastic promises. What changes, how does it work, how much does it cost to use a fifth generation mobile phone? And the networks? How are they developing? What do Italian operators offer us and what do they announce? Just while Tim and Vodafone have signed an alliance to share towers and accelerate the development and deployment of the 5G network, find all the answers to your questions in a tutorial posted on FIRST Tutorials.
In Italy, it was Vodafone that launched the service: on 5 June it opened the service in 5 large urban centres: Milan and 28 municipalities in the metropolitan area, Rome, Turin, Bologna and Naples. It promises to cover another 40-50 cities within the next year, arriving by 2021 in the top 100 Italian cities and major tourist destinations. Virtually simultaneously with the launch of Tim, which turned on 5G in Rome, Turin and Naples in the Universiade Village area. The promises: within this year the service will arrive in 6 other cities (Milan, Bologna, Verona, Florence, Matera and Bari), in 30 tourist centers, 50 industrial districts with 30 specific projects for large companies, with speeds of up to 2 Gigabits per second. By 2021 - Tim says - there will be 120 cities covered, 200 tourist destinations, 245 industrial districts and 200 specific projects for large companies, with a speed that will progressively increase up to 10 Gbps reaching 22% of the population.
