He 5G SA (standing alone), also known as 5G+ and offering significant advantages over 5G sold by major carriers, is starting to be commercially available in Spain. Orange announced the deployment of this new network in cities such as Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and Seville.where they will offer over 90% coverage. He also confirmed that the service will be rolled out to other populations during 2023 and that the improvements will not incur any additional costs for customers.
One of the main advantages of 5G SA or 5G+ networks is improved indoor coverageas well as his low latency, which is 1 millisecond versus about 15 milliseconds for NSA’s 5G networks. 5G+ is also significantly faster, delivering peak download speeds of 20Gbps and support up to 1 million connections per km2. Orange, on the other hand, claims that 5G SA it’s more efficient and therefore allows less battery consumption in mobile phones. Also safer features such as IMSI encryption.
The Orange 5G SA network also has important improvements for companies, as the operator will allow virtual networks to be offered based on the specific needs of each of them; what the company calls Network Slicing.
Orange 5G SA network: coverage and compatible mobile phones
We reiterate that 5G+ will be rolled out in phases throughout Spain, starting in Madrid, Barcelona, Seville and Valencia, and then reaching other cities. orange, moreover, will have Ericsson, Nokia and Oracle Communications as its network distributors basic to use 5G SA.
However, Which mobile phones are compatible with 5G+ networks? Fortunately, most smartphones support this type of service, although Orange says it will first appear on the Samsung S22, S22+ and Galaxy S22 Ultra, Xiaomi 12 and 12 Pro and Xiaomi 12T, and then on other models. .
On the other hand, the G5 SA network application runs automatically. In other words, the customer does not have to make any changes (other than, of course, activating the use of 5G networks on their mobile phone). When the smartphone detects 5G+ coverage, it will display an icon on the network icon, which is usually displayed on the taskbar.
Source: Hiper Textual
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