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Poland's Plus Launches Commercial 5G Network over 2.6 GHz TDD Band with Ericsson

Poland's Plus Launches Commercial 5G Network over 2.6 GHz TDD Band with Ericsson Image Credit: Plus

Polish mobile operator, Plus recently launched the first 5G network in the country using the spectrum from the 2.6 GHz TDD frequency band. 

A network of 100 transceivers will be operating in 7 Polish cities - Warsaw, Gdansk, Katowice, Lodz, Poznan, Szczecin and Wroclaw. The second stage of Plus 5G network development in Poland will be to provide coverage for the entire area of Warsaw and the towns and places around it, with over 600 additional 5G stations being constructed. 

The offer already includes smartphones and routers which support 5G technology in the 2.6 GHz band, while further equipment from leading global manufacturers will be successively added to the sales offer in May and June. The 2.6 GHz TDD network is the first step en route to Plus’s nationwide 5G network coverage in Poland.

Starting May 11 the 5G commercial network implemented by Plus will be available for use to all postpaid offer subscribers of Plus and Cyfrowy Polsat who live in Warsaw, Gdansk, Katowice, Lodz, Poznan, Szczecin and Wroclaw, who are within the coverage footprint of the 100 5G base stations and who use the equipment supporting the 5G technology operating in the 2.6 GHz frequency band.

The work associated with the installation of the 5G transceivers delivered by Ericsson for the 100 base stations in 7 Polish cities was completed in March. In April the next generation network successfully passed  the required tests. A fully functional 5G network will be operating based on a Non-standalone (NSA) architecture, integrated with the LTE infrastructure –existing masts and towers, where the 5G transceivers have been installed, are used by Cyfrowy Polsat Group to build the next generation network.

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