Política

5G technology: operators plan to serve businesses and residential users

The three license companies, Claro, Movistar and Personal, have the minimum obligation to install a base station in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and in provincial capitals in a period of less than twelve months. Details of the service throughout the country.

  • 29/10/2023 • 12:57

The mobile communications operators with their own networks - Claro, Movistar and Personal - that were awarded frequencies to provide services with 5G technology foresee the development of business models for both residential users and companies, according to a survey carried out by Télam. Among the deadlines provided for in the bidding documents, each of the three operators has the minimum obligation to install, in a period of no more than twelve months, a base station in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, in provincial capitals and in the cities of Mar del Plata, Bahía Blanca and Rosario. Based on market projections, the deployment of 5G will be a little slower than the time it took to launch 4G, due to investment capacity and the situation of fiber optic networks, among other issues. Among specialists there is agreement that "the big difference" between the 4G tender carried out in 2014 and the 5G tender carried out last week was that in the first case the companies faced saturation of the 3G networks and led the ranking. of user complaints. While this time they have in their favor having time for the deployment and development of services of a different technology, even though the intensive use of videos raised some alerts towards the end of next year for 4G networks.