Vodafone Ukraine is preparing for 5G and even 6G
As part of the first wave, the company plans to switch 140 sites in Kyiv, Dnipro, Zaporizhia, and Kharkiv from radio relay (RRL) to
The first pilot 5G tests in Ukraine will be conducted in Lviv, Kharkiv, and Borodianka. On Aug. 14, Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine officially added Kharkiv and Borodianka to the list of pilot locations, joining Lviv, which had previously been named the country's first city for 5G testing.
As 5G is not yet available for general use in Ukraine, no particular actions have been taken to ensure access. Prior to the introduction of martial law, several 5G testing points (labs) had been launched in 2021 in cooperation with telecom companies.
While many operators across Europe have focused on launching 5G networks, the same can't be said for Ukraine. Speaking to DCD, Stanislav Prybytko, director general of the directorate for mobile broadband for Ukraine's Ministry of Digital Transformation, explains that the war with Russia has stalled the country's 5G goals.
In particular, Huawei Ukraine will conduct tests of International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) radio technology with the 5G base standard in Kropyvnytskyi and Ivano-Frankivsk. During the tests, the company plans to use Huawei-branded DBS5900 model test base stations with RRU5818 model remote radio units.
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