Telecom Italia to pilot 5G network in Turin

News Wireless Italy 22 DEC 2016
Telecom Italia to pilot 5G network in Turin

Turin city council has confirmed that Telecom Italia (TIM) will debut its 5G network in the northern Italian city next year and connect 3,000 users by 2018. “Turin will be the first city in Italy to experience a 5G network thanks to an agreement signed by TIM and smart city councilor Paola Pisano,” announced Turin mayor Charia Appendino, according to website Cor.com. The announcement comes after TIM joined forces with Cisco-backed startup Altiostar to conduct the first live test of a virtual radio access network (vRAN) in Europe at TIM’s Turin innovation labs. The company described the live test as an important milestone on the road to 5G, making it possible to fully exploit LTE-advanced (LTE-A) functionalities by coordinating signals from various radio base stations located more than 60 kilometres away.

Last month, Telecom Italia chairman Giuseppe Recchi revealed that the company was looking to choose the first trial city for the rollout of 5G services. "We are currently considering which northern cities to choose to start trials of 5G, to ensure that we have the first city covered with this technology in 2020," he said at the Global 5G Event in Rome.

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Mobile

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TIM,  Telecom Italia,  Cisco

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Italy

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Production planning & operations, Technology development, Data services, Network operations services, Consumer, 4G - LTE

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