{"id":19,"date":"2019-04-12T21:04:02","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T21:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migrate.5gworldpro.com\/5g-news\/orange-and-vodafone-in-talks-to-share-spanish-5g-networks-report.html"},"modified":"2022-10-11T10:35:09","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T10:35:09","slug":"42-orange-and-vodafone-in-talks-to-share-spanish-5g-networks-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.5gworldpro.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/12\/42-orange-and-vodafone-in-talks-to-share-spanish-5g-networks-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Orange and Vodafone in talks to share Spanish 5G networks – report"},"content":{"rendered":"
Orange and Vodafone<\/a> are in talks to share the cost of rolling out new 5G<\/a> infrastructure throughout Spain<\/a>, according to unnamed sources cited by business<\/a> daily El Economista. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The operators\u00a0<\/span>already cooperate<\/span>\u00a0on 3G<\/a> and 4G<\/a> network<\/a> sharing<\/a> and last September launched a\u00a0<\/span>joint pilot\u00a0<\/span>aimed at consolidating their tower infrastructure in Spain. Vodafone has also reached major 5G active network sharing deals in recent months with\u00a0<\/span>Telecom<\/a> Italia\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Telefonica<\/a> UK<\/a> (O2)<\/span>\u00a0with a view to deploying the technology faster and reaching more customers at lower cost. The first shared 5G deployments in Spain would be those affecting coverage<\/a> on roads, railways and in rural<\/a> areas, said the report.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n An agreement in Spain would require the approval of communications regulator CNMC but would help the operators improve efficiencies and reduce costs ahead of the auction<\/a> for frequencies<\/a> in the 700MHz band<\/a> to be held at the start of 2020, added the report.<\/span><\/p>\n The Spanish government last month\u00a0<\/span>approved<\/span>\u00a0an urgent Royal Decree designed to regulate the imminent DTT migration with a new National DTT Technical Plan so that frequencies in the 694-790MHz band can be released for 5G services ahead of the EU deadline of 30 June 2020<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n (source\u00a0rcrwireless)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Orange and Vodafone in talks to share Spanish 5G networks\u00a0(5G news: 5GWorldPro.com) \u00a0 Orange and Vodafone are in talks to share the cost of rolling out new 5G infrastructure throughout Spain, according to unnamed sources cited by business daily El Economista.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[141,361,362,355],"yoast_head":"\n