Singapore now fully covered with standalone 5G | World

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Singapore (VNA) – Singapore has grow to be
one of many first international locations within the
world to be absolutely coated with standalone 5G after its largest telecoms service supplier Singtel has blanketed
95% of out of doors areas right here with 5G alerts, three years forward of the end-2025
goal.

Singtel mentioned its 5G community now covers greater than
1,300 out of doors areas and supplies sign in additional than 400 buildings
in addition to underground locations.

Group Chief Government Officer
of Singtel Yuen
Kuan Moon mentioned regardless of disruptions from COVID-19 and the knock-on affect on
manpower and assets, the agency’s planners and engineers managed to speed up
the 5G deployment, working by the pandemic to put the groundwork and construct
a complete new infrastructure for a safe and resilient 5G community.  

Singtel has achieved many
firsts in Singapore’s 5G journey, from launching the primary pilot community in
July 2018 to the primary standalone community in Might 2021 to offer 5G within the
North East Mass Fast Transit Line that runs fully underground in Might 2022.

In the meantime, its rivals like
M1 and Starhub are additionally boosting the growth of their 5G networks./.