Orange Slovakia launches 5G roaming in 5 states
Orange Slovakia has launched 5G roaming services in five states. The services are available on the network of O2 Czech Republic, A1 Bulgaria, Magyar Telekom, Italian TIM and Greece network Cosmote. The operator is now testing the service on other networks, with plans to gradually expand further. Â
List of Orange SIovakia 5G roaming partners:
Use the VoLTE service also when roaming
VoLTE (Voice over LTE) is a service that allows you to make and receive calls over a 4G network. Find out how you can use this service abroad and whether your mobile phone is compatible with it.
What is VoLTE? orange slovakia 5g roaming
VoLTE (Voice over LTE) is a service that allows you to make and receive calls over a 4G network. Without VoLTE, the smartphone automatically switches to a 2G or 3G network during calls, if available.
To use VoLTE roaming, the following conditions must be met:
- use a mobile phone that supports VoLTE roaming
- have roaming and data enabled
- the roaming operator provides 4G and 5G networks
- the operator has a signed VoLTE roaming agreement
O2 has launched a 5G network in dozens of new national locations too
O2 announced that it has launched a 5G network in many new locations. Operator announces that he plans massive construction in the next period , if possible.
“To date, we cover 64 municipalities, towns and city districts of the largest Slovak settlements, ie Bratislava and KoÅ¡ice, with the most modern high-speed network,” said O2 CEO Igor Tóth.
The head of the operator reiterated that together with the construction of the 5G network, he is changing the entire radio network . Clients in the 2G, 3G and 4G networks can also feel a better customer experience .
O2 describes that it wants to build a 5G network on a large scale in the coming years. “However, the speed of fulfilling internal plans will depend mainly on external factors associated with the availability of technical components needed for the smooth construction of the network, the lack of which most affected its construction last year,” said O2.
Speed ​​200 Mbit / s and more
O2 states that the speeds actually achieved should vary from location to location, but also from phone to phone. For comparison, at the start of the 4G network, the theoretical speed was 73 Mbit / s.
“In real operation, the connection speed in the 5G network from O2 reaches approximately 200 Mbit / s , but depending on the location, the speeds can be much higher,” he describes.