‘O2 has switched on 5G in 13 new cities on the last day of 2019 today – narrowly meeting its commitment of having the next-gen network available in 20 cities before 2020.
It has launched in Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow, Liverpool, Newcastle, Bradford, Sheffield, Coventry, Nottingham, Norwich, Bristol, Derby and Stoke
The company says it plans to have the next-generation network available in a total of 50 locations by the summer of 2020 including in Windsor and Blackpool.
O2 originally turned on its 5G network in October, rolling out to seven cities including London, Belfast, Cardiff and Edinburgh.
The only location where O2 5G is available outside of the 20 cities is the Berkshire town of Slough – the location of the O2 headquarters.’
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