The mobile operator Vodafone wants to close the radio holes, in Germany, in co-operation with the competition. “We are three network operators, we want to really invest in Germany’s infrastructure, to inform us of the stains. Everyone then builds a third of them,” said Vodafone Germany chief Hannes Ametsreiter of the “world on Sunday”, according to the advance notification.

In Germany, operating the Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom and Telefónica mobile networks. Ametsreiter suggested in the radio one, the company could build holes in a mobile station “, and all three network operators to hang their antennas on it”. An additional public funding would help””. It often go “out to remote regions, where there is also a political interest, that there will be expanded,” said the Manager.

In Germany as well as elsewhere in Europe, preparations are underway for the new mobile radio standard 5G. This should allow a faster data transmission. The auction of mobile radio licenses starts on the 19. March.

Up to really a lot of users have something of 5G, it will take according to Ametsreiter for a while. “It takes eight to twelve years to reach a new network with a good coverage,” he told the “Welt am Sonntag”. Not all users in rural areas need also be equal to 5G. In many cases, the existing LTE network will be sufficient.

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The controversy surrounding the question of whether components of Chinese power plant equipment suppliers such as Huawei with the local 5G-should Expansion be excluded, said Ametsreiter, he was in favour of a European solution, “which includes all of the equipment and not discriminated against”. Needed tighter controls and independent testing institutes for all manufacturers,” as well as “tough consequences”, when in fact, the misuse of data, or Sabotage take place”. This should then apply to all suppliers equally.

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the exclusion of the Chinese suppliers would increase the cost of the network expansion in Germany, said Ametsreiter. “And it would take significantly longer, possibly even two or three years.” (AFP)