Super-fast 5G mobile network set to launch in Portsmouth this year

SPEEDY mobile internet will be arriving in Portsmouth as a network provider launches 5G.
Vodafone is setting up a 5G network in Portsmouth in 2019. Picture: Vodafone UKVodafone is setting up a 5G network in Portsmouth in 2019. Picture: Vodafone UK
Vodafone is setting up a 5G network in Portsmouth in 2019. Picture: Vodafone UK

Portsmouth will be one of 19 cities in the country with the network – 10 times faster than 4G.

Vodafone said Bristol, Cardiff and Liverpool are already transmitting as part of a UK-wide trial, with Portsmouth to join later this year.

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Chief technology officer executive at Vodafone UK Scott Petty said: ‘5G will also usher in a new era where everyone and everything is better connected, whether you are running a hotel in Portsmouth or broadcasting live at MediaCity in Salford.’