One year into 5G rollout in Brazil, users total over 10 mi
Expanding at an impressively rapid pace, Brazil’s 5G network has been up and running for one year this Thursday (Jul. 6), as coverage has exceeded the targets set by telecom watchdog Anatel. The technology has upwards of 10 million users and serves over 150 cities countrywide.According to a survey by Conexis Brasil Digital, 5G managed to reach the 10 million users mark 11 months after its launch, whereas it had taken the 4G network 26 months to garner the same total.Thus far, operators have installed the 5G signal in every state capital, every city with over 500 thousand people, and in half of the cities with more than 200 thousand, the study reports.The rules for the 5G auction stipulated that the technology should be installed in all capitals by September last year, with about one ...