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Merged mobile operator VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK) have announced that they’ve started to roll-out their new Ericsson powered dual-mode and cloud-native 5G Core mobile network, which is said to have a total capacity of 9Tbps (Terabits per second) to help them meet future data demand as mobile broadband usage grows.
Just to recap. VodafoneThree has established a post-merger plan to invest £11bn into upgrading the UK’s 5G mobile infrastructure and coverage over the next decade (here, here and here). The combined business has previously committed to reach more than 99.95% of the UK’s population with their 5G Standalone (5GSA / 5G+) network by 2034 and to push fixed wireless access (mobile home broadband) to 82% of households by 2030, among other things.
The new 5G Core network will help to underpin that ambition and support their latest 5G+ enhancements, such as Network Slicing via their recently launched SuperMobile add-on. The upgraded 5G Core is said to represent the second major phase of VodafoneThree’s network transformation after they unified core-level sharing between both networks through their Multi-Operator Core Network (MOCN) technology, with its existing Multi-Operator Radio Access Network (MORAN) over a multi-vendor 4G and 5G network.