Starting next October, Vodafone will mark fifteen 4G cities on the Spanish map. Although these days there are seven urban centers in the national territory that enjoy a certain LTE coverage (Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid, Malaga, Palma de Mallorca, Seville and Valencia), from next month there will be another eight that will have access to the high speed mobile Internet network. It was during the XXVII Santander Telecommunications Meeting when it was revealed that Santander itself , as well as La Coruña and Zaragoza during September, and Córdoba, Vigo, Murcia, Gijón and Oviedo, in October, They will join the cities that allow their users to navigate with theoretical speeds of up to 150 Mbps.
The expansion of the offer will also be devoid of additional payments for access to the service, contrary to what was announced at first. Let us remember that when the operators began to publicize their proposals to offer 4G, Vodafone was the only one that accompanied the detail of the service with a payment of nine euros per month from this September. Fortunately, the red company had the wisdom to back down in its proposal, and today we know that access to the LTE network is devoid of additional payments. In the same way, 4G services will continue to operate on the 1,800 and 2,600 GHz frequencies, in the absence of the regulator giving the green light for the 800 MHz band"" More attractive due to its power and stability "" is released, since it is currently occupied by the broadcast of the DTT signal.
Thus, with the deployment of 4G in eight more cities, Vodafone is making progress in its strategy. At present, the catalog of the British operator has about 22 terminals with which the user could access this type of network. Among them, we find tablets "" such as the most recent iPad or the Sony Xperia Tablet Z "" and smart phones "" with a somewhat broader range, distinguishing the Nokia Lumia 625, Samsung Galaxy S4 and Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini Sony Xperia Z, HTC One, and others ””. The terminals that are acquired at this time will come already preconfigured so that access to the 4G networkin those points where there is coverage it is possible automatically.
At this time, the four most important operators in our country have sunk their claws with greater or lesser fortune and involvement in 4G services. Yoigo was the first firm to announce its entry into this market, although the last to make its network operational. Orange and Vodafone rushed to prepare a portfolio of services in time to be able to use the summer as a commercial pilot experience, and this despite the fact that Vodafone specifically denied in February the possibility of offering 4G if it was not on the 800 MHz band Movistar opted for a Solomonic position: it will not resort to its own network until the frequency currently inhabited by DTT is releasedIn the meantime, it will use Yoigo's network, which will be at its disposal after the signing of an agreement in which the company majority owned by TeliaSonera will benefit from the ADSL and fiber network of the Spanish operator.
