From CNET: UK carrier Vodafone announced on Thursday it will launch 5G in 19 cities throughout the UK in 2019.
Vodafone is keen to preserve its lead in 5G, after activating the UK's first 5G network in Salford, Greater Manchester, in October 2018. Since then the company has extended coverage to Bristol, Cardiff and Liverpool and is currently readying equipment in Bristol, Cardiff and London.
5G, the next generation of mobile network technology, promises to boost data speeds of up to ten times what we're currently used to, as well as making connections more stable and offering more bandwidth for other technologies such as VR, IoT and autonomous vehicles. Even though the first 5G networks were switched on in 2018, it's only been in the last couple of weeks that 5G has truly become a reality. At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event in San Francisco we saw the first few phones that are able to connect to 5G networks.
The race to be first to 5G hasn't been as aggressive in the UK as the US and South Korea, but over the past year or so two of the big four operators have significantly stepped up their game.
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