{"id":168874,"date":"2019-10-17T18:25:29","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T10:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mobileworldlive.com\/?p=258643"},"modified":"2019-10-17T18:25:29","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T10:25:29","slug":"o2-enters-uk-5g-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/10\/17\/o2-enters-uk-5g-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"O2 enters UK 5G battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        \tO2 UK introduced a range of potentially innovative pricing packages, as it became the latest operator in the market to launch commercial 5G services.<\/p>\n<p>The operator pledged it will not charge a premium for 5G plans after lighting its network in Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh, London, Slough and Leeds. In a statement, it said coverage would be extended to 20 towns and cities by the year-end, and 50 by mid-2020.<\/p>\n<p>Its initial focus for the network is on highly populated areas including railway stations, shopping centres and sports stadiums, areas O2 UK CEO Mark Evans (pictured) explained would &#8220;benefit customers and businesses the most&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Monthly plans are customisable, with subscribers offered options around the data allowance, length of contract and upfront device costs. SIM-only plans start from \u00a325 per month with 5GB data, and unlimited minutes and text.<\/p>\n<p>Evans tipped the technology to &#8220;revolutionise the way people and businesses use mobile connectivity, unlocking huge possibilities for our economy and society&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The operator is offering four 5G smartphones: the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G; Galaxy Note 10+ 5G; Galaxy A90 5G; and the Xiaomi Mi MIX 3 5G.<\/p>\n<p>Consumers who bought the latest iPhone 11, Pro or Pro Max with a 90GB tariff or more will be offered a trade-in option in 2020, when Apple is expected to introduce its first 5G smartphone.<\/p>\n<p>Businesses can also access 5G speeds with a bolt-on to current contracts.<\/p>\n<p>O2\u2019s 5G network was built using equipment from Ericsson and Nokia.<\/p>\n<p>Reaction<br \/>\nPP Foresight analyst Paolo Pescatore told Mobile World Live &#8220;O2&#8217;s move to unlimited data tariffs &#8220;so quickly is a worry&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a challenge to all operators and possesses considerable financial pressures given the further investment needed in acquiring spectrum and building the 5G network,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>O2 UK introduced a range of potentially innovative pricing packages, as it became the latest &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobileworldlive.com\/featured-content\/home-banner\/o2-enters-uk-5g-battle\/\">O2 enters UK 5G battle<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobileworldlive.com\/\">Mobile World Live<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/10\/17\/o2-enters-uk-5g-battle\/\">\u95b1\u8b80\u5168\u6587 <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":810,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"slim_seo":[],"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6484,2151,2,3385,7],"tags":[398,402,397,414,413,410,499,409,407,408,406,399,400,394,10,401,396,787,786,784,782,783,764,785,403,412,411,395,405,404,778,779,780,781],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7prtj-HVM","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168874"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/810"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168874"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":168898,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168874\/revisions\/168898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}