Mobile telephony operators that offer 5G rates
The 5G has become part of the Italian mobile phone market since 2019, the year in which the marketing of the first 5G mobile offers from Tim and Vodafone began, the first Italian providers to have guaranteed access to the new mobile networkgeneration to users.Subsequently, during 2020, the debuts of the 5G Windtre network and the 5G network of Iliad were recorded.
Thanks to an agreement with Windtre, also, also Fastweb, present in the mobile phone market as a MVNO virtual operator, allows access to the 5G network to its customers.In the future, also other virtual operators, exactly as happened with the transition from 3G to 4G, will make available to their customers the possibility of exploiting the new generation mobile network with new 5G rates.
How 5G mobile offers work
The operating principle of 5G mobile offers is the same as that that characterizes mobile telephony offers that guarantee access exclusively to the 4G network.In most cases, in fact, these are prepaid rechargeable rates.These rates, against a monthly fee, allow access to a bundle consisting of minutes, sms and gigas to be used over a month.
It is important to underline the fact that this type of tariffs is "backwards compatible" with all previous generations of mobile networks.By activating a 5G offer, therefore, it will also be possible to access 4G, 3G and 2G.Some operators, with the arrival of 5G, started the 3G switch off that will no longer be accessible.Internet access takes place used the best network available according to coverage.
5G offers allow access to the 5G (where available) network without additional costs in addition to the monthly fee only.Several operators who have made available the 5G network allow you to activate special options for customers who have offers without 5G included and who want to take advantage of the new generation mobile network.Other providers, however, have made available 5G for both new customers and for already customers.
5G offers: compatible devices
To use the 5G network, it is not enough to activate one of the many 5G offers available on the market.Access to the new generation mobile network is bound to use a compatible device.In particular, you need to have a 5G smartphone at your disposal.Using a device not enabled to access the 5G network, in fact, while activating one of the 5G rates proposed by mobile telephony operators it will not be possible to take advantage of the new generation network but you will access the 4G network to the maximum.
The first 5G smartphones arrived in Italy already in 2018, in advance of the actual debut of new generation mobile networks.Subsequently, the mobile phone market started recording the arrival of various new smartphones capable of supporting 5G.Brands like Samsung and Xiaomi were among the first to create a 5G smartphone range to make available to users.
Furthermore, since 2020, Apple also with the iPhone 12 range has supported the new generation mobile network.5G is now a widespread standard.In addition to smartphones, the SIMs with active 5G rates can also be used in tablets and internet sticks that support the new standard of mobile connections.The 5G is also supported by an increasing number of IoT devices.
The coverage of 5G in Italy
In order to access the 5G network it is necessary to check the coverage of the new generation mobile network.In addition to activating one of the 5G offers and using a 5G smartphone, in fact, you will have to deal with the actual coverage of the new network.At the launch, which took place between 2019 and 2020 for the four Italian MNO operators (TIM, Vodafone, Windtre and Iliad), the cover of the 5G was very limited.Only in some areas of the main Italian cities it was possible to exploit the 5G.
However, the 5G network is expanding with wildfire throughout Italy.Today, in fact, the 5G is available in all Italian regions and provinces with new areas that are reached by the new generation mobile network from week by week.Some of the main areas of the country, such as the city of Milan, can count on a coverage greater than 90% of the territory as regards 5G.Mobile telephony operators aims to achieve this percentage of coverage in almost the whole country in a few years.