Tender for 5G this Wednesday

The tender for the auction of the fifth-generation wireless telecommunication network (5G) frequencies may be scheduled for this Wednesday, but the question is how fast this fast technology can roll out across Greece.

Telecommunications company officials explain that the development of the 5G network in Greece may start in 2021 but will require several years before it has expanded to satisfactory levels.

Digital Governance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis estimates that the population coverage from the 5G networks will reach 60% in three years and 94% in six years, while there will already be considerable population coverage from mid-2021.

The country is officially entering the 5G era with the start of the tender by the National Commission for Telecommunications and Post (EETT) for bandwidth use of the frequencies 700 megahertz, 2 gigahertz, 3.4-3.8 GHz and 26 GHz...