5G goes live: the State’s first network gets switched on
Vodafone Ireland has become the first mobile operator in the Republic to go live with a commercial 5G service.
The company on Tuesday switched on the new network in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford. It said it would expand the network to other locations over the coming months.
Vodafone made the announcement as it showcased the much-hyped technology at the Assert Centre at University College Cork (UCC).
The centre, which allows clinicians, industry and academics working across healthcare to design and trial new solutions, was on Tuesday hooked up to the new network, making it the first 5G telemedicine and medical robotics training centre in the world.
Vodafone Ireland chief executive Anne O’Leary described today as a “historic occasion.”