Deutsche Telekom CEO: European 5G Did Not Lag Behind

Deutsche Telekom CEO Timotheus Hottges for the outside world to the positioning of the European 5G quite objection. He recently said publicly that Europe in the development of 5G technology has not lagged behind the United States and asia. Hottges points, at present, the region has not yet carried out a substantial global 5G deployment, so Europe is not lagging behind. On the contrary, he believes that Europe has the necessary prerequisites for the development and deployment of 5G.

In fact, Deutsche Telekom has been very active in 5G, from the previous action and position of the company, it has the idea of leading the development of European 5G. According to Hottges, Deutsche Telekom has a clear 5G development plan - to provide 5G services in all areas covered by the current business, but he did not disclose the details of the plan. There is speculation that Hottges "and other related technical standards of 5G can be formulated after the completion of all commercial, according to the International Telecommunication Union previously announced timetable, this time node is expected in 2020.

The German telecommunications board member Claudia Nemat further revealed that the company has achieved results, it is reported that Deutsche Telekom has been able to ensure the deployment of 5G network will be reduced to 8 milliseconds delay, such a low latency will lay the foundation for 5G applications in different fields.