Vodafone and O2 finalise plans to share 5G infrastructure

Vodafone and O2 has reached an agreement to share 5G active equipment, such as radio antennas, on joint network sites across the UK. Such a move will greatly benefit the company's respective customers, enabling them to get 5G sooner and more reliably. Given O2 is the second biggest network in the UK with Vodafone coming in at number three, this is positive news for a lot of people. Months in the making, the finalised plan also has the two networks agreeing to greater 5G network autonomy on approximately 2,700 sites in 23 of the UK's larger cities. That means more flexibility for both firms when it comes to meeting the needs of their customers, as well as benefit their plans to deploy future network technologies. "Greater autonomy in major cities will allow us to accelerate deployment, and together with active network sharing, ensures that our customers will get super-fast 5G in even more places more quickly, using fewer masts," explained Nick Jeffery, CEO of Vodafone.