Vodafone said a merged Vodafone and Three will upgrade to 5G SA by 2034
Vodafone noted that it will deploy 4G in 89% of Scotland by 2027
Here's what will happen in the meantime!
Vodafone said that a merged Vodafone-Three UK will upgrade its 4G network in Scotland to standalone 5G (5G SA) 10 years from now – in 2034!
Doubtlessly inspired by Jio’s speedy deployment of 5G SA between 2022 and 2023 (NOT!), Vodafone and Three are conversely going for a record-breakingly slow rollout over the green and rugged highlands of Scotland.
Even Vodafone’s rollout of 4G in Scotland is more of a leisurely trot than a gallop – it has committed to bring 4G to over 89% of Scotland’s geography by 2027. No Skye-daddling there! (And somewhere, someone in South Korea is laughing heartily into their over-priced single malt!)
Here’s what likely occur before the Scots get 5G SA from Vodafone and Three:
- 5G will finally be monetized.
- The United Kingdom will see five more governments rise and fall ... If Scotland is even part of the Union by then.
- Everybody will be riding around on little wind-powered autonomous scooters.
- Elon Musk will have made it to Mars. Sadly, no one else will have followed.
- Taylor Swift will be president of the United States.
- The Scottish Wildcat will have made a comeback in the highlands.
- The bats that cooked up Covid will be awarded a surprise Nobel Prize for chemistry excellence with no thumbs!
- Your grain will have matured into a nice little 10-year old dram of Scotch.
- Commentators will still be saying that Open RAN is just around the corner.
- Commercial 6G will have been in existence for three-odd years.
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