Michal Ždanský As expected, it has iPhone 5 by supporting 4th generation networks, known as LTE (Long Term Evolution). While in the USA this high-speed mobile internet is slowly becoming a standard, in Europe the technology takes hold rather slowly and our Czech Republic seems to be a long way from the existence of a commercial LTE network.
However, the operator O2 began pilot testing LTE in Jesenice near Prague and in part of the Chodov shopping center in Prague, T-Mobile presented its demo network in July in a part of a housing estate in Prague 4. Vodafone is still completely silent about its activities in the field of fourth generation networks. In any case, none of the operators can start an LTE network yet, as the necessary frequencies in the given bands will be auctioned. The winners of the auction, organized by the Czech Telecommunications Authority, will be published at the end of the year. The frequencies will be redistributed only in 2013.
Unlike the iPad, the iPhone 5 supports a much larger number of bands, but not all. According to Apple website these are frequencies in EUTRAN bands 1, 3, 4, 5, 13, 17 and 25. However, ČTÚ will auction frequencies in the 800 MHz (20), 1800 MHz (3) and 2600 MHz (7) bands. The only usable band out of these three is the 1800 MHz frequency, in which, coincidentally, O2 is testing its pilot operation. The irony is that Telefónica as the only operator not currently offering the iPhone. It is surprising that the iPhone 5 does not support the 800 MHz band, which will also be auctioned elsewhere in Europe.
It can therefore be expected that there will be a big fight for the 1800 MHz band. After all, the auction of frequencies will be interesting at all, because a fourth operator could emerge from it. Peter Kellner's PPF group is striving for this initiative. So for now, we can indulge our appetite for faster internet and let's hope that our operators will at least be ready for the new nano SIM format, which Apple, with the iPhone 5, was the first to promote among phone manufacturers.
Sources: Apple.com, Patria.cz
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Are you sure it's a micro sim? Isn't it a nano sim by any chance? :))
yup, it's a nano sim. iphone 5 does not support micro sim ;)
If only they offered a higher FUP. With LTE I should have within two minutes after FUP…
Telefonica has already reached an agreement with Apple and will charge the iPhone 5 :)
Telefonica has already reached an agreement with Apple and will charge the iPhone 5 :)
She made a deal... You buy it elsewhere, sign up and they'll give you some money back. That's it, wake up…………….
Just to clarify: building operators have enough bandwidth to launch LTE in the 1800 MHz band, but due to the properties of signal propagation in this band, reasonable coverage cannot be built. So if operators use it, it will only be to strengthen the 800 MHz layer.
Well, inferring that there will be a big fight over the 1800MHz band from the fact that it is the only one supported by the iPhone 5 in our country is a bit bold. Tim writes that the iPhone is not a key brand for any of our three operators.
And testing LTE at 1800MHz by Telefonika, I would attribute the file to the fact that it was born from 800MHz and 2600MHz already have these frequencies assigned, so it was enough to request technological neutrality and they did not have to request a leased frequency from CTU, which would be quite expensive.
As for fast mobile internet, we really have nothing to complain about. Today, we have 3G almost everywhere and the Internet just works. I'm currently in the US, I've traveled a large part of it in the last two months, and believe it or not, what they provide here as internet was when EDGE started, so I'd be careful with that standard. You will only find LTE and 3G in really big cities, and their functionality is thus 50%. So, after returning to the Czech Republic, I will enjoy the "high-speed" 3G network on my iPhone and iPad, and I don't care if LTE comes to us.
I'll just clarify that with O2 this is not a test run, but really a commercial service to regular customers. That is a significant difference! While the service is being tested, it is not available to regular customers. Even if it is in a ridiculously small area, I think it is a good start for the Czech Republic.
I'll just clarify that with O2 this is not a test run, but really a commercial service to regular customers. That is a significant difference! While the service is being tested, it is not available to regular customers. Even if it is in a ridiculously small area, I think it is a good start for the Czech Republic.
I called the operator and he said that there is a list of stores on the O2 website where you can do it, that you don't do it for everyone. But I can't find the sheet there, so do you think I'll just bring the SIM card and they'll take care of it and I'll go home happy? :-)
It is not possible to trim the Micro to the Nano, the circuit board could be damaged. You simply go to O2 and say that you want to exchange the MicroSIM for a NanoSIM and transfer your phone number to the new SIM at the same time.
I'm a layman, so I hope that micro = normal and nano = for iphone 4 and more...
I just wanted to add that I went to O2 saying that I would like to buy a nano and transfer numbers there, etc. Without asking me anything, they took out the "special" keys and clicked a smaller SIM card out of my SIM card and they returned with "and that's it". It works, so I don't think so, but it surprised me….
somewhere. the classic sim is marked by the peeling rectangle that we have been using for the past x years. the microsim is the one that is inserted into the iphone 4 (it is a little smaller). practically only the surface of the contact surfaces is applied. i.e. even smaller than microsim.
Nano can be cut out. I had a classic SIM bought a pair of pliers and cut out the microSIM for the iPhone 4 and now I bought a pair of pliers and cut out the nano SIM for the 5. Functional without problems
In this case, I wouldn't blame the operators. How are they supposed to start LTE, when CTU has just announced an auction for licenses? They can use some of their frequencies, but they do not have the capacity to launch LTE more widely. We can be glad that ČTÚ has finally started swinging. The problem is that the goal is again to maximize income to the state budget, so the more billions for the license, the better. And who will pay the operators the billions in prices?
O2 does not officially offer the iPhone, but it is already available from O2 upon request
LTE on the iPhone 5 will never work in the Czech Republic, because the DCS 1800 band is not very suitable for LTE purposes. LTE 519 pilot traffic (EARFCN 568) is running on the O2 network on channels 1800 to 1266 inclusive. A continuous block of 15 MHz (75 GSM channels: 701-775) will be auctioned, as well as a block
consisting of four channels (512, 698-700), and nine blocks of five channels each
(513-517, 571-575, 576-580, 598-602, 603-607, 866-870, 871-875, 876-880,
881-885). The limit for one applicant is 23 Mhz (115 channels), up to
which also includes existing allocations in this band, so
T-Mobile and Vodafone can purchase a maximum of 25 channels (5 MHz), O2
maximum 45 channels. A much more interesting band in the auction is 2600 MHz, intended again for
LTE. In the FDD variant, 14 blocks of 5 MHz are available, but at least 10
MHz, and a maximum of 20 MHz per interested party. There are 10 available in the TDD variant
blocks of 5 MHz each, but at least 15 MHz. The maximum is not set. Apple and its iPhone 5 simply fell asleep! The golden rule applies – the higher the frequency, the wider the band and higher radiated power, but also much more expensive hardware. So, those who will be connecting via LTE to a mobile phone should get a backup power source for the phone. The voraciousness of today's mobile phones is crazy, see the radiated performances in the UMTS and LTE bands.
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