Spark NZ expects to roll out 5G in next few years

Spark New Zealand

08/12/2017 24:27

Dec 8 (Reuters) - New Zealand telecommunications company 
Spark New Zealand  SPK.NZ  said on Friday its plans for a 
fifth-generation network (5G) are progressing well and it 
expects to roll it out within the "next few years." 
    5G is expected to provide faster speeds and response times 
than today's 4G LTE network, with the potential to connect at 
least 100 billion devices.  
    The company is not yet in a position to provide a definite 
time frame for launching 5G, it added in a statement. 
 
 (Reporting by Shashwat Pradhan in Bengaluru; Editing by Stephen 
Coates) 
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