Telefónica has carried out the first direct TV broadcast with 5G in Spain on the 700 MHz band.
According to the telco, it was undertaken in the town of Alcázar de San Juan and in collaboration with Castilla-La Mancha Media. Ericsson supplied the 5G radio infrastructure, while the 5G backpack of the Dutch manufacturer Mobile Viewpoint was provided by Ges-IT, its distributor in Spain.
In the spectrum auction on July 21, Telefónica was awarded one block of 2×10 MHz for a total amount of €310.09 million.
As previously reported by Broadband TV News, earlier this week Televisión de Galicia (CRTVG) became the first Spanish public channel to carry out a live broadcast using 5G technology with connectivity provided by Telefónica.
