Telecom Italia (TIM) says its subsidiary in San Marino is set to turn the tiny country into the first state in Europe to boast full 5G coverage when it switches on its network later this year.
TIM San Marino (TIM SM) and its parent company have been working with Nokia on the rollout of a 3GPP Release 15 site using Massive MIMO technology in the 3.5GHz band. TIM and Nokia say that by the end of this month they will also begin installing 26GHz equipment to turn San Marino into an outdoor test-bed for 5G services. The firms have not said when they expect 5G-capable end user devices to be made available on a commercial basis.