Vodafone on the front foot with new UK 5G standalone pilot

A year after it claimed a UK first with a 5G standalone network trial, Vodafone has announced that it is running a commercial pilot of the technology in three major cities.
The mobile operator will carry out the pilot in London, Manchester and Cardiff with a view to testing the new capabilities that will come with 5G standalone, such as network slicing, it said. It will also allow partners to test 5G standalone-enabled devices on a live network.
Network slicing is a much-discussed advantage of 5