Vodafone Ireland targets more than 70% 5G Standalone coverage by 2028
WEBWIRE– Monday, November 9, 2026
Vodafone Ireland plans to provide 5G Standalone (5G SA) to more than 70% of the population by 2028 and will start trials with businesses and public sector organisations before the end of this year.
Trials of 5G SA will start in Limerick and Shannon and expand to Cork, Dublin, Galway and Waterford in 2027. Vodafone announced the plans at its Future Frontiers conference in Dublin, attended by more than 400 business leaders, the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke, industry experts and other speakers.
5G SA supports capabilities including lower latency and network slicing, which allows Vodafone to reserve network capacity for critical applications, businesses or groups of users, among other services.
Vodafone outlined the plans alongside research which found that digitalised small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) had, on average, 26% higher revenues than non-digitalised businesses. The findings highlight the substantial economic potential of advanced connectivity.
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