{"id":5103,"date":"2026-07-30T11:32:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T10:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nish.wales\/?p=5103"},"modified":"2026-07-30T11:33:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T10:33:16","slug":"working-with-vodafone-business-to-deliver-improved-vodafone-5g","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nish.wales\/en\/2026\/07\/30\/working-with-vodafone-business-to-deliver-improved-vodafone-5g\/","title":{"rendered":"Working with Vodafone Business to deliver improved Vodafone 5G+"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Introduction of fast Vodafone 5G and reliable 4G will help provide education and healthcare services across two campuses.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swansea.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Swansea University<\/a>\u00a0is now benefitting from faster Vodafone 5G+ (also known as 5G Standalone or 5G SA) as part of our ongoing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/swanseabaycitydeal.wales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Swansea Bay City Deal<\/a>\u00a0partnership with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vodafone.co.uk\/business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vodafone Business<\/a>, the enterprise arm of VodafoneThree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks to network upgrades \u2013 including improved Vodafone 4G across both Singleton and Bay campuses \u2013 those working, studying or visiting the university are now enjoying faster data speeds, as well as more reliable and better-quality voice calls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rollout of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vodafone.co.uk\/newscentre\/smart-living\/everything-you-need-to-know-about\/what-is-5g-ultra\/\">Vodafone 5G+<\/a>&nbsp;will support the university\u2019s \u2018living lab\u2019, including its research on health, fitness and wellbeing devices and sensors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Prof. Keith Lloyd, Director, the National Institute for Sport &amp; Health<\/strong>, said: \u201cThe enhanced 5G connectivity across Swansea University\u2019s campuses opens exciting opportunities, especially for our health, wellbeing and sport research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFaster, more reliable mobile networks mean we can collect and analyse data in real time, enabling more effective innovation. As well as benefitting research, this upgrade has the potential to improve patient care, supporting remote monitoring and digital health services.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Shali Thilakan, Business Sales Director, VodafoneThree<\/strong>, said: \u201cVodafone 5G+ delivers endless connectivity benefits, offering businesses a powerful network that can be built around their needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSwansea University is now in a great position to start taking full advantage of this and we look forward to seeing how it will continue to support the campuses and our customers working, studying or visiting there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The news comes as VodafoneThree continues to invest across the wider Swansea area, with Vodafone 5G+ now available to more than 75% of the city\u2019s population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Network upgrades across Swansea are also giving Vodafone and Three customers access to the best available coverage, at no extra cost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction of fast Vodafone 5G and reliable 4G will help provide education and healthcare services across two campuses. Swansea University\u00a0is now benefitting from faster Vodafone 5G+ (also known as 5G Standalone or 5G SA) as part of our ongoing\u00a0Swansea Bay City Deal\u00a0partnership with\u00a0Vodafone Business, the enterprise arm of VodafoneThree. Thanks to network upgrades \u2013 including [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":190346150,"featured_media":5106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1366],"tags":[1370],"class_list":["post-5103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-technology"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfwlnl-1kj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":518,"url":"https:\/\/nish.wales\/en\/2023\/11\/21\/swansea-university-to-develop-world-first-research-and-innovation-living-lab\/","url_meta":{"origin":5103,"position":0},"title":"SWANSEA UNIVERSITY TO DEVELOP WORLD-FIRST RESEARCH AND INNOVATION \u201cLIVING LAB\u201d","author":"meganchick1","date":"21st November 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Swansea University is set to develop a world-first research and innovation environment that harnesses 5G infrastructure to improve population health and wellbeing, with the award of a \u00a32.58M project that will create a \u201cliving laboratory\u201d in the Swansea Bay City Region. 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