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Vodafone Deutschland is to tap its DOCSIS 3.1 upgrade to launch faster upload speeds across its network from the beginning of February.
The operator, whose HFC footprint spans 24 million households, will increase upload speeds by up to 50% New customers with HFC broadband will be able to access higher upload speeds for the same base price as before.
Vodafone said that its download speeds will also automatically increase. Depending on the plan, Vodafone is adding 50 to 100Mbps for consumers, which it says aligns the performance of its HFC network with that of pure fibre players.
Vodafone said its HFC network will offer upload speeds of 75Mbps. Previously, the maximum technically available speed – except in pilot projects – was 50Mbps.
The operators said it was also boosting download speeds in its new plans, available from January 29. The tiers are already offered over the company’s all-fibre footprint. Its GigaZuhause 150 Cable and GigaZuhause 300 Cable plans will each receive an increase of 50Mbps in download speed. The GigaZuhause 600 Cable tariff will see an increase of 100Mbps. The monthly base prices remain the same. A new GigaZuhause 800 Cable offering fills the gap between 600 and 1,000Mbps. Only the entry-level GigaZuhause 50 Cable plan remains unchanged with its download/upload speed of 50/25Mbps.
Vodafone is deploying DOCSIS 3.1 Low Split technology as the next evolution of its DOCSIS programme. To improve potential upload speeds, the available frequency range for data transmission is being redistributed and increased.
The company said that to ensure that the increased upload speed doesn’t negatively impact usable download speeds, Vodafone has further segmented the network and introduced more fibre, carrying out modernisation work at 2,500 locations last year.
“HFC is getting even stronger. Our technicians have prepared everything. At the beginning of February, we will activate the upload booster in the largest gigabit network in the country. This will bring up to 50 percent more upload speed to 70 percent of households in Germany,” said Vodafone Germany CEO Marcel de Groot
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