5G standalone (SA)

[UkzVortex98]

will EE Mobile get 5G standalone (SA) this year 

[Fatboy71]

Hi @chistery 

I have the iPhone 16 Pro Max. My settings are the same as yours. 

[chistery]

HI @Fatboy71 

As long as 5G SA is listed as an add on, and enabled on your phone I'd try a few different areas and see if it appears. Maybe try cellmapper and see where SA has been seen around your location too?

[Fatboy71]

Thanks @chistery  Yes 5G SA is listed in the add ons in My EE. 

I will keep trying in different areas, and see if SA appears in nPerf and also in the Field Test. 

I've just had a look on Cellmapper, but I'm struggling to understand the information shown. Where do I need to look in the Tower Info (or anywhere else) to see if that tower is broadcasting 5G Stand Alone. Appreciate the help 🙂

[chistery]

Hi @Fatboy71 

in cellmapper, set Provider to EE, Network to 5G - NR and band - all, and look for green dots, that's where SA has been reported by others.

[Fatboy71]

Thanks @chistery I can see some dark green and light green dots/squares in an area around 4 miles from where I live, but nothing nearer than that. I do go along that area from time to time so I will check nPerf and Field Test when I am in the area. 

There is also quite a lot of dark and light green dots in a city around 30 miles from my location too. If I put in a postcode into the 5G Stand Alone postcode checker, for an address in this city, it shows that 5G Stand Alone isn't available. But I did see someone mention on a thread on here that EE don't always show availability in the 5G Stand Alone postcode checker until they have a certain amount of coverage (95 percent ?). 

[Colstalex]

Not 95% as here in Edinburgh it isn’t available where I live but is common in the city centre and elsewhere. I think they mean they won’t say it is somewhere just because one mast has it. 

[Fatboy71]

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@Colstalex wrote:

Not 95% as here in Edinburgh it isn’t available where I live but is common in the city centre and elsewhere. I think they mean they won’t say it is somewhere just because one mast has it. 

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Thanks for the help @Colstalex .Thought I had read on a thread about 95 percent, I must have been mistaken. 

I will definitely try in other areas near me and see if nPerf and Field Test show that I am connected to SA. 

[Bobby1214181]

Given the announcement that EE was offering 5G standalone to all new and upgrading customers, I called the customer service to see how to get it. However it still seems 5G SA is ONLY available to the higher tariffs! According to news articles (below) this should not be the case. How disapointing!!

https://jmcomms.com/2025/03/19/ee-expands-5g-standalone-network-across-the-uk-now-available-to-all-n....

[chistery]

@Bobby1214181 what phone and plan were you looking at? The EE website lists SA on handset plans with compatible phones.