Germany’s fledgling fourth mobile operator, 1&1, has completed 5G tests under realistic conditions and is on course to launch commercial 5G services for home customers by the end of this year, following with mobile users in 2023. The company claims its Open RAN network performed well above expectations, reaching 1Gbps downstream and touching latencies close to 3ms. The operator is obliged by licence conditions associated with the 5G spectrum it acquired in 2019 to cover 50% of Germany’s population with 5G services by 2030. Owned by United Internet, the company currently offers wireless services via an MVNO deal with Telefónica Deutschland. Its network will be based on the platform devised by Rakuten Symphony and Symphony will also offer…