Beeline tests tri-band LTE-A in Russia

News Wireless Russian Federation 14 APR 2015
Beeline tests tri-band LTE-A in Russia
Russian mobile operator Vimpelcom, working under the Beeline brand, has tested LTE-Advanced technology using tri-band carrier aggregation. A prototype of a mobile device with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 chipset and the integrated X10 LTE modem from Qualcomm, as well as the equipment from Huawei were used for the test. The frequencies included 5 MHz from the 800 MHz band, 20 MHz in the 1,800 MHz band and 10 MHz in the 2,600 MHz band. The tests achieved download speeds of around 250 Mbps, 3.5 times more than current rates on the LTE network. 

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Mobile

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Qualcomm,  Huawei China,  Vimpelcom,  Beeline

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Russian Federation

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Production planning & operations, Data services, Network equipment, Wholesale, 4G - LTE

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