SFR tests LTE-Advanced

News Wireless France 18 OKT 2013
SFR tests LTE-Advanced
French operator SFR has claimed a first in France with a trial of LTE-Advanced technology. The test was conducted at its R&D lab Efixo in Marseilles, achieving download speeds of 174 Mbps. The technology uses carrier aggregation of frequencies in the 800 and 2,600 MHz bands to achieve the faster speeds. SFR said it expects the first devices supporting LTE-Advanced to be able from the second half of 2014, after which it will commercialise the service for consumers as well as business users.

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