Singtel and Ericsson will together launch Singapore’s first 5G pilot network in the the fourth quarter. The pilot will be deployed at one-north in Buona Vista, the country’s science, business and IT hub. It will use Ericsson’s 3GPP standards-compliant 5G technology with trial spectrum allocated by Singapore’s Info-Communications Media Development Authority (IMDA) an provide 5G coverage with enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) speed and low latency communications. Companies will be able to work with Singtel and Ericcson during the test to develop new 5G use cases.
The pilot network was announced at Singtel’s and Ericsson’s Bringing 5G to Life event, held at Singtel Comcentre. At the same event, Singtel and Ericsson demonstrated innovative 5G use cases, including 3D augmented reality (AR) streaming over a 5G network operating in the 28GHz millimetre wave spectrum. The demonstration let participants to view and interact with lifelike virtual objects such as a photorealistic human anatomy and a 360-degree image of the world. The immersive experience was then streamed in real-time to a remote audience via 5G. It was performed together with immersive AR tech firm Meta.
