Telstra achieves 4.2 Gbps download speed on 5G mmWave data call with Ericsson

News Wireless Australia 24 SEP 2020
Telstra achieves 4.2 Gbps download speed on 5G mmWave data call with Ericsson
Australian operator Telstra, in partnership with Ericsson, has announced it has achieved record peak download speeds of 4.2 Gbps on a 5G mmWave data call. This speed was achieved on Telstra’s commercial network at the Telstra 5G Innovation Centre in Queensland using a mobile test platform, an Ericsson Radio System base-station, Ericsson’s Network Software and Ericsson core network. The tests combined eight 100MHz channels using 2×2 MIMO and 64QAM technologies.

The Telstra 5G Wi-Fi Pro mmWave compatible device was put through similar tests and achieved a network record of its own when it clocked 200Mbps on the uplink, as part of the same testing. The Telstra 5G Wi-Fi Pro  test was carried out using mmWave in Telstra’s commercial network and used the latest 8 carrier x 100MHz aggregation software (8cc) for the device.

Telstra plans to roll out mmWave technologies in 2021. mmWave spectrum will be auctioned next year and is expected to bring with it massive capacity over short ranges. Even though spectrum is not yet on sale, Telstra says it already has mmWave sites live on its network for testing and optimisation.

The operator reports it currently has more than 1500 Telstra 5G sites on-air across selected areas of 53 cities and towns. More than 1000 suburbs nationally have more than 50 percent 5G coverage and it is working towards having 75 percent of the population covered with Telstra 5G by July 2021.

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Mobile

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Telstra,  Ericsson

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Australia

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