Singtel, Ericsson achieve 1Gbp speeds on quad-band FDD/TDD CA network

Singapore operator Singtel reports it has achieved 1Gbps mobile peak speed using Ericsson’s quad-band FDD/TDD Carrier Aggregation (CA) service. Following the successful trial, Singtel plans to progressively roll out this service at key high traffic locations such as Orchard Road, Raffles Place, Tanjong Pagar and Clarke Quay. Handsets supporting the 1 Gbps speeds offered by quad-band FDD/TDD CA are expected to be available from the second half of this year. 

According to Singtel, its existing smartphone users can access, up to 20 percent faster mobile broadband speeds on average, as Singtel deploys Ericsson’s Bandwidth-Aware CA feature, which aims to help operators to manage spectrum more efficiently, as well as support customers’ smartphones to automatically select the best spectrum band combination available.