0
Wireless

Optus, Ericsson, MediaTek complete 5G NR-DC trial in Australia

Wednesday 11 August 2021 | 21:46 CET | News
Ericsson, MediaTek and Optus have announced they have completed their 5G NR-DC (New Radio Dual Connectivity) trial by aggregating 3.5GHz mid-band with 26GHz mmWave spectrum in Optus' 5G network. Using a device featuring a MediaTek M80 5G modem and Ericsson's RAN Compute (basebands) and 5G radios, the demonstration, conducted in Sydney, highlighted the benefits of using utilising both spectrum bands simultaneously to extend the mmWave 5G coverage over a greater distance, while also increasing average and peak 5G speeds, Optus said.

Thank you for visiting Telecompaper

Sign up below to get access to the rest of this article and all the telecom news you need.

  • Register free and gain access to even more articles from Telecompaper. Register here
  • Subscribe and get unlimited access to Telecompaper’s full coverage, with a customised choice of news, commentary, research and alerts.

Subscriptions

Already registered?



Free Headlines in your E-mail

Every day we send out a free e-mail with the most important headlines of the last 24 hours.

Subscribe now

Categories: Mobile & Wireless
Companies: Ericsson / MediaTek / Optus
Countries: Australia
::: add a comment
This article is part of dossier

5G


Add comment

Please login or register to leave a comment.

We welcome comments that add value to the discussion. We attempt to block comments that use offensive language or appear to be spam, and our editors frequently review the comments to ensure they are appropriate. If you see a comment that you believe is inappropriate to the discussion, you can bring it to our attention by using the report abuse links. As the comments are written and submitted by visitors of the Telecompaper website, they in no way represent the opinion of Telecompaper.


Related

Nokia's 4G/5G network slicing powers Orange deployment for Schneider Electric

Published 30 Jun 2021 08:20 CET | France
Nokia and Orange have released more details of the 4G/5G private network built at Schneider Electric's plant in Le Vaudreuil ...

Wrap-up on mobile technology: the latest on 5G standards, open RAN and 6G development

Published 24 Jun 2021 12:55 CET | World
Mobile technology develops based on releases from the 3GPP industry organisation and new generations defined by the ITU. The ...

China Unicom, ZTE complete Intelligent Radio Network Orchestration trial

Published 11 Jun 2021 10:55 CET | China
ZTE and China Unicom have completed a commercial trial of the Intelligent Radio Network Orchestration Solution, with both user ...