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TPG Telecom, Nokia 5G call demo spans 148km between two 5G handsets

Thursday 25 November 2021 | 10:21 CET | News
Australian operator TPG Telecom, in partnership with its network equipment vendor Nokia, have demonstrated a video and voice call which successfully spanned 148km between two commercially available 5G handsets that connected to a single tower in Mt England, Queensland. The tower was connected to TPG Telecom's recently switched-on 5G standalone core network which is using spectrum in the 700MHz frequency band.

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Categories: Mobile & Wireless
Companies: Nokia / TPG
Countries: Australia
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