Nokia and A1 Telekom complete ‘milestone’ carrier aggregation trial
Nokia and A1 Austria have declared they have successfully verified 3 component carrier aggregation (3CC CA) in a 5G standalone trial in Austria, clocking 2Gbps download speeds.
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Nokia and Telefónica show off some 5G 2CC uplink carrier aggregation
Nokia and O2 Telefónica Germany say they have aggregated sub-6 GHz spectrum frequencies in an ‘industry first’ two-component carrier uplink Carrier Aggregation (CA) trial on 5G standalone.
BT claims Europe’s first 5G SA carrier aggregation in trial
The British incumbent telecom operator BT claims to have achieved a Europe-first by aggregating four carrier components (4CC) in a 5G standalone (SA) live network trial.
EE and Qualcomm aggregate no less than seven spectrum carriers
UK MNO EE joined forces with US mobile chip giant Qualcomm to use seven distinct chunks of spectrum at once, resulting in more 5G bandwidth.
Nokia claims 3x carrier aggregation first with a bit of help from MediaTek
Just when you thought carrier aggregation couldn’t get any better Nokia and MediaTek have only gone and added another carrier to the mix.
Docomo, Fujitsu, NEC claim multi-vendor carrier aggregation world first
Big telco vendors have another reason to sleep in fear, after Docomo, Fujitsu and NEC laid claim to the world’s first successful 5G carrier aggregation using a multi-vendor RAN.
ZTE targets China Broadcasting Network with 4.9 GHz boast
Boasting about validation of the industry’s first 5G carrier aggregation on 700 MHz and 4.9 GHz might not be the biggest humblebrag but remember who has access to this spectrum.
Samsung claims new 5G speed record
Samsung Electronics says it managed to hit 8.5 Gbps over 5G in a lab, using 800 MHz of millimetre-wave spectrum over a couple of devices.
Türk Telekom and Huawei claim new 5G speed record
Huawei decided it was time to break some records so it set up a test network that seems to have been designed solely to do that.
Ericsson, Qualcomm and Verizon team up for CBRS carrier aggregation trial
It’s a trio which we have been hearing a lot from recently, but Ericsson, Verizon and Qualcomm have teamed up again to announce what they claim is another first for the US.
EE, Qualcomm and Sony make a play for ‘Gigabit LTE’
At an event in Wembley stadium EE used its live network to demonstrate LTE on steroids using a Sony Xperia XZ Premium smartphone with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chip.
Ericsson and Qualcomm help NBN hit 1.1 Gbps over fixed wireless
Australian state telecoms outfit NBN managed to hit 1.1 Gbps download speed in a fixed wireless demo conducted in partnership with Ericsson, NetComm Wireless and Qualcomm.
EE launches UK’s first LTE-A with three carrier aggregation
EE has announced a major upgrade to its 4G service, following the introduction of Cat 9-based three carrier aggregation to boost its LTE capacity and speeds.
EE shows off 3x carrier aggregation with 360° YouTube live stream
UK operator EE used the opportunity presented by its sponsorship of the Latitude music festival to demonstrate of the potential of 3x carrier aggregation 4G.
Ericsson and Vodafone Ireland achieve 136 Mbps uplink on commercial network
Swedish networking giant Ericsson has teamed up with Vodafone Ireland to demonstrate what it claims are the fastest uplink speeds yet achieved in a European commercial network.
Nokia, DT and Cosmote demonstrate 3.5 GHz LTE FDD/TDD carrier aggregation
Nokia Networks and Deutsche Telekom have demonstrated a new technique to increase the capacity of LTE by harnessing two previously incompatible areas of the radio spectrum.
Vodafone, Ericsson and Qualcomm demo commercial licensed/unlicensed LTE CA
Vodafone, Ericsson and Qualcomm claim they have successfully harmonised licensed and unlicensed spectrum for the first time via commercial LTE Carrier Aggregation (CA).
Swisscom, Ericsson, Qualcomm claim European FDD/TDD first
Ericsson has laid claim to successfully demonstrating Europe’s first commercial LTE-Advanced network utilising three-carrier aggregation with Swisscom.
30% of operators investing in LTE-A, VoLTE rollouts grow – report
A report released by the GSA detail the growth in uptake of LTE-A networks and the deployment thereof. According the report, 30% of all operators are now actively investing in LTE-A infrastructure.
Huawei, Nokia show off carrier aggregation projects at MWC Shanghai
Mobile Word Congress Shanghai is going on this week, and carrier aggregation tech will be taking centre stage, with Huawei and Nokia both showing off new LTE-A solutions.
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