Vodafone Idea announced that they¡¯ve achieved a peak 5G data speed of over 3.7 Gbps on the mmWave spectrum band in Pune city.
Reported first by ET, Vodafone has been conducting its 5G trials on government-allocated 5G spectrum in the cities of Pune and Gandhinagar using hardware from vendors Ericsson and Nokia. In Pune, Vodafone Idea conducted its trials in a lab setup of an end-to-end captive network of Cloud Core, new generation Transport and Radio Access Network.
The trials saw speeds in excess of 3.7Gbps with very low latency on the mmWave spectrum. They were able to achieve these speeds using state-of-the-art equipment in 5G Non-standalone network architecture while also making use of NR Radios.
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Vodafone Idea has been allocated mmWave high bands such as 26GHz by the Department of Telecommunications, as well as the conventional 3.5GHz spectrum band for 5G network trials.?
The mmWave 5G allows for a wide spectrum and capacity over the shortest distances, resulting in lower latencies. In case you remember, the mmWave 5G was seen on the iPhone 12 series when it launched last year, and even on the iPhone 13 series launched this year. Although it is important to note that these models were only available in the US.
Vodafone stated that 5G speed tests were also conducted in the 3.5GHz band in Gujarat¡¯s Gandhinagar, where it managed to achieve a whopping 1.5Gbps data transfer speed.?
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Jagbir Singh, CTO, Vodafone Idea Limited, said, ¡°We are pleased with the speed and latency results in the initial stages of the 5G trials on the Govt allocated 5G spectrum bands. Having established a robust 4G network pan-India, delivering the fastest 4G speeds and a 5G-ready network, we are now testing the NextGen 5G technology to be able to bring a truly digital experience for enterprises and consumers in India, in the future.¡±
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