Vodafone Idea, Ericsson achieve 5.92Gbps peak download speed using mmWave spectrum, Telecom News, ET Telecom

NEW DELHI: Vodafone Idea has achieved a peak download speed of 5.92Gbps in partnership with Swedish telecom gear maker Ericsson during the ongoing 5G trials in Pune, Maharashtra.

Vi achieved this speed on a single-test device using a combination of mid-band and high-band (millimeter-wave or mmWave) 5G trial spectrum using Ericsson equipment such as Massive MIMO radios Ericsson cloud-native dual-mode 5G core for standalone (SA) architecture and NR-DC (New Radio-Dual Connectivity) software, according to an official statement on Friday.

With 5G Standalone NR-DC software, Vi can deliver latency-sensitive and high-performing applications such as AR/ VR and 8K video streaming as well as innovative new use cases for consumers and enterprises once it deploys 5G on its commercial network, it added.

Earlier during its 5G trials and use cases showcase in Pune, Vi had demonstrated speeds of over 4Gbps.

“Given the growing consumer demand for immersive media and video streaming services, the 5G speeds that we have demonstrated will help us prepare for the mobile broadband speeds and greater network capacity requirements of customers, as we ready for ‘5G for a Better Tomorrow’ in India,” said Jagbir Singh, Chief Technology Officer, Vodafone Idea.

Thursday, Nokia said it will deploy its Access DWDM (Dense wavelength division multiplexing) solution to upgrade Vodafone Idea’s transport network to 5G.

“The new compact and scalable DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing) solution will allow Vi to optimize fiber resources while ensuring 100Gcapacity with future upgrade capability of the network to 200G and beyond, in the access network,” Nokia said in a media release.

“Achieving this technology milestone of 5.92 Gbps download speed by leveraging Ericsson’s 5G Standalone NR-DC software and cloud-native dual-mode 5G Core represents a milestone in India’s evolution to 5G Standalone with mmWave,” said Amarjeet Singh, Vice President and Head of Customer Unit Vi at Ericsson. 5G is expected to account for 39% of all mobile subscriptions in India by 2027 according to Ericsson Mobility Report, November 2021 edition.

5G is on track to become the dominant mobile access technology by subscriptions globally by 2027. By this time, 5G is expected to account for around 50 percent of all mobile subscriptions worldwide – covering 75% of the world’s population and carrying 62% of the global smartphone traffic, as per the report.