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Latency less than half in comparison to 4G
Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) and
Etisalat successfully conducted a 5G trial with outdoor mobility today at
Etisalat’s Head Office in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
The trial demonstrated 5G
capabilities in a real world environment over a live network, including tests
on speed, latency and beam steering. The 5G trial system is using 800MHz of
spectrum in the 15GHz band, demonstrating over 20 times greater performance than
what is currently used in 4G networks. The trial achieved aggregate site
throughput of greater than 24Gbps, with a latency less than half of what is
seen currently in 4G networks.
Saeed Al Zarouni, SVP/Mobile Network, Etisalat
says: “Today’s live demonstration provides a glimpse into the future and what
mobile services will be like in the next few years. Today, we conducted the
first live 5G trial with Ericsson and the first 5G trial with outdoor mobility
in the region. 5G enhances existing services with additional capacity,
higher speeds and lower latency, while supporting a large number of
machine-type connections.”
Petter
Järtby, Head of Etisalat Global Customer Unit at Ericsson Region Middle East says: “Today’s trial is a key milestone of
the extensive collaborative efforts between Etisalat and Ericsson to ensure the
UAE is ready for 5G. This next generation of technology will enable
organizations to move into new markets and build new revenue streams with
radically new business models and use cases, including Internet of Things (IoT)
applications.”
Today’s trial was a part of the first
Ericsson and Etisalat Technology Summit. The event also included workshops and
discussions where Ericsson presented its latest technology trends and
demonstrations. The event’s sessions and demos touched upon different areas
covering 5G, IoT, Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), Cloud and digital
transformation.