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FEATURE : NETWORKS
Carrier Aggregation is the latest milestone in many achievements in 5G that we have achieved in collaboration with Claro , Embratel and Qualcomm .”
It means that users can enjoy enhanced experiences in applications where faster upload times and low latency make a difference .
“ We are pioneers in the implementation of 5G on five continents and maintain a continuous commitment to supporting our customers on the journey of mobile connectivity evolution ,” concluded Barbosa .
Fiore Mangone , Senior Director of Business Development , Qualcomm , said : “ Qualcomm Brazil is
Technical information
Claro , Embratel , Ericsson and Qualcomm achieved this pioneering result on a commercial network in Brazil – with a maximum uplink speed of 669 Mbps , integrating four 100 MHz millimeter wave ( 26 GHz ) components combined with 100 MHz of spectrum in 3.5 GHz . NR-DC was implemented using the bands of Claro n78 and n258 .
The test was on Claro 5G network , installed at its headquarters in São Paulo , using the commercial network resulting in an uplink transfer rate twice as high as the current uplink speed in the market . The demonstration also achieved a 3.312 Gbps downlink and 8 ms latency .
The test device used was a smartphone with the Snapdragon X65 Modem-RF System processor . The network equipment was supplied by Ericsson – Radio System Baseband 6648 and AIR 3227 – for a medium band , widely deployed in Claro ’ s network and Baseband 6648 with AIR 5322 for a high band ( millimeter wave ).
proud to collaborate with Claro , Embratel and Ericsson on this milestone in 5G , with Dual Connectivity and Carrier Aggregation . By reaching the highest peak uplink rate ever recorded on a commercial network in Latin America and the lowest latency , we are reinforcing our commitment to enabling differentiated 5G experiences across different use cases beyond the smartphone . Together , we are reaching the full potential of 5G through new advancements that will generate transformative benefits for consumers and businesses .” p

BY REACHING THE HIGHEST PEAK UPLINK RATE

EVER RECORDED ON A COMMERCIAL NETWORK IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE LOWEST LATENCY , WE ARE REINFORCING

OUR COMMITMENT TO ENABLING

DIFFERENTIATED 5G EXPERIENCES .

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