Nokia, together with other telecommunications corporations, reported on the achievement of a record 5G speed. This is stated in a message on the company's website.
The statement says that the joint efforts of Nokia, Elisa and Qualcomm Technologies have broken the fifth generation speed record. The company's specialists managed to achieve speeds of more than eight gigabits per second when transferring data from two devices simultaneously connected to the 5G mmWave network. Accordingly, each device transmitted information at a speed of about four gigabits per second.
The record for commercial chains was set at Elisa's flagship showroom in Helsinki, Finland. According to Nokia representatives, they managed to provide low signal latency and a high-bandwidth channel, which is necessary for high-speed video downloads, support for functioning in augmented and virtual reality. The services are expected to be offered to consumers in 2021.
The base station through which the signal was transmitted was built on two Nokia AirScale radios at 800 megahertz using 5G millimeter-wave at 26 gigahertz. Qualcomm Snapdragon X55 5G modems and second generation Qualcomm QTM525 mmWave antenna modules were also responsible for data transfer. “Achieving eight gigabits per second is a natural step in the evolution of 5G, and we want to explore the possibilities offered by the fifth generation standard,” said Sami Komulainen, executive vice president of Elisa.
In August, it became known that a sixth-generation communications pilot project would be launched in 2026. This is the conclusion reached by the ministers of South Korea at a meeting with the Prime Minister of the country Chung Se-kyun. Funding for the 6G project will begin in 2021.
