Nokia, TPG Telecom Set 5G Uplink Speed Record in Australia

By J. Sharpe Smith, Inside Towers Technology Editor

Nokia and TPG Telecom demonstrated a 5G uplink speed of 2 Gbps using Nokia’s commercial AirScale Radio together with TPG Telecom’s 26 GHz spectrum at the Nokia 5G Futures Lab in Sydney, Australia. The record was set yesterday using a 5G device powered by a Snapdragon® X65 5G Modem-RF System featuring fourth-generation Qualcomm QTM545 mmWave antenna modules. Nokia used Carrier Aggregation technology to achieve a 400 MHz channel using four component carriers of 100 MHz each. The demonstration also used Nokia’s 5G Core to provide the speed, intelligence, and security. The record was set almost a year to the day after Nokia and University of Technology Sydney opened the 5G Futures Lab in the UTS Tech Lab facilities. Continue Reading