Telstra has announced that it achieved the world’s first 5G record uplink speed of 340 Mbps for Standalone architecture. The mobile service provider claimed the historic feat with Ericsson and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. for a live commercial network.
This speed is 100 times faster than a regular 3G network while also superseding 4G speed by a few dozen times.
Telstra’s record 5G Standalone uplink speed utilized the 140 MHz channel for sending data from the device to the network. Likewise, a 240 MHz channel was used to receive data from the network to the device. During the process, the telco achieved 3.6 Gbps download and 340 Mbps upload speed which is the fastest in under 6 GHz spectrum.
This allows Telstra customers to get faster data rates on their devices and enhance their user experience. 5G is a remarkable leap from 4G and such high download and upload speed justifies the switch to the next-generation network.
Sri Amirthalingam, Telstra Executive for Global Networks and Technology hailed it as a major milestone for the company and customers. He said, “We are proud to be the first in the world to deliver this cutting-edge 5G uplink capability, which will give our customers an enhanced experience when sharing their content while they are out and about.”
Similarly, the test used a device powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon® 5G Modem-RF System and a NetGear Nighthawk M6 Pro Mobile Broadband device and software from Ericsson.
“The technology also includes advanced features in the base station that can prioritize different types of data and applications and can support future differentiated services, like network slicing,” Telstra added.