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Orange Polska Claims 1.2Gbps 5G Speeds in Lublin Trial

Orange Polska has achieved download capabilities of the network could exceed have also been ongoing in Lublin since
speeds of 1.2Gbps in trials of non- 1.5Gbps. The company also tested 5G inter October 2019; all test installations – using
standalone (NSA) 5G technology in Lublin, site dual connectivity in Lublin. Orange’s equipment provided by Nokia – were
Telepolis.pl writes. The operator claims 5G tests utilizing the 3.4GHz-3.8GHz band connected to the operator’s network by an
that in ‘ideal conditions’, the theoretical began in Warsaw in September 2019, and optical link with a throughput of 10Gbps.

TPG Telecom, Rakuten Mobile team up for 5G OpenRAN Trial

Singapore’s new fourth mobile operator aligns with Rakuten’s open, multivendor ‘The strategic partnership is a validation
TPG Telecom (Singapore) has selected network approach. Mobile World Live cites of Rakuten Mobile’s strategy and we are
Japanese counterpart Rakuten Mobile TPG Manager and Acting CEO Richard happy to share our innovative end-to-end
to help it run joint 5G OpenRAN trials on Tan as saying that the trial is designed to virtualization solutions built on our vision
a new network in the city state. With the speed up the adoption of fifth-generation of an open and multivendor mobile network
latter currently in the throes of building networks and SDN technology based ecosystem’, adding that Singapore’s high
out its own 4G mobile network in Japan on open interfaces and ‘community- fiber density makes it ‘uniquely suited’ for
– often touted as the world’s first end-to- developed standards running on common rapid OpenRAN adoption.
end fully virtualized, cloud-native network hardware’. Meanwhile, Rakuten Mobile
– the OpenRAN collaboration reportedly Chief Technology Officer Tareq Amin noted:

Ericsson Working on Plus 5G Rollout in Five Polish Cities

Polish cellco Polkomtel, which trades as Plus, has released
more details on its 5G network rollout. It is working with
Ericsson in five cities – Gdansk, Lodz, Poznan, Szczecin and
Wroclaw – utilizing 2600MHz spectrum. Around 80 base
stations are being deployed by the Swedish vendor using
Non-Standalone (NSA) 5G technology. Plus has previously
announced plans to launch 5G networks in seven cities by the
end of this quarter, with additional coverage in Warsaw and
Katowice on top of the five markets where it is working with
Ericsson. Nokia has been named as its second equipment
partner. MIMO 4×4 and QAM256 technologies will be used
to provide download speeds in excess of 500Mbps via
approximately 100 base stations across the seven cities at
launch.

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