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Bell Launches ‘5G+’ 3500MHz Service in Ontario; Prepares to Deploy 5G SA

Core Network

Bell Canada announced the availability of full range of 5G features and functionality device and the appropriate provisions’ and
‘5G+’ mobile services based on 3500MHz for both enterprise and consumer use subsequently for enterprises nationwide.
spectrum in selected parts of southern cases and support the massive growth of Bell and its partners are currently trialing
Ontario, offering compatible smartphone IoT. Bell noted that 5G SA-based services 5G SA network slicing, allocating speeds
users in Toronto, Guelph, Kitchener- will shortly be available for enterprise and dedicating capacity for use cases such
Waterloo, London, Barrie and parts of customers in Toronto ‘with a compatible as first-responder live video applications.
Mississauga faster and more responsive
5G mobile network performance – claiming
that in Toronto ‘speeds with 5G+ are now
over 50% faster than before.’ Bell aims to
continue expanding the 5G+ footprint across
the country to reach approximately 40% of
the population by the end of 2022, with peak
theoretical download speeds of 3Gbps
in select markets. Bell also announced
that it will soon roll out a nationwide 5G
standalone (SA) core network, starting in
Toronto, supporting even faster speeds and
ultra-low latency. Over time, Bell says the
5G SA core will provide additional benefits
such as network slicing and will enable a

US 5G Coalition Hits Out at SpaceX 12GHz Claims

The 5G for 12GHz Coalition returned fire on based on limited testing. Dish Network is the FCC claiming Dish Wireless’ use of the
a SpaceX contention Dish Network’s use a member of the 5G for 12GHz Coalition, 12GHz spectrum would cause “harmful
of the frequency would hinder its Starlink alongside companies including Dell: a interference” to Starlink services along with
satellite broadband service, accusing the representative for the cable operator’s potential outages. But the coalition asserted
business of failing to provide technical mobile subsidiary told Mobile World Live SpaceX attempted to imply “nationwide
proof of its claims. In a statement, the the group’s view reflected its own. The conclusions based on results it generated
coalition claimed its research had found coalition stated testing conducted in the 18 from a single cherry-picked partial
little risk of harmful interference to SpaceX’s months since the Federal Communications economic area”, Las Vegas, a geography it
fleet of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites Commission (FCC) began investigating stated was nearly ten-times as unfavorable
in the vast majority of cases, adding the the use of the 12GHz band had found for 5G and satellite coexistence as the
company had drawn spurious conclusions coexistence was feasible, with 99.85 national average. It stated SpaceX “grossly
per cent of non-geostationary (NGSO) distorts the 5G network configuration to
satellite terminals “experiencing no risk create interference with NGSO terminals”
of harmful interference alongside 5G”. It and accused the company of conducing
noted SpaceX had failed to submit any a campaign of misinformation which
expert technical details during the FCC “promulgates an anti-5G narrative”. SpaceX
proceeding, arguing the satellite operator last month called for Starlink users to
had instead “submitted a self-produced file objections with the FCC over Dish
political document in the guise of” proper Network’s plans to use the 12GHz band for
analysis. 5G services, which had resulted in some
Anti-5G 95,704 responses as of 7 July.
SpaceX last month submitted research to
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