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TECHNOLOGY UPDATES SAMENA TRENDS

certification services, which underwent an increasingly open approach to global promoted the implementation of the
a comprehensive upgrade in 2024, were cooperation, forging closer relationships Alliance's achievements and enhanced
widely recognized by industry partners and with international industry organizations WAA's international brand recognition.
global markets. This move marks WAA's such as IEEE 802.11 and the SAMENA Next, WAA plans to explore pathways
leadership in technological innovation Telecommunications Council, and signing for converting its alliance standards into
and standardization, underscoring its Memorandum of Understanding with international standards. The contributions
forward-thinking vision and industry international industrial organizations of the IEEE 802.11 Working Group Chair and
leadership. Furthermore, it demonstrates such as WBA and Wi-Fi NOW. WAA also SAMENA Telecommunications Council's
WAA's unwavering commitment to actively promoted the establishment of Director of Programs snd Public Policy
advancing the WLAN industry toward the BRICS New Connectivity Committee further elevated the Summit's international
higher quality and higher standards. The within the BRICS Partnership on New influence, injecting new energy into WAA's
Summit also showcased WAA's powerful Industrial Revolution Innovation Base global expansion strategy. With these key
testing capabilities, with the introduction Industry Alliance, and as the secretariat of developments, WAA's testing system and
of a new testing platform. This platform this committee, WAA will facilitate deeper certification standards are beginning to
integrates cutting-edge technologies and cooperation among BRICS countries in have a tangible impact on the industry,
equipment, offering efficient, accurate, the field of new connectivity industry in laying a solid foundation for improving
and comprehensive testing services the future. Additionally, WAA successfully the overall quality and performance
across the entire product lifecycle, from hosted multiple international industry of WLAN products globally. The “WAA
research and development to mass forums, including the WAA and Informa Certification” standard is increasingly
production. Additionally, WAA launched Tech 2024 Barcelona Roundtable and the becoming synonymous with high-quality
an all-encompassing experience and 2024 BRICS New Connectivity Innovation WLAN products, fully reflecting the
performance evaluation service for WiFi 7 Forum, and participated in the 2024 Alliance's unwavering commitment to
devices, designed to provide consumers Shanghai Mobile World Congress and the achieving excellence both domestically
with precise and reliable purchasing 2024 BRICS New Industrial Revolution and internationally.
advice. Entering 2024, WAA has adopted Exhibition. These events effectively

T Mobile Shatters World Record for 5G Uplink Speed

T-Mobile announced it broke another world carrier to aggregate 2.5 GHz and mmWave from Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., this
record with its 5G standalone (SA) network, spectrum, allowing for an insane boost test changes the game for providers
leveraging an emerging feature called New to uplink throughput and capacity. In this looking to offer customers and businesses
Radio Dual Connectivity (5G DC). With 5G test, T-Mobile was able to allocate 60% of the best experience possible at crowded
DC, the Un-carrier was able to massively the mmWave radio resources for uplink events. “With 5G DC, T-Mobile is pushing
increase uplink throughput and capacity, where previous use cases typically allowed the boundaries of what’s possible to
reaching peak speeds of 2.2 Gbps — that’s up to 20%. Completed on T-Mobile’s 5G create better experiences in the places
the fastest recorded anywhere in the world SA production network in SoFi Stadium in that matter most to our customers,” said
— and demonstrates the technology’s Southern California with equipment and Ulf Ewaldsson, President of Technology at
potential to create serious efficiencies 5G DC solution from Ericsson and a mobile T-Mobile.
in how data is transmitted from devices test smartphone powered by a flagship
to the network. 5G DC enables the Un- Snapdragon® X80 5G Modem-RF System

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