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Beeline Launches Moscow 5G Pilot Zone; MegaFon Reports 2.46Gbps in 5G

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Beeline has become the third Russian smartphones including Huawei’s Mate Beeline stores this year.’ A fourth Russian
cellco to launch a 5G pilot network zone 20 X, reporting peak data transfer rates operator, MegaFon, is gearing up for the
in Moscow, in partnership with Huawei to a subscriber device of 2.19Gbps. Vasil launch of a Moscow 5G pilot zone, and this
and the Department for Information Latsanich, General Director of Beeline, week it announced testing 5G data transfer
Technologies (DIT) of the city authorities. said: ‘Today we are in active stages of and packet connections, file downloads,
Beeline’s 5G pilot zone around the Luzhniki preparation for the launch of 5G networks, voice and video calls on smartphones in
Stadium follows the launch of similar testing new generation networks cooperation with Qualcomm and Nokia,
zones in the capital by rivals Tele2 Russia simultaneously with several vendors in achieving data speeds up to 2.46Gbps.
and MTS. Beeline is testing ultra-wideband different cities of Russia. We expect the first
mobile access using new-generation 5G smartphones and routers to appear in

Industry Primed for Next-Gen Wi-Fi Technology

Kevin Robinson, VP of marketing at but doesn’t necessarily need low latency. “incredible” interest in Wi-Fi 6 from industry
the Wi-Fi Alliance, tipped the Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 6 is able to tailor how it serves each players including service providers and
certification 6 program, to improve of those diverse device categories, so that enterprises, as well as end users. “We are
experience in congested areas, providing each gets the type of data service it needs.” seeing manufacturers that highlight Wi-Fi
a major coverage boost in stadiums, The security landscape is supposedly set 6 as one of the more important features
train stations and airports. Speaking to to improve as well, with the new generation in their devices, such as iPhone 11”,
Mobile World Live, Robinson explained now requiring support for WPA3 – the Robinson added. With 5G deployments
the benefits of the new generation of latest generation of Wi-Fi security. Wi-Fi underway, Robinson believes Wi-Fi 6 will
the technology will be largely noticeable Alliance, the non-profit organization which also complement the mobile technology.
in busy environments, due to its more certifies Wi-Fi products, is expecting
efficient usage of the spectrum compared
with previous versions. As opposed to
previous generations of Wi-Fi, which are
focused on delivering performance at a
high level for one device, Robinson said
Wi-Fi 6 certification is looking to optimize
the performance of all connected devices.
“In a home environment you might have
a sensor device that has very low data
requirements, but it needs to sleep off in
order to conserve battery power. You might
have an AR or VR headset that has very
strict latency requirements. And then you
might have a tablet that uses a lot of data

MTS, Tele2 Russia Both Announce 2.1Gbps 5G mmWave Speeds in Pilot
Zones

Tele2 Russia has claimed peak data other devices to test the network, which Nokia, using a pre-production Samsung
speeds up to 2.1Gbps and minimum it launched last month in partnership S10 5G smartphone featuring Qualcomm’s
latency of 9ms on its 28GHz mmWave with Ericsson on Tverskaya Street. Larger Snapdragon 855 platform and X50 modem.
5G pilot network zone in central Moscow, Russian cellco MTS, which launched its MTS is also partnering Huawei in its 5G
using Qualcomm Snapdragon mobile Moscow 5G mmWave pilot zone soon after piloting program.
device technology. Tele2 is inviting any Tele2, has similarly announced hitting
users of compatible smartphones or speeds of 2.1Gbps in partnership with
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