T-Mobile Hits 3.6 Gbps Speeds Using Carrier Aggregation
T-Mobile reached speeds greater than 3.6 Gbps during a test of its network. This is “fast enough to download a two-hour HD movie in less than 7 seconds,” the company said Thursday. T-Mobile worked with Ericsson and Qualcomm Technologies on…
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the test, which was “the world’s first" six-carrier aggregation call made using sub-6 GHz spectrum, T-Mobile said. “5G carrier aggregation allows T-Mobile to combine multiple 5G channels (or carriers) to deliver greater speed and performance,” the provider said: In the test, researchers “merged six 5G channels of mid-band spectrum -- two channels of 2.5 GHz Ultra Capacity 5G, two channels of PCS spectrum and two channels” of advanced wireless service spectrum -- “creating an effective 245 MHz of aggregated 5G channels.”