DISH Wireless, subsidiary of DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH), working with Samsung and Qualcomm Technologies (NASDAQ: QCOM), completed a simultaneous 5G uplink/downlink test for FDD spectrum. According to a release, the 2x uplink and 4x downlink carrier aggregation used FDD bands in n71, n70, and n66 with testing in both DISH labs and the field.
DISH achieved 200 Mbps uplink peak speed with 35 MHz of 5G spectrum, and the DISH 5G network executed 1.3 Gbps downlink peak speeds with 75 MHz of 5G spectrum. The accomplishment was a world-first, using a mobile device powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon® X75 5G Modem RF System and Samsung’s 5G vRAN solution with dual- and tri-band radios across the DISH 5G network, according to the companies.
“The DISH 5G Open RAN network now covers over 73 percent of the U.S. population 5G broadband coverage and more than 100 million Americans 5G voice service – VoNR – with more markets going live each month,” said Eben Albertyn, EVP/CTO, DISH Wireless. He added that DISH can now deliver a better customer experience across its 5G standalone network, including Boost Mobile and Boost Infinite subscribers.
Sunil Patil, VP, Product Management, Qualcomm Technologies, pointed out that as consumer demand increases for uplink heavy applications, like social media posting, video conferencing and video uploads, carrier aggregation on FDD spectrum is crucial to bring faster upload speeds to more consumers across markets and networks.
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