25 ISPs Are Testing 5G Wireless at Speeds Up To 36 Gbps A new report by Viavi Solutions says that there's currently 25 mobile operators worldwide currently conducting fifth generation (5G) wireless tests, with (lab) speeds in some instances reaching as high as 36 Gbps. Of those 25 carriers, 12 have taken these trials out of the labs and into the field, while an additional four carriers have formally announced their formal commercial plans for 5G. Five of these mobile carriers have obtained mobile data speeds of 35Gbps or more in their ongoing 5G trials, Viavi notes.

Most of these trials are utilizing gear from five major manufacturers in their trials: Ericsson, Huawei, Nokia, Samsung and ZTE. One of them (KT Corporation, formerly Korea Telecom) is testing all five gear vendors simultaneously. The tests are utilizing a wide variety of spectrum, ranging from sub-3GHz to 86GHz. The most common wavelength involved in testing is 28GHz. Eight wireless carriers are currently testing at 28 GHz, while 15GHz is being used in trials by seven mobile operators. “The pace of 5G development is already beyond the expectations of many observers,” said Sameh Yamany, CTO of Viavi Solutions. “Now, as the technical delivery of data is starting to coalesce, it is time to think ahead to how future 5G networks can manage the disparate requirements of high data rates, very low latency applications and large-scale IoT services, while maintaining quality of service." Granted it's always worth repeating that the 5G standard technically doesn't even exist yet. Verizon this week announced it had already installed pre-standard gear (which will need to be upgraded when the standard is finished) in 11 cities where it intends to begin "pre-commercial" testing in the next few months. All told though, the million dollar undiscussed question remains: just how much will consumers have to pay for next-generation wireless? Regardless, the firm provided the handy infographic below for those interested.









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boredsysadm

join:2012-01-11 ·Optimum Online

2 edits 6 recommendations boredsysadm Member I'll believe then I see working outside of lab Such Ultra high frequency signals are line of sight only. Willing to bet than even a single tree leaf could seriously reduce or even kill such connection.

I am not surprised they could do these speeds in lab over (i imagine) 10" distance, but I'll be sitting the fence lmao until I see wireless 36Gpbs working.

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Yes, Some anon coward is fighting with me and his proof is very small and specific research done in VA over near ideal conditions, using directional +27Dbi antennas at 73 Ghz band. At 73Ghz band length is only 4.1mm. (28Ghz band is 10.7mm) Of the results shown -180db rssi with nlos. which means - it's not possible, unless one is using 100Kw transmitter, which is not very practical in this application.

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Wolfrider Elf

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Fairfield, MT 4 recommendations Suntop Premium Member AT&T and Verizon and T-Mobile Oh my! Now hold on, so the new internet is no wires? So Internet 2.0 will be like cellphones neat. Oh it is the big 3 and a few others and how many out of those big 3 own the others? I hope it is cheap to do so that we have no damned caps... Henrypolk87

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Davenport, FL 3 recommendations Henrypolk87 Member Starry Internet... Starry internet. What's going to happen to them?

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127.0.0.1 2 edits 2 recommendations Anonymous_ Premium Member OH WOW 28GHZ lamo... 28GHZ-86GHz would need a ugly cell phone transmitter every 5 feet



I can;t even get a good signal for 5ghz from 40 feet away what makes you think those will be any better



Cant get a singal in your home



BUY a MICROCELL.. you can connect upto 36GBPS but you will have a max speed of 384k DSL don't for get at&t will double bill you for both data being used

you will need a few dozen microcell around the home