Telstra, Ericsson, Qualcomm and NetGear Achieve 2Gbps Speeds in Live Demo

Telstra, Ericsson, NetGear and Qualcomm announced they have achieved record-breaking 4G speeds of up to 2 Gigabits per second (Gbps) in lab testing using a new commercially announced chipset.

The top speeds were made possible using Ericsson’s Baseband 6630, Radio 4415, and latest Gigabit LTE network software. The extreme speeds are enabled by aggregating five 20 MHz LTE carriers across three different frequency bands with each carrier using 4x4 MIMO and 256 QAM technologies.

The demonstration saw 2Gbps speeds achieved by aggregating 100MHz of spectrum across the bands 1, 3 and 7, using a NetGear Nighthawk mobile router equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon X24 LTE modem, the world's first-announced Category 20 LTE modem.

Following the world’s first 1Gbps speeds demonstration in November 2015 and the first commercial Gigabit LTE network launch in January 2017, this latest technology breakthrough accelerates joint efforts by Ericsson, Telstra, Qualcomm Technologies and NetGear to deliver the world’s leading Gigabit LTE network, paving the way for increased capability and performance on the journey towards 5G.

Mentioned companies will be showcasing 2Gbps speeds in a live demonstration at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, February 26-March 1, in hall 2, booth 2O60. The demonstration will illustrate how 2Gbps speeds are achieved on LTE by running 4x4 MIMO on five 20MHz carriers.