Samsung announced at Mobile World Congress 2019 that Sprint is using their 5G New Radio (NR) solutions as the carrier prepares to launch its commercial service.
The new 5G NR solution is enabled by adding Samsung software and a channel card to existing Massive MIMO technology, which has been providing enhanced 4G LTE service in U.S. markets on Sprint’s 2.5GHz TDD network since last year. This allows both 4G LTE and 5G commercial service on Sprint’s network using the ‘split mode’ capabilities of Samsung’s MIMO solution, offering a simple, cost-effective transition to 5G. The solution is capable of achieving more than 1.5Gbps throughput speeds. 5G NR solution will be in the commercial network for Chicago, scheduled to launch commercially in May.
“Last year, we were proud to deliver enhanced speeds and capacity to Sprint’s customers through Samsung’s massive MIMO solution,“ said Lyle Nyffeler, Vice President, Networks Division, Samsung Electronics America. “Today, we are advancing our technology collaboration by taking this next step with Sprint to deliver commercial 5G NR, and supporting their 5G strategy through this milestone in Chicago.“
“Our collaboration on massive MIMO has delivered significant LTE capacity and speed enhancements,“ said Scott Santi, SVP of Network Deployment and Operations at Sprint. “With 5G, we look forward to giving Sprint customers even greater experiences from gaming and entertainment services, to IoT and business applications.“
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