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T-Mobile, Ericsson, LG & MediaTek Achieve a World’s First with LG VELVET 5G, Combining Sub-6 GHz 5G with Carrier Aggregation
What’s the news: Working with Ericsson, LG and MediaTek, T-Mobile pulled off the world’s first 5G standalone (SA) data session with New Radio Carrier
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nWhat’s the news: Working with Ericsson, LG and MediaTek, T-Mobile pulled off the world’s first 5G standalone (SA) data session with New Radio Carrier Aggregation (NR CA) on a commercial smartphone, LG VELVET 5G.\n\nWhy it matters: Instead of connecting to one piece of T-Mobile’s 5G network at a time, NR CA combines the power of the Un-carrier’s 2.5 GHz mid-band with its 600 MHz low-band spectrum for improved performance and greater speeds in more places.\n\nWho it’s for: Anyone who wants game-changing 5G performance in more places.\n\n BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nWhat could possibly be better than 5G? MORE 5G, that’s what! T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) announced today the company completed the first-ever 5G standalone (SA) New Radio Carrier Aggregation (NR CA) data call on a commercial device, LG VELVET 5G. Yes, it’s a big mouthful, but it’s an even bigger deal. With NR CA, the Un-carrier can combine the power of its different 5G spectrum bands – starting with 2.5 GHz mid-band and 600 MHz low-band – boosting speeds overall AND increasing the footprint of T-Mobile’s unique mid-band 5G. It’s also a key step in expanding T-Mobile’s nationwide standalone architecture (SA) 5G network — which is the first in the world — by increasing SA 5G capacity and speeds.\n\nVisit the newsroom for a behind-the-scenes look at the tests and a gif of the speed test in action.\n\n“When it comes to our network and what we deliver to customers, we never rest on our laurels,” said Abdul Saad, Chief Technology Officer at T-Mobile. “We have the first and largest nationwide 5G network, covering over 250 million people across 1.3 million square miles, and we’ll never stop working with industry leaders to develop and refine new technologies like this so we can deliver #5GforAll.”\n\n2.5 GHz + 600 MHz = Crazy Fast + Crazy Far\n\n5G speed and performance are directly impacted by wireless spectrum and the amount you’re using at any given time. Today T-Mobile customers can access three different types of 5G spectrum — low, mid and high-band (aka millimeter wave) — but they can only unleash capacity from one of those 5G layers at a time. With NR CA that changes, giving devices the ability to combine the capacity of the different layers. Initially, NR CA combines 2.5 GHz and 600 MHz — unleashing the full capability of the Un-carrier’s sub-6 GHz spectrum simult...