Nokia and Ooredoo Qatar deploy AirScale-powered 4.5G Pro technology to boost network performance
March 08 2017 - 4:24AM
Press Release
- Nokia 4.5G Pro technology enables Ooredoo Qatar to satisfy
customer demand with peak speeds of up to 800 Mbps
- With planned acquisition of additional spectrum, Ooredoo will
be able to offer Gigabit data speeds later this year
08 March, 2017
Doha, Qatar - Nokia and Ooredoo Qatar have deployed Nokia
4.5G Pro technology to increase mobile data speeds to up to 800
Mbps for Ooredoo's customers in some of the busiest areas of
Qatar's capital city.
With this deployment, Ooredoo Qatar becomes the first operator
in the Ooredoo Group, and one of the first operators in the world,
to launch 4.5G Pro services with Nokia.
The deployment of Nokia 4.5G Pro technology will enable Ooredoo
to satisfy growing data demands in cultural, business and tourist
hubs of Doha, including the Doha Corniche, Katara and West Bay
areas as well as The Pearl-Qatar, an artificial island with a
unique and innovative urban development in Doha.
The technology is powered by the Nokia AirScale radio platform
and the deployment leverages two component carrier aggregation with
4x4 MIMO antenna technology and 256 QAM to deliver the peak 800
Mbps speeds. Ooredoo plans to acquire new spectrum and incorporate
additional carrier aggregation to enable Gigabit data speeds for
customers using devices that will be made available later this
year. Ooredoo has continued to upgrade its nationwide Ooredoo
Supernet in recent months, boosting speeds, improving latency and
enhancing the customer experience.
In a demonstration of 4.9G technology at Mobile World Congress
2017, Nokia showed Ooredoo how data speeds could be increased to
3Gbps in the future. Nokia 4.9G technology will be commercially
available toward the end of 2017 and will allow leading operators
like Ooredoo Qatar to evolve their networks on the path to 5G,
meeting demands in the most densely populated megacities.
Waleed Al-Sayed, Chief Executive Officer of Ooredoo Qatar,
said: "We are committed to providing our customers with the
best possible data experience by deploying the latest and best
technology on the Ooredoo Supernet. Data traffic continues to grow
across our network and working with Nokia we can leverage the
higher speeds enabled by 4.5G Pro now - and further boost speeds in
the future with 4.9G when it becomes commercially available - to
satisfy these demands."
Bernard Najm, head of the Middle East Market Unit at Nokia,
said: "We are delighted to continue our long history of
collaborating with Ooredoo on this deployment. We are showing how
our customers can use our technology to deliver performance boosts
in the most demanding areas as they evolve their networks on the
path to 5G."
Resources:
- Web Page: Nokia AirScale Radio Access
- Web Page: Nokia AirScale Base Station
- Web Page: The Path to 5G with 4.5G Pro for a superior
experience
- Press Release: Nokia maximizes network speed and capacity on
path to 5G with launch of 4.9G technology and AirScale Active
Antennas #MWC17
- Press Release: Nokia and Ooredoo Qatar demonstrate 4.5G Pro
technology achieving 1 Gbps throughput speeds
- Press Release: Ooredoo and Nokia demonstrate 5G Potential for
Qatar
- Press Release: Ooredoo set to launch 4.5G Pro technology in
Qatar
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