Sprint Continues LTE Plus Three-Channel Carrier Aggregation Tests – Reaches 275 Mbps with LG G5
August 25 2016 - 1:50PM
Business Wire
Device testing underway in preparation for LTE
Plus network deployment
Sprint (NYSE: S) continues its device testing of three-channel
carrier aggregation, today announcing it reached peak speeds of 275
Mbps in three-channel carrier aggregation lab tests using the LG
G5, one of the first devices on the market to support the
functionality. Sprint is independently testing three-channel
carrier aggregation in its labs to evaluate overall performance,
speed, and reliability as it prepares for LTE Plus network
deployment.
Carrier aggregation is an LTE-Advanced feature that bonds
together bands of spectrum to create wider channels and produce
more capacity and faster speeds on capable devices. Essentially it
creates a wider lane that allows more data traffic to travel at
higher rates.
Today Sprint offers 22 devices that actively support two-channel
carrier aggregation on its super-fast LTE Plus network. Two-channel
carrier aggregation delivers peak speeds of more than 100 Mbps in
237 LTE Plus markets across the country using 40 MHz of spectrum on
the company’s 2.5GHz cell sites.
Six devices currently offered by Sprint are three-channel
carrier aggregation capable: the HTC 9, HTC 10, LG G5, Samsung
Galaxy S7, Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, and Samsung Note 7. With
three-channel carrier aggregation Sprint will utilize 60 MHz of
spectrum to provide peak speeds of more than 200 Mbps on capable
devices. Three-channel carrier aggregation is slated for enablement
on capable devices via an automatic software update following
network deployment.
A Capacity-Rich Network Offers Unlimited Freedom
With Sprint’s deep spectrum holdings and a reliable,
capacity-rich network that’s built for data, Sprint is proud to now
offer Unlimited Freedom with unlimited talk, text, and mobile
optimized streaming videos, gaming and music.1
“Our holdings of more than 160 MHz of 2.5 GHz spectrum in the
top 100 U.S. markets give us more capacity than any other carrier
in the U.S. In combination with our Densification and Optimization
strategy we futureproof our network for our customers,” said
Günther Ottendorfer, Sprint COO, Technology. “This capacity enables
us to reach very high speeds, as well as provide innovative
unlimited data plans to our customers while keeping pace with the
growing demand for data.”
About Sprint:
Sprint (NYSE: S) is a communications services company
that creates more and better ways to connect its customers to
the things they care about most. Sprint served more than 59.4
million connections as of June 30, 2016 and is widely recognized
for developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies,
including the first wireless 4G service from a national carrier in
the United States; leading no-contract brands including Virgin
Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, and Assurance Wireless; instant national
and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a global Tier 1
Internet backbone. Sprint has been named to the Dow Jones
Sustainability Index (DJSI) North America for the past five years.
You can learn more and visit Sprint at www.sprint.com or
www.facebook.com/sprint and www.twitter.com/sprint.
1 Mobile optimized video streams at up to 480p+ resolution,
music at up to 500kbps, streaming cloud gaming at up to 2mbps. Data
deprioritization applies during times of congestion.
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SprintAdrienne Norton,
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