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T-Mobile is charging 5G stand-alone uplink speeds

04. 05. 2023 Thursday / By: Robert Denes / Industrial / Exact time: BST / Print this page

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T-Mobile partnered with Nokia and Qualcomm to achieve uplink speeds in excess of 200 Mbps in a 5G data call using uplink carrier aggregation – a first on a live commercial 5G stand-alone network in the US.

The increased uplink speed enables larger amounts of data to be transferred from customer devices at faster speeds, enhancing applications such as live video streaming/calling, gaming and Extended Reality (XR).

Working with Nokia and a test smartphone powered by Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.'s Snapdragon® 5G Modem-RF system, the Un-carrier achieved UL speeds of 207 Mbps in the test – the fastest ever recorded under the 6 GHz spectrum! This comes a few weeks after T-Mobile did the same thing in the lab and achieved similar speeds.

5G carrier aggregation allows T-Mobile to combine multiple channels (or carriers) for higher speeds and performance. In this test, the Un-carrier combined two 5G mid-band spectrum channels – 2.5 GHz Ultra Capacity 5G and 1900 MHz. This is like taking two separate highways and turning them into a superhighway where traffic can grow faster than before. Customers with compatible devices will start taking advantage of UL 5G carrier aggregation early next year when T-Mobile begins rolling it out.

This is just the latest in a series of important 5G SA milestones for T-Mobile. Un-carrier was the first in the world to launch a nationwide 5G SA network in 2020 – which remains the ONLY nationwide 5G SA network in the US. at the forefront of developments such as carrier aggregation and VoNR. 5G carrier aggregation allows T-Mobile to combine multiple channels (or carriers) for higher speeds and performance.

In this test, the Un-carrier combined two 5G mid-band spectrum channels – 2.5 GHz Ultra Capacity 5G and 1900 MHz. This is like taking two separate highways and turning them into a superhighway where traffic can grow faster than before. Customers with compatible devices will start taking advantage of UL 5G carrier aggregation early next year when T-Mobile begins rolling it out.

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