AT&T expands fixed wireless 5G trials to additional markets
AT&T and Ericsson have conducted extensive 5G trials in Austin with local enterprises, including a car wash, church and other small businesses. That trial, using millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum, delivered speeds up to 1 Gbps and latency rates well under 10 milliseconds.
The new trial in Waco, Texas is an end-to-end solution with new 28GHz radios, virtualized RAN and a full 5G virtualized core. Joakim Sorelius, Head of Product Area Network Systems at Ericsson, says: “By testing the technologies in a live commercial-like environment and trialing new 5G use cases together, we are able to gain valuable experience in preparation for commercial deployments based on 3GPP New Radio (NR) technology.”
AT&T will also conduct trials in Kalamazoo, Michigan; and South Bend, Indiana.
Read the full announcement from AT&T here.
More news about Ericsson and AT&T:
AT&T launches 5G trial with DIRECTV NOW in Austin (Jun 2017)
AT&T unveils 5G roadmap including trials with Ericsson and Intel (Feb 2016)
AT&T launches first 5G business customer trial with Intel and Ericsson (Dec 2016)
