Turkey’s First Ever Test of 5G Technologies Achieved Speeds of 24.7 Gbps
January 16 2017 - 4:30AM
Business Wire
Turkcell breaks 5G speed record
While continuing its efforts to develop next
generation communications technologies, Turkcell has once again
proved its pioneering status by completing Turkey’s first ever 5G
test. Carried out in cooperation with Ericsson, the trial reached
speeds of 24.7 Gbps on the 15GHz band and represented one of the
first 5G tests in the world.
Turkcell (NYSE:TKC) (BIST:TCELL) is continuing its work on 5G
technologies at full speed. Turkcell and Ericsson completed
Turkey’s first ever 5G test, achieving download speeds of 24.7 Gbps
on the 15 GHz spectrum, the broadest available. The test was also
one of the first in the entire world.
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Turkcell reached speeds of 24.7 Gbps on
the 15GHz band and represented one of the first 5G tests in the
world. (Photo: Business Wire)
Sezgin: “Our aim is to enable Turkey to become a country that
produces 5G technologies”
During the tests, held at Turkcell’s Kucukyali Plaza in
Istanbul, the Senior Vice President of Network Technologies, Gediz
Sezgin, emphasized the importance of the company’s collaborations
in the 5G area, saying: “This test on the 15GHz spectrum is also
very significant as it points to the kind of future that awaits us.
While we at Turkcell continue to work hard to build one of the
world’s strongest 4.5G network, this trial also makes us one of the
first companies in the world to test 5G technologies. Our goal is
not only to make Turkey into one of the first countries to adopt
5G, but also to develop 5G technologies here in Turkey, in other
words to make Turkey into a country that not only uses but also
produces key next generation communications technologies.”
Ericsson Turkey CEO Ziya Erdem also commented on the test:
“Turkcell is one of the world’s most active companies in the
development of 5G technologies and we at Ericsson have been
involved in a strategic partnership with Turkcell in this sphere
for around a year and a half. Turkey’s first 5G test, which we
conducted today, is a result of this joint effort. We will continue
to work closely with Turkcell to pioneer 5G solutions and to
support Turkey in its journey to develop and implement 5G
technologies until the end.”
It is predicted that by 2020 there will be an average of 500
sensors in each home and that the number of smart devices connected
to each other around the world will exceed 25 billion. 5G networks
are expected to be among the most important technologies in
delivering the high capacities required in such a world. Thanks to
its Network Slicing feature, 5G also allows networks to allocate
capacity and speed according to the different requirements of each
home or even of individual rooms. For example, higher bandwidth can
be allocated to a living room in order to allow users to stream 4K
television shows over the internet, while the kitchen would be
granted the smaller capacity needed to operate a kettle. The test
conducted in collaboration with Ericsson on the 15GHz spectrum
achieved speeds of 24.7 Gbp, and was also streamed live on the
internet.
Having been working on 5G technologies since 2013, Turkcell will
also manage 5G field tests to be carried out globally by NGMN in
2017 and 2018. Thanks to the high speeds offered by 5G, a 100 GB
file that can currently be transferred in around 30 minutes at
500Mbps on a 4.5G network will eventually be downloaded in 30
seconds at 25Gbps.
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