Successful Milestone Addresses “The Last Mile”
Connectivity Challenge and Enhances Consumer Broadband Experiences
as Data Demand Grows
What’s New: UScellular, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.,
Ericsson and Inseego today announced the companies have
successfully achieved a 5G extended-range milestone over millimeter
Wave (mmWave) on a commercial network. This milestone was
accomplished at a distance of 7 km, the farthest 5G mmWave Fixed
Wireless Access (FWA) connection in the United States, with
sustained average downlink speeds of ~1 Gbps, sustained average
uplink speeds of ~55 Mbps and instantaneous peak downlink speeds
recorded at greater than 2 Gbps[i]. Additionally, at a distance of
1.75 km with no line of sight, the companies achieved sustained
average downlink speeds of ~730 Mbps and sustained average uplink
speeds of ~38 Mbps. These results were achieved in Janesville,
Wis., on UScellular’s commercial network by applying Ericsson’s
extended-range functionality to Ericsson commercial hardware
Antenna Integrated Radio (AIR) 5322 advanced antenna system, along
with an Inseego Wavemaker™ 5G outdoor CPE FW2010 powered by the
Qualcomm® 5G Fixed Wireless Access Platform gen 1 featuring
Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X55 5G Modem-RF System and a Qualcomm® QTM527
mmWave antenna module. The achievement demonstrates the impressive
range and connectivity speeds 5G mmWave can provide to homes and
businesses everywhere.
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Unprecedented range and sustained speeds
- Recent 5G mmWave field tests on the UScellular network
demonstrated sustained average downlink speeds of ~1 Gbps and peak
speeds over 2 Gbps at a distance of 7 km — the farthest 5G mmWave
Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) connection in the U.S. This milestone
was achieved using Ericsson infrastructure and an Inseego Wavemaker
fixed wireless outdoor gateway, powered by the Qualcomm 5G Fixed
Wireless Access Platform gen 1. (Photo: Business Wire)
Why It’s Important: With its massive capacity, in
particular achieving gigabit speeds over this long range, 5G mmWave
is a robust and crucial solution to meet the increasing traffic
demand and expand broadband services to help bridge the digital
divide throughout rural, suburban, and urban communities. 5G mmWave
will enable new business opportunities in FWA by providing a
cost-effective way for communication service providers to deliver
high internet speeds. 5G FWA will address the “last mile”
connectivity challenges by allowing operators and OEMs to deploy 5G
connectivity to homes and institutions such as schools, libraries,
hospitals, and other health care facilities. FWA provides the
bandwidth required to support high-definition video streaming that
can improve remote education and healthcare experiences in suburban
and rural environments.
“We believe that every household and business deserve access to
reliable Internet access no matter where they are located, and the
results we achieved in this latest mmWave test further confirm that
wireless technology is key to providing high-speed broadband
service in both urban and rural areas,” said Mike Irizarry,
executive vice president and chief technology officer, UScellular.
“By collaborating with companies like Ericsson, Qualcomm
Technologies and Inseego, we will continue to drive innovation with
extended-range technology to ensure that wireless customers across
rural America have an exceptional wireless experience designed for
their communities.”
“We are pleased of our collaboration with UScellular, Ericsson
and Inseego as this milestone continues to highlight the growing
momentum we’re seeing across the industry to bridge the digital
divide. Our innovations in 5G FWA will help operators and OEMs
offer flexible and cost effective, low-latency, extended range,
multi-gigabit 5G broadband to their customers,” said Manish
Tripathi, vice president of engineering, Qualcomm Technologies,
Inc. “The Qualcomm 5G Fixed Wireless Access Platform gen 1 was
designed to deliver the first fully integrated extended-range
mmWave solution to deploy 5G connectivity to homes, small
businesses, schools, hospitals and town halls.”
“We have long been pushing the boundaries of 5G technology, and
this collaboration with UScellular, Inseego, and Qualcomm
Technologies continues to demonstrate our successful track record
in extending coverage with our industry-leading 5G mmWave hardware
and software solutions optimized for FWA,” said Per Narvinger, head
of product area networks, Ericsson. “Today, technology plays a
critical role in our lives, and we’re thrilled to provide our
advanced technology and networking expertise to help address the
last mile of connectivity across the U.S.”
“This is an exciting, high-performance product within our
growing portfolio of 5G fixed wireless access solutions,” said
Ashish Sharma, president of IoT and mobile solutions, Inseego.
“We’re delivering exceptionally high throughput at a very long
distance with millimeter wave technology. In addition to bringing
5G to enterprise and home broadband customers almost anywhere, we
see a great market with the FW2010 for infrastructure backhaul
applications. This is truly a game-changer for the FWA market.”
About UScellular UScellular is the fourth-largest
full-service wireless carrier in the United States, providing
national network coverage and industry-leading innovations designed
to elevate the customer experience. The Chicago-based carrier is
building a stronger network with the latest 5G technology and
offers a wide range of communication services that enhance
consumers’ lives, increase the competitiveness of local businesses
and improve the efficiency of government operations. To learn more
about UScellular, visit one of its retail stores or
www.uscellular.com. To get the latest news, promos and videos,
connect with UScellular on Facebook.com/uscellular,
Twitter.com/uscellular and YouTube.com/uscellularcorp.
About Qualcomm Qualcomm is the world’s leading wireless
technology innovator and the driving force behind the development,
launch, and expansion of 5G. When we connected the phone to the
internet, the mobile revolution was born. Today, our foundational
technologies enable the mobile ecosystem and are found in every 3G,
4G and 5G smartphone. We bring the benefits of mobile to new
industries, including automotive, the internet of things, and
computing, and are leading the way to a world where everything and
everyone can communicate and interact seamlessly.
Qualcomm Incorporated includes our licensing business, QTL, and
the vast majority of our patent portfolio. Qualcomm Technologies,
Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, operates, along with
its subsidiaries, substantially all of our engineering, research
and development functions, and substantially all of our products
and services businesses, including our QCT semiconductor
business.
About Ericsson Ericsson enables communications service
providers to capture the full value of connectivity. The company’s
portfolio spans Networks, Digital Services, Managed Services, and
Emerging Business and is designed to help our customers go digital,
increase efficiency and find new revenue streams. Ericsson’s
investments in innovation have delivered the benefits of telephony
and mobile broadband to billions of people around the world. The
Ericsson stock is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm and on Nasdaq New
York. www.ericsson.com.
About Inseego Corp. Inseego Corp. (Nasdaq: INSG) is an
industry leader in smart device-to-cloud solutions that extend the
5G network edge, enabling broader 5G coverage, multi-gigabit data
speeds, low latency and strong security to deliver highly reliable
internet access. Our innovative mobile broadband, fixed wireless
access (FWA) solutions, and software platform incorporate the most
advanced technologies (including 5G, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 6 and others)
into a wide range of products that provide robust connectivity
indoors, outdoors and in the harshest industrial environments.
Designed and developed in the USA, Inseego products and SaaS
solutions build on the company’s patented technologies to provide
the highest quality wireless connectivity for service providers,
enterprises, and government entities worldwide. www.inseego.com
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The Inseego name and logo are registered
trademarks, and the Wavemaker name is a trademark of Inseego
Corp.
Qualcomm and Snapdragon are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Qualcomm Incorporated.
Qualcomm Snapdragon, Qualcomm QTM527 mmWave
antenna module, and Qualcomm 5G Fixed Wireless Access Platform are
products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its
subsidiaries.
________________ [i] These are instantaneous peak download
speeds measured over a scheduled downlink transmission recorded on
a commercial network. Real-world download speeds for end users are
subject to network availability and coverage.
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