Telecom Italia (TIM) said it reached peak downlink speeds above 5.2 Gbps in a trial of a 5G standalone (SA) system carried out on a live network in Rome in partnership with Ericsson.
In a release, the Italian telco said that this speed was achieved by using 5G Core Standalone architecture together with the ‘Dual Connectivity’ radio functionality, which combines mid-band spectrum (3.7 GHz) and high-band frequencies (26 GHz) to multiply the capacity of the 5G connection.
This result was achieved in collaboration with Ericsson and Qualcomm Technologies. The device used in the trial features the Snapdragon X65 5G Modem-RF System.
