3.4 - 3.8 GHz

Under Decision No. 2018-0177 from Arcep, Orange will be allowed to use the 3.5GHz spectrum for 5G trials for twelve months starting June 2018, in over 30 French cities including Lille and Douai. Orange had already started installing its equipment at 30 sites in Lille and 48 sites at Douai in the 3600-3700 MHz frequency […]

ELISA announced that it had begun commercial use of a 5G network in Finland where a sufficient amount of frequencies has been allocated for test, demonstration and experimental use.

Vipnet conducted 5G trials in Croatia, achieving speeds of 20 Gbps. Download and upload data both ran at 3.5GHz .

Vodafone Germany and Huawei performed 5G tests combining low band and high band to test mobility in dense urban city scenarios. Using the C band, 1.5km cell coverage was demonstrated as well as a 5Gbps throughput for a single user.

3.5 GHz LTE TDD Massive MIMO outfield trial, running 16 terminals simultaneously over 20MHz spectrum on the 3.5 GHz band with a peak downlink rate of 650 Mbps on the Telefonica O2 sub network in Munich

Finnish operator Elisa and Nokia announced the completion of a European test of pre-standard 5G technology using the 3.5GHz band. In a joint press release, the companies said the trial, held in Rusko, Finland, achieved speeds multiple times higher than commercial 4G networks. At its peak, data speeds reached 1.5Gb/s with a minimum recorded latency […]

In partnership with Open Fiber, Wind Tre will be launching 5G pre-commercial trials in the city of Prato, Italy. Trials will be performed using the 3.6-3.8 GHz bands, focusing mobility, safety, healthcare and smart energy applications.

5G technology was presented  by Cosmote in a live demonstration along with Nokia, achieving speeds of up to 4.5Gbps. At the InfoCom World conference, visitors had the opportunity to watch 360° video streaming through a Virtual Reality headset. Both players used the 3.5GHz range during the demonstration.

Deutsche Telekom and Huawei announced the implementation of 5G antennas in Berlin. Using pre-standard 5G NR, companies achieved a ‘live 5G connection in a real world setting’, delivering DL throughputs of up to 2 Gbps to a single user device, as well as a 3 ms latency.,  DT is using spectrum in the 3.7GHz frequency […]

Free received temporary licences in the 3.6-3.7 GHz to carry out 5G technical trials in Paris, at Free’s headquarters. No additional information on the results available.