Qualcomm Technologies, EE and Huawei have completed inter-company interoperability testing of LTE Category 9 connectivity with 3-carrier downlink aggregation and download speeds of up to 410 Mbps.
They conducted testing using Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor with LTE-Advanced modem, and Huawei’s telecom infrastructure solution, across EE’s LTE-A 4G+ network.
Category 9 Carrier Aggregation allows EE to aggregate 20MHz of 1800MHz spectrum with another 20MHz of 2.6GHz, and a third carrier of 15MHz of 2.6GHz. This apart, transitioning from Category 6 to Category 9 LTE-A connectivity will mean 1.5x faster peak download speeds.
Tom Bennett, director of network services and devices at EE, said: “Use of our remaining 15MHz of 2.6GHz spectrum enables both our fastest speeds and an increase in capacity across our network and this testing phase is a big step forward. We look forward to demonstrating this at Wembley Stadium early next year.”
