Vodafone Idea records peak speed of 3.7 Gbps during 5G trials

Vodafone Idea has been allocated mmWave high bands like 26 GHz by the DoT, along with the traditional 3.5 GHz spectrum band, for 5G network trials. Vi is conducting 5G trials on government-allocated 5G spectrum in the cities of Pune in Maharashtra and Gandhinagar in Gujarat.

Vodafone Idea is conducting 5G trials on government-allocated 5G spectrum in the cities of Pune in Maharashtra and Gandhinagar in Gujarat, along with its technology vendors. The company noted that in Pune city, it has deployed its 5G trial in a lab setup of an end-to-end captive network of Cloud Core, new generation Transport and Radio Access Network. In this trial, Vi has achieved peak speed in excess of 3.7 Gbps with very low latency on the mmWave spectrum band. These speeds were achieved with state-of-the-art equipment in 5G Non-Standalone network architecture and using NR Radios.