Sprint Demos 3-Channel Carrier Aggregation in Kansas City
Sprint and Nokia demo'd three-channel carrier aggregation in Kansas City, Missouri, Wednesday before a baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees at Kauffman Stadium. The test saw speeds as high as 230 Mbps inside the stadium…
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using the Samsung Note7, Galaxy S7, S7 edge, HTC 10 and LG G5, Sprint said in a news release. Sprint launched two-channel aggregation in 2015. “Sprint uses two-channel carrier aggregation to deliver peak speeds of more than 100 Mbps in 237 LTE Plus markets across the country using 40 MHz of 2.5 GHz spectrum on the company’s LTE Plus cell sites,” the carrier said. “With three-channel carrier aggregation Sprint will utilize 60 MHz of spectrum in the 2.5 GHz band to provide peak download speeds of more than 200 Mbps on compatible devices.” Sprint said 100 of its cell sites in Kansas City are slated to be ready for three-channel carrier aggregation by month's end. Sprint said it has more than 160 MHz of 2.5 GHz spectrum in the top 100 U.S. markets.