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T-Mobile Claims 5G Speed Record

T-Mobile announced Tuesday that it set a download speed record of 6.3 Gbps in field tests, using a 5G stand-alone network, sub-6 GHz spectrum and six-carrier aggregation. “Calling these record-breaking speeds ‘impressive’ would be an understatement,” T-Mobile said. With that…

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throughput, “you could stream every Super Bowl ever played in 8K resolution -- simultaneously,” the provider said. T-Mobile used Nokia 5G network equipment and gear from Qualcomm and Samsung in the tests. T-Mobile’s record speeds “were achieved in real-world field conditions on our production network, demonstrating both reliability and practicality,” said a news release. “By leveraging its unique mix of owned spectrum bands (2.5GHz, PCS, AWS and 600MHz), T-Mobile has delivered results that are not just impressive but grounded in real world conditions.”