Huawei and StarHub demonstrated new technology today that will soon give customers up to 1Gbps indoor 4G LTE speeds, thanks to a number of breakthrough technologies.
Huawei and StarHub achieve 1Gbps 4G LTE speeds!
Huawei's new small cell base station, which is no larger than a sheet of A4 paper, combines StarHub's 55MHz of frequency spectrum across the 1800MHz, 2100MHz and 2600MHz bands to deliver gigabit-bandwidth. The new base station also takes advantage of 256 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation, 3-component-carrier aggregation and Distributed Multiple Input Multiple Output technologies.
The new small cell base station is no larger than a sheet of A4 paper.
This milestone comes after StarHub’s deployment of Huawei’s award-winning small cell solution as part of its 4G LTE-Advanced Heterogeneous Network (HetNet) last year, which provided customers in Marina Bay Sands, The Esplanade, The Float@Marina Bay, The Fullerton Heritage, The Padang and War Memorial Park areas with 300Mbps 4G LTE speeds.
StarHub's 4G LTE service was also awarded the fastest in the world earlier this year. StarHub declined to comment on whether customer monthly data caps would be rising to accommodate the new, faster speeds.
“We are happy that StarHub’s 4G LTE-Advanced network attained OpenSignal’s ‘Fastest Network with LTE’ title twice in a row, but there is more we can do to get better mileage out of our existing wireless spectrum. We are closely tracking the development of this new small cell solution, to help us enhance network quality quickly and cost-efficiently, providing customers with much faster data speeds even within buildings and in crowded areas,” said Mock Pak Lum, Chief Technology Officer, StarHub. “In collaboration with partners like Huawei, we are always on the lookout for the latest available technologies to stay ahead of trends and to meet customer expectations.”
“The continuous advancement of mobile network technologies offers tremendous opportunities for better service experience over apps on smart devices. Indoor digital networks will be just as indispensable as running water and electricity for buildings,” said David Zheng, Vice President of Small Cell Product Line, Wireless Production Line, Huawei. “Huawei is committed to working with StarHub to deliver innovative services that bring benefits to mobile customers.”
Commercial trials for the technology is currently ongoing. StarHub says it plans to deploy the service to consumers when supported phone models reach Singapore shores, and places estimates at around Q2 2017.
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