London 5G trial

5G fixed wireless access trial now live in the 28 GHz band in central London.

11:00 11 August 2017

Samsung and Arqiva’s 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) field trial has gone live.

 

The two companies have announced their joint partnership in February which goal is to create an end-to-end 5G FWA network operating in the 28 GHz band in central London. The project uses Arqiva’s 28GHz millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum and Samsung’s 5G network solution and customer premises equipment.

 

Simon Beresford-Wylie, CEO of Arqiva, said: "This trial is the first of its kind in Europe, let alone the UK – and we are hugely excited about the high data rates, low latency and growth potential we’re going to be able to demonstrate. Though only a proof of concept at this stage, we are confident that this trial with Samsung will showcase not only 5G FWA’s potential for delivering ultrafast broadband but also the value of the 28GHz band in helping achieve this.

 

“We’ve seen a great level of response so far from our entire customer base, including leading mobile operators, fixed broadband providers, broadcasters and media companies. This trial will be particularly interesting for this audience as it looks to a future of ubiquitous UHD, and the file sizes that go with it.”