Cell C clocked speeds of up to 138Mbps on a live LTE Advanced site during a demonstration to partners, customers and journalists at the broadband conference AfricaCom, which took place in Cape Town.
Huawei and Cell C demonstrated the high-speed experience on many different devices by showing live high-definition video streamed on its LTE-A trial site. Traditionally, indoor coverage is implemented using DAS technology, however, the two companies implemented the trial using Huawei's LampSite indoor coverage solution, which better serves high-speed services like video.
The solution also uses Carrier Aggregation, which accounts for the top speeds demonstrated by Cell C. The technology allows two different frequency bands to be joined together for faster downlinks. As these technologies develop further, there will be more bands that can be brought together for faster mobile internet, said Cell C.
Jose Dos Santos, Cell C CEO
Cell C has this technology available and the capability to make this a commercial reality. We have demonstrated the possibilities at the AfricaCom Conference. All we need now is the spectrum to become available.
