MTS, Russia’s largest mobile operator and Samsung announced that they have successfully demonstrated a series of 5G scenarios including HD video calls, 4K UHD video streaming and ultra-low latency video games.
MTS utilized Samsung’s 5G end-to-end solutions including 5G routers (CPE) and prototype tablets, 5G radio access unit, virtualized RAN and virtualized core network, for the demonstration.
Guests and journalists were given the chance to make HD video calls and play a football simulation video game on Samsung’s 5G prototype tablets during the demonstration which took place in a exhibition hall in St. Petersburg. 5G provides an unprecedented mobile video game user experience by dramatically reducing the response rate between devices, says Ericsson.
Samsung and MTS began their cooperation in 2014 with the launch of LTE networks in the Northwestern Federal District of Russia, including St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region. In the second half of 2017, Samsung and MTS signed an agreement to expand and upgrade MTS’ network with LTE-Advanced Pro and IoT features.
Pavel Korotin, Director of St. Petersburg and Leningrad, MTS
Today’s trial with Samsung Electronics demonstrates that 5G is not an academic theory, but presents a nearly ready set of practical network solutions that will allow customers to manage a broad range of everyday tasks and open new opportunities that are unachievable on 4G.
Seungsik Choi, VP of Samsung Electronics, Russia
Today’s tests demonstrated the readiness of MTS’s network infrastructure for the deployment of 5G. Samsung is pleased to have MTS as our partner to together explore the capabilities of 5G that are essential to unlocking near-term use cases for both customers and enterprises.
