At the on-going GITEX Technology Week, Nokia Networks and du team up to showcase 5G radio prove of concept, demonstrating an ultra high-speed communications of up to 10 Gbps over the air in the promising mmWave band. The demonstrated 5G system uses very high bandwidth, smart antennas, and next generation multi-carrier modulation to achieve ultra low latency and impressive peak data rates of 10 Gbps. This 5G radio proof-of-concept was developed in cooperation with National Instruments (NI).
The two companies also signed an MoU on a set of common objectives for the development and evolution of 5G and IoT. The MoU will also include collaboration and consulting in terms of the introduction and trial of Nokia Networks small cells, Centralized RAN, multi-vendor Self-Organizing Networks (SON) and IoT as well as the evolution to telco cloud and Heterogeneous Networks (HetNets). 5G will be the platform to enable growth with many smart city use cases, from IT to automotive, manufacturing, healthcare, agriculture and entertainment.
#5G cooperation: Nokia Networks, @dutweets sign MoU, show 10 Gbps live demo #GITEX2015 http://t.co/Tqgj6s204c pic.twitter.com/Yky8bJWo5E
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Saleem Blooshi, Executive Vice President of Network Development and Operations at du
We are very pleased to show a next generation 5G prototype in cooperation with Nokia Networks at GITEX Technology Week, and to continue leading the development of future technologies for the benefit of our industry and society as a whole.
Tony Awad, Head of du Customer Team at Nokia Networks
This agreement reinforces the leadership of du and Nokia Networks in promoting and delivering innovative technologies. We’re collaborating to share our experience, skills and expertise to accelerate developments in 5G and IoT technologies, and the network evolution.