Sprint announced that it demonstrated speeds of more than 300 Mbps using the Samsung Galaxy S7, one of the first devices on the market with hardware that is able to support three-channel carrier aggregation capable of delivering real-world peak speeds of more than 200 Mbps. Today Sprint uses two-channel carrier aggregation to deliver peak speeds of more than 100 Mbps in more than 150 LTE Plus markets across the country.
Three-channel carrier aggregation is a feature of LTE-Advanced that bonds together bands of spectrum to create wider channels and produce more capacity and faster speeds on capable devices. Essentially it creates a wider lane that allows more traffic to travel at higher rates. Today with two-channel carrier aggregation, Sprint uses 40MHz of spectrum on select 2.5GHz cell sites. With three-channel carrier aggregation, Sprint will utilize the 60MHz of spectrum.
Dr John Saw, Sprint, CTO
Our high-band 2.5GHz spectrum excels at moving high volumes of data at very fast speeds. And while 60MHz of spectrum can deliver the kind of phenomenal speeds shown today, we’re just getting started. With holdings of more than 160MHz of 2.5GHz spectrum in the top 100 U.S. markets, we have more capacity than any other carrier in the U.S.
