Finnish telecom firm Nokia Solutions and Networks today said it
demonstrated a record 4G speed that enables a high-definition movie to
be downloaded in only 11 seconds.
The speed attained by Nokia on a South Korean network is 400 times
faster than the top 4G options offered by telecom operators in India.
The two companies managed to pull this feat by bringing together TDD and
FDD LTE spectrum, aggregating 10 spectrum frequencies allotted to both
LTE versions to include 200MHz bandwidth.
"Nokia and SK Telecom reached a throughput speed of 3.78 gigabits per
second (gbps). At this speed, a mobile broadband user can download a
full-length 5 GB high-definition (HD) movie in just 11 seconds," Nokia
said in a statement.
At this speed, a Bollywood movie of 650 megabytes to 750 MB size can be
downloaded in a second.
In India, Airtel offers a 4G speed of up to 10 megabits per second on
the iPhone 5S and 5C, according to its website. Recently, Videocon
Telecom in a statement also offered a similar 4G speed. In comparison,
the 4G speed achieved by Nokia is 400 times faster.
Nokia and SK Telecom aggregated 10 spectrum frequencies for 200
megahertz of spectrum to achieve this speed. This is almost 10 times
higher than the broadband wireless spectrum won by companies in 2010
that can be used for 4G services.
Nokia, which now focuses on networks, mobile solutions and telecom
equipment after selling its handset business to Microsoft, earlier
demonstrated a speed of 2.6 gbps with US telecom operator Sprint.