It coincides with spring, and after a gust of wind or rain, several blooming bushes can usher in the thriving, which also indicates that the time when the flowers and leaves of nature are coming.
Just as the spring breeze is blowing, millimeter wave networks have also begun to shine in many parts of Asia, laying the groundwork for the future of 5G when the flowers are flourishing.
Suddenly like a night of spring breeze Currently, millimeter wave commercial networks have landed in South Korea and Japan successively.
At the beginning of December 2020, Qualcomm, LG Uplus and LG Electronics successfully deployed South Korea’s first 5G millimeter wave network based on 5G commercial smartphones at the National University of Technology (KIT) to support daily connectivity and remote teaching on campus. The 5G millimeter wave network of the smart campus.
This is just the beginning. According to the news, the deployment of millimeter waves in South Korea will continue to accelerate in 2021.
Recently, SoftBank and Qualcomm also announced that they have launched 5G millimeter wave services in Japan. This move allows SoftBank to have a complete 5G network in the Sub-6GHz and millimeter wave bands in Japan.
With the "Pocket WiFi 5G A004ZT" 5G millimeter wave mobile hotspot being provided by SoftBank and the upcoming 5G mobile phone, the service can be used. Prior to this, Japan’s NTT Docomo and KDDI have all begun to deploy millimeter wave networks. So far, Japan’s three major telecom operators have all begun to provide 5G millimeter wave commercial services. In addition, Japan's Rakuten Mobile also opened a 5G millimeter wave network.
In fact, 5G millimeter wave networks in more parts of Asia are also coming soon. Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Thailand, and Singapore have already completed the allocation or auction of part of the 26GHz and 28GHz spectrum. Among them, Asia-Pacific Telecom has announced that it will provide 28GHz millimeter wave services, and is expected to provide millimeter wave experience in 28 locations in Taiwan, China; Singapore Telecom, "Xinghe" and "First Pass" joint ventures are also determined to deploy millimeter wave networks. As the millimeter wave network is about to be fully implemented, 5G terminals that support millimeter wave networks are also ready.
The "5G Millimeter Wave Economic Analysis" released by GSMA predicts that there will be more than 100 5G millimeter wave mobile phones and more than 50 FWA CPEs on the market in 2021. In addition, for the Snapdragon mobile platforms currently used by most terminals, from the 8 series, 7 series, 6 series to the 4 series, they have the ability to support all major sub-6GHz and millimeter wave frequency bands in the world.
This is because Compared with the initial commercial use of 5G networks, operators and terminal manufacturers are increasingly demanding millimeter waves. In addition, smartphones currently supporting millimeter wave networks also bring more 5G innovative value.
For example, in the South Korean millimeter wave network mentioned above, the LG Uplus 28GHz 5G millimeter wave network launched in conjunction with the network uses LG commercial smartphones equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 mobile platform and Snapdragon X55 5G modem and radio frequency system. Access the smart campus service function.
The top flagship model Xperia PRO, launched by Japanese mobile phone manufacturer Sony in 2021, can be used as a surveillance screen for professional cameras on the one hand, and on the other hand, by supporting millimeter wave networks, it can also quickly upload 4K content shots to the Internet. These characteristic functions undoubtedly demonstrate the network advantages of millimeter wave in dense areas such as campuses and news sites, and a large number of innovative flowers based on millimeter wave networks are also in bloom.