Rogers has expanded its preliminary 5G community to 5 new cities and cities in Ontario, together with Ajax, Burlington, Grimsby, Oakville and Whitby.
The Toronto-based nationwide service says its 5G community now reaches 25 cities and cities in Ontario, and greater than 60 throughout the nation.
“As we proceed to roll out 5G to extra Canadian markets, we’re targeted on constructing our sturdy 5G ecosystem with strategic investments, world-class companions and cutting-edge know-how that can convey the very best of connectivity to Canadians,” stated Rogers’ chief know-how and data officer, Jorge Fernandes, in a press launch.
Rogers is presently utilizing 2.5GHz, AWS and 600MHz spectrum to supply its 5G protection. The service has additionally deployed Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS) know-how in a number of markets to permit for spectrum for use for 4G and 5G concurrently.
It plans so as to add extra frequency bands over time. It notes that it invested $1.7 billion CAD in 2019 to accumulate 600MHz spectrum licenses.
The service is solely partnered with Ericsson as its 5G vendor for its full community infrastructure, together with the core and radio entry community.
Rogers says that over time, 5G will introduce new capabilities which can be extra superior than earlier generations of wi-fi know-how. It notes that with ultra-low latency, the lag between sending a request and the community responding will theoretically drop to at least one millisecond, 400 occasions quicker than “the blink of an eye fixed.”
Earlier this month, Rogers expanded its 5G community to 50 more towns and cities throughout the nation, together with Edmonton, Mississauga, Regina and North Vancouver.
You possibly can learn MobileSyrup‘s in-depth take a look at Rogers’ preliminary 5G network here.
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