Samsung and Sprint Deploy 5G New Radio (NR) Solutions in Preparation for Commercial 5G Service Roll Out

February 26, 2019

Samsung Electronics America today announced at Mobile World Congress 2019 that Sprint is using Samsung’s 5G New Radio (NR) solutions as the carrier prepares to launch its commercial 5G service.

The new 5G NR solution is enabled by adding Samsung software and a channel card to Samsung’s existing Massive MIMO technology, which has been providing enhanced 4G LTE service in U.S. markets on Sprint’s 2.5GHz TDD network since last year. This allows both 4G LTE and 5G commercial service on Sprint’s network using the ‘split mode’ capabilities of Samsung’s MIMO solution, offering a simple, cost-effective transition to 5G. The solution is capable of achieving more than 1.5Gbps throughput speeds.

For more information, please see: https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-and-sprint-deploy-5g-new-radio-nr-solutions-in-preparation-for-commercial-5g-service-roll-out