Telecoms equipment vendor Nokia has announced that it has achieved a record 5G speed of 1.9 Gbps during a successful trial of its next-generation AirScale Indoor Radio System (ASiR) at the headquarters of mobile operator, Zain KSA in Jeddah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Nokia’s dedicated indoor 5G solution delivers ultra-fast 5G speeds and counters high penetration coverage losses.
The trial leveraged the Nokia 5G AirScale, which is an enhanced indoor solution with a centralised and scalable architecture.
Zain KSA launched commercial 5G services in October 2019 in Saudi Arabia and now covers 50 cities across the kingdom enabled by more than 4,600 towers.
Eng Abdul Rahman AlMufadda, CTO, Zain, said: “In line with Zain KSA achieving a pioneering position in the regional and global telecoms map by rolling out the largest 5G network in the Middle East, Europe and Africa and fourth largest in the world. Nokia deployed its 5G indoor solution quickly, with minimal disruption and achieved incredibly high-speeds during this trial.”
Tommi Uitto, President of Mobile Networks at Nokia, said: “We are delighted to support Zain by providing 5G indoor coverage at its premises in Jeddah.”
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