The record upload was achieved in a live network test environment in the lab and the field spanning 20 MHz of LTE spectrum and 400 MHz of mmWave spectrum from the 28 GHz band on devices currently commercially available.
According to Verizon, the new record highlights the company’s ability to “unleash additional performance” by aggregating different combinations of spectrum. With the recent acquisition of C-band spectrum, Verizon has a full spectrum portfolio across low, mid and high band spectrum – 294 MHz in sub-6 GHz spectrum (low and mid band) and 1,741 MHz of mmWave spectrum (high band).
Over the next few years, as additional spectrum is cleared by satellite companies, Verizon claims it will be able to deploy 5G Ultra Wideband on all available bandwidth that it has licensed, up to 200 MHz.
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When the full breadth of spectrum is accessed, customers should be able to expect peak download speeds to reach 2.4 gigabits per second, up from the 900 megabits per second experienced with 60 MHz deployed.
Adam Koeppe, senior vice president of technology planning at Verizon, said: “We have achieved remarkable speed in downloading using various combinations of spectrum in our world-class spectrum portfolio.
“With uploading data becoming increasingly important for video chats, uploading large files or live streaming video, this significant accomplishment is yet another milestone in Verizon’s commitment to provide a genuinely differentiated service for customers. This new achievement indicates how much additional performance we can unleash for our customers on the uplink as we aggregate different combinations of spectrum.”
