Vodafone Oman and Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) have announced the deployment of a 5G indoor system at the Vodafone Experience Hub in Mall of Oman as well as
Vodafone Oman and Ericsson have announced the deployment of a 5G indoor system at the Vodafone Experience Hub in Muscat’s Mall of Oman as well as the Vodafone Oman headquarter offices.
Ericsson Debuts Indoor 5G Antennas for mmWave and Mid-Band
Ericsson has announced indoor 5G antennas, for both mmWave and mid-band 5G.
As carriers roll out 5G service, indoor reception continues to be an issue, especially for the high-band mmWave variety. mmWave is the fastest flavor of 5G, but it suffers from extremely limited range and poor building penetration. As a result, base stations and antennas must be used to ensure good indoor coverage.
In contrast, mid-band spectrum is considered the sweet spot for 5G. While not as fast as mmWave, it still offers speeds in excess of 1 Gbps. Similarly, while the range and coverage is not as good as low-band 5G, it’s still a significant improvement over mmWave. Even so, mid-band can still benefit from indoor antennas for maximum performance.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden, 2 days ago Ericsson has expanded its indoor 5G portfolio as advanced indoor connectivity continues to propel new 5G use cases in locations such as airports, offices, factories and stadiums, meeting communications service providers’ indoor 5G needs. The new additions include Ericsson Indoor AIR 1279 and Ericsson Radio Dot 4459 small-cell radio and Ericsson Indoor Connect, a support offering for multi-operator and multi-vendor scenarios. Jessey Huang, Head of Ericsson’s Indoor Product Line, said: “The quality of 5G service indoors is equally important to Ericsson as the user experience outdoors. We know what a differentiator great indoor 5G experiences are to subscribers, enterprise and industry. Therefore, we want our customers to be able to deliver that – in the best way possible.