Ooredoo 5G broadband device 20x faster than fibre broadband

Ooredoo has delivered its first live 5G home broadband devices. With an Ooredoo 5G connection via the 5G home broadband device, Ooredoo customers will be able to download movies in seconds, seamlessly stream virtual reality (VR) gaming experiences and make video calls more smoothly than before.

Source: Ooredoo. Ooredoo shows off its 5G home broadband device.

The devices will work on both the Ooredoo 4G and 5G network and can achieve speeds of up to 2 Gbps, 20 times the speeds of Ooredoo’s 100Mbps fibre connections.

As commercial production increases alongside the 5G rollout, Ooredoo will aim to ensure Qatar is the first country to enable this next-generation technology for its customers. Waleed Al Sayed, Ooredoo’s CEO said: “This is another amazing world-first milestone for Ooredoo and Qatar and demonstrates that we are on track to offering 5G mega speeds for everyone in the very near future. I look forward to seeing how this technology will benefit all sectors in Qatar, from businesses, to education and beyond.”

Ooredoo announced its first live 5G network in May 2018 and has already begun to roll out the 5G network across Qatar. It plans to update 100 network stations to 5G in the 3.5GHz spectrum band within the next three months.

Current live 5G sites, which include West Bay and Katara, have demonstrated speeds of 2.51 Gbps with an extremely high throughput and low latency. Ooredoo is working to find compatible devices to test them on the network, including next-generation Internet of Things (IoT) applications such as smart cars, VR, augmented reality (AR) and drones.

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