Stefan Mileschin

5G towers over 3.8-kilometers

Qualcomm claims to have overcome the 5G range problem and stretched the power of ultra-fast millimeter wave (mmWave) towers to 3.8 kilometres.

This is twice the range originally promised by its long-range QTM527 antenna system last year.

Qualcomm is touting the achievement as evidence of mmWave's viability as a fixed wireless access solution, enabling carriers to offer fiber-speed 5G coverage in rural, suburban, and urban communities that might have had poor wired home broadband options in the past.

The successful test was conducted in Regional Victoria, Australia, with minimal physical interference between the sending and receiving devices. The test relied on two existing Qualcomm hardware solutions -- the Snapdragon X55 modem and QTM527 antenna -- inside a consumer premises equipment broadband modem, communicating with Ericsson's Air5121 and Baseband 6630 tower hardware, enhanced by extended-range software.

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