LAA

SmarTone, the smallest mobile operator in Hong Kong, said it installed small cells using licensed assisted access (LAA) technology in a number of congested areas in the territory and plans to extend the rollout to additional locations.

AT&T revealed Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina; and Oklahoma City will be among the first US cities to receive mobile 5G service in 2018.

Hong Kong’s regulator allocated additional spectrum for the provision of public mobile services, a move it said would put the market at the forefront of adoption of advanced technologies including Licensed Assisted Access (LAA).

Singtel, the largest mobile operator in Singapore, and Sweden-based equipment vendor Ericsson aggregated two licensed and three unlicensed spectrum bands in a joint trial to deliver a peak download speed of 1. 1Gb/s.

Sprint joined US rivals in exploring unlicensed spectrum with its first publicly announced test of Licensed Assisted Access (LAA) technology.

T-Mobile US broke the 1Gb/s mark in a recent lab test with Ericsson in what the operator said was a first using unlicensed spectrum. The operator reported it hit a peak speed of 1.

AT&T commercially deployed Licensed Assisted Access (LAA) technology on its network in parts of Indianapolis, Indiana, in a move the operator touted as the latest step in its 5G evolution.