According to the telco, the call was carried out on China Telecom’s commercial 2.1GHz 5G network in the city of Deyang. Notably, the Ericsson Spectrum Sharing service was active with 4G users using the frequency. Head of Product Area Networks at Ericsson Per Narvinger, highlighted the importance of the achievement. According to Narvinger: The statement added that the milestones now paves the way for China Telecom to accelerate its 5G roll-out. Ericsson noted it will accelerate cooperation with China Telecom to speed up the commercial deployment of SA 5G. The Ericsson Spectrum Sharing is among the latest ways of rolling out the 5G network. The spectrum deploys existing hardware, spectrum, and sites while enabling increases in mid/high band coverage. Through the platform,4G, 5G NSA NR, and 5G SA networks work simultaneously across the FDD spectrum. The capability does not require a dedicated 5G spectrum.
