Nepal Telecom postpones 5G trials, says there aren't enough devices - RCR Wireless News

Nepal Telecom plans to behaviour the 5G proceedings utilizing the 2600 MHz frequence band

State-owned Nepal Telecom has postponed its 5G proceedings by respective weeks, citing a dearth of compatible mobile devices. Specifically, the bearer volition behaviour its proceedings utilizing the 2.6 GHz airwaves that it obtained from telecom regulator Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA). But, according to Nepal Telecom, not capable devices successful the state enactment this frequency.

“We installed the required instrumentality to behaviour a 5G proceedings according to the allocated frequency,” confirmed Nepal Telecom spokesperson Shobhan Adhikari, but added that the bearer recovered “only a tiny fig of mobile sets run 5G successful 2600 MHz frequence successful the section market.”

Nepal Telecom, Adhikari continued, is going to instrumentality than adjacent “two to 3 weeks” to place the mobile sets and different devices that enactment 5G successful the allocated frequency. Once this is complete, helium said, the institution volition “move up with the trial.”

The archetypal signifier of the planned proceedings was going to instrumentality spot successful Sundhara and Babarmahal of Kathmandu arsenic the institution has already installed 5G instrumentality successful those areas. Ultimately, Nepal Telecom volition behaviour trials successful 1 determination each crossed 7 provinces.

Nearly 95% of Nepal’s full colonisation is covered by mobile broadband, and Nepal Telecom, specifically, claims 7.13 cardinal 3G users and 11.5 cardinal 4G users.

In summation to the 2.6 GHz frequence band, Nepal’s NTA successful February 2021 recommended the pursuing spectrum bands for 5G use: 700 MHz, 900 MHz, 2.3 GHz, 3.3 GHz, 3.4 GHz, 3.6 GHz, 4.1 GHz and 26 GHz bands.