Telkom will unveil 4.5G technology at its annual\u00a0Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC).<\/p>\n
SATNAC is from 4 to 7\u00a0\u00a0September in George, and will focus on “Broadband Evolution \u2013 Unlocking the Internet of Things”.<\/p>\n
On its\u00a0journey to 5G, Telkom has deployed an LTE three-downlink component carrier (3 CC DL) network at the conference.<\/p>\n
It said the network is commercially live and\u00a0supports newer-generation devices that are on sale.<\/p>\n
Attila Vitai, Telkom\u2019s head of\u00a0consumer retail, said\u00a0this is not a demonstration network and that it is the first one deployed by the company in this configuration.<\/p>\n
It\u00a0will remain in operation at Fancourt in George following the conference.<\/p>\n
“Using commercially-available devices, Telkom will demonstrate bandwidths in excess of 260Mbps to smartphones,” said Vitai.<\/p>\n
Although LTE carrier aggregation has already been deployed by Telkom, its\u00a0plan\u00a0is to enable carrier aggregation across frequency bands as part of the network evolution towards 4.5 and 5G networks.<\/p>\n
“4.5G is a natural evolution of the 3GPP standards and enables operators to protect their investment by using existing infrastructure and spectrum.”<\/p>\n
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