AT&T has it has kicked off a second trial of mmWave technology in Austin, providing fixed wireless broadband to consumers and businesses alike with speeds up to 1 Gbps.
AT&T is testing a handful of applications and services. AT&T is allowing DirecTV Now customers to stream live television over this “5G” connection using Ericsson’s 5G RAN and Intel’s 5G Mobile Trial Platform. AT&T had previously made it possible to stream DirecTV Now via mmWave in its Middletown, N.J., laboratory.
AT&T expects the trial will last for several months. AT&T didn’t say what spectrum it is using to conduct this trial, nor what consumer equipment. The mmWave technology is just one of many candidate 5G technologies being considered by the 3GPP and ITU.
The 5G standard has not yet been defined by the international community, but that hasn’t stopped carriers and telecom equipment manufacturers from claiming and testing what they think the 5G standard will be.
