du and Nokia deploy 420 MHz six-carrier 5G-Advanced aggregation

TL;DR: du said on Friday that it deployed six-carrier aggregation with Nokia on its commercial standalone 5G-Advanced network in the United Arab Emirates. The deployment aggregates 420 MHz of spectrum across FDD and TDD bands using six 5G NR component carriers and Nokia Habrok massive MIMO radios.

du said on Friday that it teamed with Nokia to deploy six-carrier aggregation across FDD and TDD spectrum on its commercial standalone 5G-Advanced network in the United Arab Emirates.

du said it aggregated 420 MHz of spectrum bandwidth using six 5G New Radio component carriers across the 3.6 GHz, 2.6 GHz, 2.1 GHz, 1.8 GHz and 600 MHz bands. The operator said it used Nokia's commercial Habrok massive MIMO radios for the deployment.

du said it validated the carrier aggregation deployment using the latest available generation of 5G-Advanced devices. Nokia said aggregating six carriers increases the network capacity available to compatible 5G-Advanced devices where the 5G+ icon is visible.

du CTO Saleem AlBlooshi said the higher throughput and connectivity from the deployment are intended to support AI features and next-generation applications on new 5G-Advanced devices.