{"id":12443,"date":"2016-09-06T10:03:41","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T09:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=12443"},"modified":"2016-09-06T10:13:45","modified_gmt":"2016-09-06T09:13:45","slug":"ee-uk-deploys-4g-mobile-speed-boost-450mbps-cat-9-lte-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/09\/ee-uk-deploys-4g-mobile-speed-boost-450mbps-cat-9-lte-tech.html","title":{"rendered":"EE UK Deploys 4G Mobile Speed Boost with 450Mbps Cat 9 LTE Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mobile operator EE<\/a> has announced that their 4G<\/a>+ based Mobile Broadband network is being upgraded to support the latest Cat 9 LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) technology, which can theoretically support Internet speeds of up to 450Mbps by combining multiple spectrum bands.<\/p>\n

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The operator already uses the associated LTE-A based Carrier Aggregation<\/strong> technology in so-called “double speed<\/em>” parts of their 4G<\/a> network, although this is predominantly only available in selected urban areas (150 towns and cities across the UK) and works by combining two blocks of spectrum in the 2.6GHz<\/strong> and 1800MHz<\/strong> bands per device (e.g. Smartphone); this is called Category 6 (Cat 6).<\/p>\n

The next upgrade phase to support Cat 9 devices will enable access to a third block of spectrum for high-speed 4G<\/a> services at over 500 sites across the aforementioned 150 towns and cities by the end of 2017. Specifically, EE<\/a> combines 20MHz of 1800MHz spectrum with 35MHz of 2.6GHz to create 55MHz of spectrum deployed for 4G services.<\/p>\n

Lab tests show that Cat 9 LTE-A enabled mobile devices, such as the HTC M10, Samsung Galaxy S7 \/ S7 Edge and the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 (assuming they can resolve the whole exploding batteries problem with the Note 7), can theoretically deliver speeds of up to 450Mbps<\/strong> (Megabits per second).<\/p>\n