The Download Weekly – Spark tests rural 5G mmWave
Spark says it saw peak speeds of 2.4Gbps at a range of 3 km during its first rural trial of 5G millimetre wave technology. The speed at 7 km was 1.4 Gbps. The telco says the tests, which took place at Mouse Point in North Canterbury, were New Zealand’s first rural trial of 5G mmWave technology. Spark worked with Nokia and used spectrum loaned from the Ministry of Business Innovation & Employment.