First successful video call on 5G network made in India at IMC 2019

NEW DELHI: Ericsson along with Qualcomm Technologies completed the first ever live 5G video call in the country using 28 GHz spectrum. The call was made at the ongoing India Mobile Congress 2019 and was made from a smartphone based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 processor aided by Snapdragon X50 5G Modem-RF System and Ericsson’s 5G platform including 5G NR radio, RAN Compute products and 5G Evolved Packet Core. As part of the demonstration, Nunzio Mirtillo head of Ericsson South East Asia, Oceania and India, made a video call to Rajen Vagadia, vice president, Qualcomm India.
MillimeterWave (mmWave) 5G networks are commercial in North America and being rolled out in many advanced countries including Japan and Korea, where 28 GHz and 39 GHz spectrum bands are being considered for 5G deployments. For mobile networks, mmWave spectrum will be an important capacity layer for both 4G and 5G.