{"id":41464,"date":"2022-12-18T22:58:06","date_gmt":"2022-12-18T22:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-membership\/gsma_resources\/stc-nokia-and-mediatek-first-to-switch-on-5g-4-component-carrier-aggregation-4cc-ca-in-the-middle-east-and-africa\/"},"modified":"2022-12-18T22:58:06","modified_gmt":"2022-12-18T22:58:06","slug":"stc-nokia-and-mediatek-first-to-switch-on-5g-4-component-carrier-aggregation-4cc-ca-in-the-middle-east-and-africa","status":"publish","type":"gsma_theme_resources","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-membership\/cn\/gsma_resources\/stc-nokia-and-mediatek-first-to-switch-on-5g-4-component-carrier-aggregation-4cc-ca-in-the-middle-east-and-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"stc, Nokia and MediaTek first to switch on 5G 4 Component Carrier Aggregation (4CC-CA) in the Middle East and Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>December 18th, 2022- Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia<\/strong> \u2013 stc, Nokia, and MediaTek announced today, their successful verification of 4 Component Carrier Aggregation (4CC-CA) in the 5G Standalone (SA) network within the city of Makkah for the first time in the Middle East and Africa. Carrier Aggregation (CA) allows mobile operators to reach higher throughputs by combining different spectrum assets efficiently to enhance the 5G user experience. CA will also allow stc to deliver leading 5G services to its customers, and achieve a faster time to market for new 5G use cases.<br \/>\nThe companies used the combination of two FDD carriers (700MHz, 2100 MHz) and two TDD Sub-6GHz band carriers (2300MHz, 3500MHz) using FDD-TDD CA technology. Nokia used its commercial Air-Scale Baseband, massive MIMO, and RRH products, powered by its Reef-shark chipset on stc\u2019s live network. MediaTek provided its 5G mobile platform featuring its Release-16 ready, M80 modem.<br \/>\nBader Allhieb, Infrastructure Sector VP at stc, said: \u201cThe region-first trial of 4CC-CA in 5G SA mode reiterates our commitment to provide a world-class experience to our subscribers.\u201d<br \/>\nIbrahim Al-Abbas, Head of the stc Customer Business Team at Nokia, said: \u201cCarrier aggregation allows service providers to make optimal use of spectrum without impacting the network performance. Nokia is at the forefront of developing 5G CA and other technologies that support service providers in maximizing the use of available resources.\u201d<br \/>\nRami Osman, Director, Business Development Middle East, and Africa at MediaTek, said: \u201cMediaTek has become the largest global supplier of Smartphones and 5G CPE chipsets. Our co-work here with stc and Nokia help stc leverage the maximum data throughput from each and every megahertz of its precious spectrum assets by implementing their required band support into our RF chipset.\u201d<br \/>\n-END-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 18th, 2022- Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia \u2013 stc, Nokia, and MediaTek announced today, their successful verification of 4 Component Carrier Aggregation (4CC-CA) in the 5G Standalone (SA) network within the city of Makkah for the first time in the Middle East and Africa. 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