On March 30th, China Mobile announced the official commercialization of 5G-Advanced (5.5G), covering 100 cities.
Han Boxiao, vivo's product manager, stated that starting from April, we will enter the era of 5.5G, and demonstrated the speed test results of the vivo X100 Pro phone.
The accompanying image shows that the X100 Pro has a download speed of 3619.19Mbps and an upload speed of 160.75Mbps, with the status bar indicating "5G-A".
China Mobile's official demonstration of 5.5G shows even faster measured speeds, with downlink reaching 5132.34Mbps, uplink at 163.07Mbps, and latency as low as 19ms, which is 10 times faster than 5G.
China Mobile plans to launch the world's largest 5G-A commercial network deployment in 300 cities within the year, and introduce over 20 5.5G terminals. Currently, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen3 and MediaTek Dimensity 9400 terminals have undergone 5.5G network testing, with upgrades expected to be rolled out in April, ushering in the era of comprehensive 5.5G.
5.5G (5G-A) marks a pivotal stage in the transition from 5G to 6G. Compared to 5G, 5G-A offers higher speeds, greater connectivity, and lower latency.
