First commercial LAA deployment in Russia delivers Gigabit LTE download speeds, paving the way to 5G
· Ericsson, MTS, and Qualcomm deploy first commercial Licensed Assisted Access (LAA) technology in Russia, delivering Gigabit LTE peak download speeds · LAA commercial rollout part of agreement signed by MTS and Ericsson in 2017 to upgrade MTS network with Ericsson Radio System and core network solutions · Deployment uses a range of Ericsson Radio System solutionsEricsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) and MTS, the leading communications service provider in Russia and the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), together with Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, have