BARCELONA -- Sprint, a U.S. mobile carrier, will use Samsung's technology for its first commercial 5G service in Chicago in May. The 5G radio solution was presented at MWC, a mobile device exhibition in Barcelona.
Samsung said that its 5G solution would drive hyper-streaming and ultra-fast downloading on 5G smartphones, as well as enhanced experiences with mobile gaming, mixed reality applications and new enterprise use cases. The solution allows both 4G LTE and 5G commercial service on Sprint’s network, offering a simple, cost-effective transition to 5G.
"With 5G, we look forward to giving Sprint customers even greater experiences from gaming and entertainment services, to IoT and business applications," Scott Santi, senior vice president of Sprint's network deployment and operations, was quoted as saying.