Australian operator Telstra boosted the uplink speed on its commercial standalone (SA) 5G network in Queensland by 32 per cent to 682Mb/s, as part of ongoing optimisation efforts using Ericsson’s 5G-Advanced equipment.
The trial ran on the operator’s mid-band 5G spectrum in the 2.6GHz and 3.6GHz bands and used the vendor’s advanced uplink transmit switching features to clock what they asserted was a global SA 5G milestone for uplink speed.
Telstra wireless engineering executive Ash Hunter stated the achievement is more than a 5G speed record, but also “a strong example of how we’re continually lifting the customer experience with 5G-Advanced”.
Ludvig Landgren, head of Ericsson Australia and New Zealand, noted uplink innovation is increasingly central to the overall 5G experience. “This milestone highlights what is possible with advanced Release 17 features in commercial networks.”
The vendor’s 5G-Advanced uplink transmit switching combines FDD and TDD single-user MIMO. The test used its latest software on the RAN Processor 6672 generation 4 baseband, together with Qualcomm’s mobile test platform powered by its X85 5G Modem-RF.
Telstra is the largest mobile player in Australia with 27.7 million connections, ahead of Optus with 10.7 million and TPG Telecom with 5.6 million at end-2025, data from GSMA Intelligence showed.
Source: https://www.mobileworldlive.com/telstra/telstra-sets-uplink-record-with-ericsson-5g-a-gear/
