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Elisa has replaced Nokia MassiveMIMO 5G towers to Huawei. On our tests (in Finnish) Nokia MassiveMIMO 5G towers didn’t work well compared to Huawei towers so this maybe reason to change supplier. Elisa has in Helsinki Area massive 4G and 5G network update. You can follow timetable in Elisa site (in Finnish). Also 5G coverage has improved after equipment switch. We achieved in Aleksanterikatu over 900Mbps speed with Samsung S10 5G-phone. Over gigabit 4G speed! In Citykäytävä Helsinki (near of Citycenter) Nokia 4G tower has been replaced to Huawei. After upgrade the B1 (2100MHz) bandwidth have upgraded from 10MHz to 20MHz. Now this tower has 60Mhz bandwith on 4G with 4x4 MIMO support. 5G 100MHz TDD-bandwith works also on this tower. This kind of Huawei tower and antenna solution we haven’t seen before in Finland. ...

Most of the mobile device manufactures don’t tell you of supported 4G LTE CA ( Carrier Aggrecation) combinations on their hardware specifications but these are very important to know because they are the key factor to get best performance on your device and network. We are not quite sure why manufacturers are so reluctant to publish this information but one of the reason could be that it is quite complicated. Many devices have carrier policy which will tell the modem to limit combinations because if device supports over 128 combinations the modem will slow down. Therefore it is better to limit CA combinations per mobile phone operator. ...

With Sony Xperia 1 mobile phone i got over 700Mbps speed in Elisa 4G-network. I tested with Elisa Saunalahti Mobile Broadband 5G 1000M -plan. Speedtest in Elisa Kulma Store Speedtest in Kaivopiha In Helsinki Central Railway Station platform area

Internet provider DNA is testing at Vantaa Paarmarinne a 3500MHz 4G LTE network for Fixed Wireless Access, according to Aamulehti (in Finnish) and their Press Release about their 5G Launch. Fixed Wireless Access means that the 4G modem / router is mounted to the wall of the building, meaning the installation is fixed instead of being mobile router. To ensure the optimum performance at high frequencies, such as 3500MHz, it’s required that the terminal is installed outside or with an external antenna ...

Cellmapper is a useful application for locating 2G/3G/4G base stations. The application measures the signal strength and other network data collected by the end user and uses the data collected to locate network base stations and their coverage. This information is then collected in the Cellmapper map. The application is supported on Android, Windows Mobile and Blackberry devices although the Android application is the only one that is being actively supported and updated. App is free and available for Windows 10 Mobile and Android phones. ...