AT&T Down on Low-Band 5G Speed

AT&T is tempering expectations for its forthcoming 5G network riding on sub-6 GHz spectrum. While AT&T says it was the first wireless operator to demonstrate 1 Gb/s and later 2 Gb/s speeds on a commercial 5G network running on millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum, it’s not making any grand projections for a speed improvement on its forthcoming 5G network running on the lower spectrum bands.“When we say sub-6 it’s pretty much using the same spectrum that we have today with LTE. So there’s some improvements in spectral efficiency. You’re going to see some marginal differences,” said Igal Elbaz, SVP of wireless technology at AT&T, at an investor conference.