July 13 (SeeNews) - Croatian telecommunications equipment manufacturer Ericsson Nikola Tesla [ZSE:ERNT], a unit of Sweden's Ericsson, said that the local subsidiary of A1 Telekom Austria Group, has deployed its 2X2 MIMO (Multiple Input-Multiple Output) equipment on its wireless network.
The equipment was set up on A1 Croatia’s 26.8km network between the towns of Klis and Kamensko in the hinterland of the Adriatic city of Split, Ericsson Nikola Tesla said in a statement on Friday, adding this is the longest radio relay network in the world.
"Fast implementation and large capacities are the main advantages of connecting base stations in the areas where it is either unprofitable or impossible to build a fixed transport network. It was our great pleasure to support A1 Hrvatska in this technically demanding challenge by using MIMO technology that has a future, both in the transport domain and the future 5G implementations," Ericsson Nikola Tesla's marketing and sales director for A1 Croatia, Miroslav Kantolic, said in the statement.
Thanks to the project, the transfer speeds in the areas of Dugopolje, Trilj, Dicmo and Muc have doubled.
The MIMO technology, based on multiple transmitters and receivers, is normally used in 4G and 5G networks, and enables a more efficient spectrum use and service quality improvements in transport systems.
A1 Croatia's radio access network planning and development director, Zoran Arambasic pointed out in the statement that the testing of MIMO connection has confirmed that the available solutions are ready to support a fast rollout of 5G technology across the country.