AIS and Huawei Jointly Complete First Commercial Verification of 5G RedCap

[Bangkok, Thailand, September 26, 2023] AIS, Thailand’s leading mobile operator and Huawei recently completed Thailand’s first 5G RedCap commercial test in Bangkok. The test was conducted on both 700MHz and 2600MHz commercial network, and used diversified commercial RedCap terminals, including DTU (Data Transfer Units) and cameras. Comprehensive capabilities were verified during the test, e.g. downlink and uplink peak throughput, mobility performance, coexistence of RedCap and eMBB UEs. The test result showed that both AIS’s 5G network and RedCap terminals performance met expectations, this will be an important milestone for RedCap commercialization.

5G RedCap is a new technology defined in 3GPP Release 17. It is designed for medium- and high-speed IoT applications, such as industrial sensors, smart…