Nokia and Smart, the wireless subsidiary of PLDT, have achieved 5G speeds of 2.5 Gigabits per second (Gbps) for the first time in the Philippines over a live network, Nokia said on Friday.

The data transfer used 100 MHz [megahertz] with latency–or the time it takes data to travel between its source and destination—of just 1 millisecond, and the demo was conducted at the Nokia Manila Technology Center in Quezon City, one of Nokia’s global Research and Development powerhouses for 5G technology.

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