Qualcomm, ZTE, and China Mobile announced today the successful testing of the world’s first end-to-end 5G New Radio (NR) interoperable system based on the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Standard, a result of their ongoing 5G technology trials. In other words, the partnership has successfully trialed the first 5G networking equipment that can successfully send data using the framework that’s going into the 3GPP’s standard for 5G. The end-to-end 5G NR system is designed to achieve multi-gigabit per second peak (> 1 Gbps) data rates at significantly lower air interface latency than 4G networks. The 5G standard calls for sub 4 ms latency, down from 20 ms with existing LTE networks. The trial was conducted at China Mobile’s 5G Joint Innovation Center. The partners intend to show off their achievement at the China Mobile Global Partner Conference on November 23. Achieving the world’s first end-to-end 5G NR interoperable data ...