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Currently, Sprint is working on a huge network upgrade and launch that is expected to be unleashed in the US in New Orleans. Sprint is presently working on a Gigabit LTE network that will change the mobile world on a large scale.

The company first tested the technology a few days ago during a basketball match hosted at the Smoothie King Centre. During the test, Sprint only utilized 60MHz of their entire service spectrum, which is at 2.5GHz to achieve the Gigabit LTE data speed.

Apart from the Snapdragon 835, it was also tested on the 256 QAM technology and the 4X4 MIMO. These various technologies came together to provide the necessary platform required to test the new Sprint LTE network, now known as Gigabit LTE.

At the moment, Spring has the LTE Plus network, which provides data connection that is over 100 Mbps when downloading. However, the new Gigabit LTE will allow users to experience download speed of more than 1Gbps, which is ten times faster. Spring uses numerous platforms and tech to achieve the great speeds, such as the three channel carrier aggregation.

Snapdragon 835 SoC and Gigabit LTE:

During the test, Sprint used an unreleased Motorola phone to showcase their impressive speeds. The phone was completely covered with tape and also was in a case, making it hard to identify its features and elements before it is announced.

However. the Motorola device used for testing featured the Snapdragon 835 platform. The modem used on the unnamed phone was the Qualcomm X16 LTE Modem, providing it with the capabilities of LTE speeds.

During the test, the device had data speeds averaging between 700 - 900Mbs. Sprint announced that their 2.5GHz service spectrum would mainly be situated in a high-traffic location in the USA whereby users can access Gigabit LTE, together with the 5G network.

Hence, this will allow the mobile users to interchange between the 5G network and the Gigabit when there is a network issue. However, the user will not note the difference in data transfers.

The Snapdragon 835 is very powerful. It is the latest chipset from Qualcomm and has impressive features. The chipset is expected to be featured in many mobile flagships in 2017; an example is the Samsung Galaxy S8, expected to be announced on March 29. HTC is another mobile make that is expected to equip their latest upgrade, the HTC 11, with the latest Qualcomm chipset, according to Droid Life.

Motorola being the phone used for testing, it is highly expected that this is the first phone to be released with 5G enabled capabilities and also features the powerful Snapdragon 835 SoC, according to Android Headlines. Motorola is expected to beat most other firms to the Gigabit LTE market with the continued partnership with Sprint.