Huawei has announced the successful completion of a LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) Category 6 connectivity test with download speeds reaching up to 300 Mbps. This test was jointly completed with Qualcomm Technologies.

The test utilized SingleRAN equipment available from Huawei and Qualcomm Technologies’ fourth-generation multimode LTE modem – the Qualcomm® Gobi™ 9x35. Qualcomm's Gobi™ is commercially available cellular modem and manufactured on 20 nm process.

A peak download speed of up to 300 Mbps was made possible, with added support for up to 40MHz wideband carrier aggregation.