StarHub 5G is here

[jess_sy]

First to say Hello 5G with StarHub

"Starting Tuesday (18 August), StarHub will be the first in Singapore to unleash 5G services for customers."

5G signals currently cover 53% of Singapore’s populated areas and will expand to reach 70% coverage by September 2020. The areas include busy locations and major residential hubs, such as Ang Mo Kio, Bedok, Central Business District, Clementi, Jurong, Orchard, Tampines, Woodlands and Yishun, among others. The full list of areas covered is available on StarHub’s website at www.starhub.com/5g

https://www.starhub.com/about-us/newsroom/2020/august/first-to-say-hello-5g-with-starhub.html

 

[ZrE0_Cha0s]

haha cant believe that Starhub is the 1st to release 5G for public testing....i wonder if next will be Singtel? maybe M1 will be the 2nd one?

 

[Jurong640]

too late, they are not first. I'm already on M1 5G. I posted a picture few days ago, i managed to tap onto M1 5G. Starhub is 2nd.

 

[jess_sy]

too late, they are not first. I'm already on M1 5G. I posted a picture few days ago, i managed to tap onto M1 5G. Starhub is 2nd.

waaa how was it??

 

[xiaofan]

too late, they are not first. I'm already on M1 5G. I posted a picture few days ago, i managed to tap onto M1 5G. Starhub is 2nd.

Interesting. Starhub got the official announcement and it says only subscribers to the Mobile+ or Biz+ user can try it free, and first batch of phones to support is Huawei P40 Pro and P40 Pro+.

What about M1?

Since Starhub and M1 jointly won the 5G national network, the 53% coverage of populated areas claimed by Starhub, will also apply to M1.

 

[SibehHL]

Since Starhub and M1 jointly won the 5G national network, the 53% coverage of populated areas claimed by Starhub, will also apply to M1.

Good Point. Hence where got difference between first & second since both sharing equipment.

The only real first is Starhub officially pushing out the so-called "5G" plans... it's a good marketing effort.

 

[mistersoh]

Yeah starhub. But the 5G plans not cheap.

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[Jurong640]

waaa how was it??

Speeds not up to 5G speed. It's like Starhub upgrading the software of cell towers from 4G to 5G. Speeds remain same as 4G speeds. But definitely a step forward to see 5G live.

Though it's not standalone 5G network, it's a 4G network upgraded to 5G. M1 is using Band 3 and 7 from what I know. Starhub is using Band 1

 

[Jurong640]

Interesting. Starhub got the official announcement and it says only subscribers to the Mobile+ or Biz+ user can try it free, and first batch of phones to support is Huawei P40 Pro and P40 Pro+.

What about M1?

Since Starhub and M1 jointly won the 5G national network, the 53% coverage of populated areas claimed by Starhub, will also apply to M1.

Starhub only for subscribers of new plans only. Means old plans users cannot get 5G. Different from M1.

 

[jess_sy]

Interesting. Starhub got the official announcement and it says only subscribers to the Mobile+ or Biz+ user can try it free, and first batch of phones to support is Huawei P40 Pro and P40 Pro+.

What about M1?

Since Starhub and M1 jointly won the 5G national network, the 53% coverage of populated areas claimed by Starhub, will also apply to M1.

Starhub announced one is non standalone 5G network.
The one with M1 one is standalone 5G network which the infrastructure will not be shared with 4G

 

[xiaofan]

Starhub announced one is non standalone 5G network.
The one with M1 one is standalone 5G network which the infrastructure will not be shared with 4G

Hmm, Starhub and M1 are supposed to share the same 5G network.

 

[Apex]

From the FAQ select device support and some need software upgrade to run this Trial 5G.

And it not on 3.5G band.

 

[galaxyuser]

haha cant believe that Starhub is the 1st to release 5G for public testing....i wonder if next will be Singtel? maybe M1 will be the 2nd one?

Actually Singtel 4G+ 3CA 300Mbps+ is good enough to consider as low-band fake 5G.

 

[finalforce]

Starhub and M1 share 3.5GHz network only. Today's launch is on 2100MHz which is not shared.

 

[cruizer_ph]

the question is - what differentiates 5G from 4G?

4G as it stands can actually deliver up to hundreds of Mbps, if the signal is good and the telco infrastructure can cope. if 5G does the same, so why even pay the premium for 5G? it's just like the early days of 4G, when it was just as good as HSDPA ("3.5G").

another question is - how much battery/power does 5G consume compared to 4G? if 5G can deliver at high speeds with lower power consumption over 4G then definitely 5G will look attractive. and if the 5G service can deliver significantly lower latency, then maybe that's when we'll see actual benefits from 5G. but until then...5G will just be a nice to have, but not at all essential.

 

[galaxyuser]

the question is - what differentiates 5G from 4G?

4G as it stands can actually deliver up to hundreds of Mbps, if the signal is good and the telco infrastructure can cope. if 5G does the same, so why even pay the premium for 5G? it's just like the early days of 4G, when it was just as good as HSDPA ("3.5G").

another question is - how much battery/power does 5G consume compared to 4G? if 5G can deliver at high speeds with lower power consumption over 4G then definitely 5G will look attractive. and if the 5G service can deliver significantly lower latency, then maybe that's when we'll see actual benefits from 5G. but until then...5G will just be a nice to have, but not at all essential.

Yeah wait for mid and high band 5G.

 

[giraffey]

the question is - what differentiates 5G from 4G?

4G as it stands can actually deliver up to hundreds of Mbps, if the signal is good and the telco infrastructure can cope. if 5G does the same, so why even pay the premium for 5G? it's just like the early days of 4G, when it was just as good as HSDPA ("3.5G").

another question is - how much battery/power does 5G consume compared to 4G? if 5G can deliver at high speeds with lower power consumption over 4G then definitely 5G will look attractive. and if the 5G service can deliver significantly lower latency, then maybe that's when we'll see actual benefits from 5G. but until then...5G will just be a nice to have, but not at all essential.

Most won't need the use of 5G today based on the current use cases. I guess the approach is to create the infrastructure first, companies would then develop products/services that can leverage 5G. And until then, we could see some use for it.

 

[yotoden]

When make phone call will signal falls back to LTE?

 

[hereiam7788]

the question is - what differentiates 5G from 4G?

4G as it stands can actually deliver up to hundreds of Mbps, if the signal is good and the telco infrastructure can cope. if 5G does the same, so why even pay the premium for 5G? it's just like the early days of 4G, when it was just as good as HSDPA ("3.5G").

another question is - how much battery/power does 5G consume compared to 4G? if 5G can deliver at high speeds with lower power consumption over 4G then definitely 5G will look attractive. and if the 5G service can deliver significantly lower latency, then maybe that's when we'll see actual benefits from 5G. but until then...5G will just be a nice to have, but not at all essential.

For commercial and industries will have a difference such as autonomous vehicle, remote surgery etc.

To end user, the difference in user experience will not be significant.
In fact, some telco in lion city has very Low 4G speed even for 4G still tot day although the speed is also more than enough for any end users still given the things they do on their mobile devices.

 

[xiaofan]

So the current 5G network is only NSA, so the main benefits may only be faster speed for consumers. Any one (Starhub/M1 user) got the speedtest data to share?