Ericsson and T-Mobile US breach gigabit barrier on unlicensed spectrum

Ericsson and T-Mobile US have announced they have done it. The gigabit barrier is seemingly symbolic for telcos, and now T-Mobile US can start congratulating itself.
The test took place at T-Mobile’s Bellevue, Washington lab using the Ericsson Radio System and test equipment from Cobham Wireless, with the top speed hitting 1.1 Gbps. Who knows what this means now, but perhaps with this mission completed, CEO John Legere can get back to doing what he does best; insulting AT&T and Verizon