Faroese Telecom and Ericsson claim 5G mmWave downlink speed record in Europe

Faroe Islands incumbent Faroese Telecom and kit vendor Ericsson clocked download peak speeds of 5.9Gbps using 5G mmWave spectrum, which they say is the fastest measured speed in a live network in Europe to date.
The firms claim the 5G mmWave speed test represented ‘the fastest measured speed in a live network in Europe to date’. It was carried out ahead of a planned mmWave deployment across all of the 18 Faroe Islands.
In terms of the nitty gritty tech, the test was carried out over