Sunrise
About the Sunrise Network
Sunrise is the second largest mobile network operator providing telecommunication services in Switzerland. The company was founded in 2000. With ownership previously held by TDC Group, the company became privately held by CVC Capital Partners up until CVC's IPO in 2015. Sunrise Communications Group AG is now publicly traded on the Swiss Exchange.
Sunrise 3G
The company began providing 3G UMTS services in December 2006 using the B1 (2100 MHz) band. 3G data services were upgraded to HSPA+ in 2011 and DC-HSPA+ in late 2012. Sunrise added a B8 (900 MHz) carrier in 2012 to improve coverage and indoor network penetration.
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Launch Date | 2006-12 | Status | Active |
UMTS Band | Packet Data | Status | |
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DC-HSPA+
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Active | ||
HSPA+
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Active |
Sunrise 4G
Sunrise launched 4G LTE services in June 2013 over the B3 (1800 MHz) and B7 (2600 MHz) bands and adding B20 (800 MHz) shortly after. LTE-A 2C carrier aggregation was implemented to boost peak data rates to 300 Mbps.
In February 2019 Sunrise was awarded spectrum in the 700 MHz band, consisting of 5 MHz suitable for B28 (700 MHz) and 10 MHz of SDL spectrum for a B67 (700 MHz) service. The acquisition of 1500 MHz spectrum allowed Sunrise to activate a B75 (1500 MHz) SDL carrier. The company is working to implement multi-carrier aggregation to boost LTE performance to 900 Mbps.
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Evolution | Status | Active [Launched 2013-06-13] | |
Max. MIMO | Max. Modulation |
64QAM
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Carrier Aggregation |
3C CA
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LTE Band | Channel Width | Status | |
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20 MHz | Active | ||
20 MHz | Active | ||
10 MHz | Active | ||
5 MHz | Active | ||
10 MHz | Active | ||
15 MHz | Active |
Sunrise 5G
Sunrise has worked with its 5G technology partner Huawei extensively since 2017 on the development of its 5G network. In December 2017 the two demonstrated 5G data rates of 3.28 Gbps over its 3.5 GHz test network, a world record at the time.
After securing 100 MHz of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band in February 2019, the company launched its first 5G services in March 2019, providing fixed wireless (FWA) 5G over n78 (3500 MHz). Sunrise employs an n80 (1800 MHz) SUL band to provide further network capacity. By October 2019 the company had achieved coverage of over 300 towns and cities and well over 80% of the population.
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Evolution |
NR (Rel. 15+)
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Status | Active [Launched 2019-04-04] |
Max. MIMO | Max. Modulation |
256QAM
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Carrier Aggregation |
2C CA
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NR Band | Channel Width | Status | |
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100 MHz | Active | ||
20 MHz | Active |