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.

Full Name
Sunrise Communications Group AG
Country
Sunrise Switzerland logo

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.

Technical Data
Launch Date 2006-12 Status Active
UMTS Band Packet Data Status
DC-HSPA+
Active
HSPA+
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.

Technical Data
Evolution Status Active [Launched 2013-06-13]
Max. MIMO Max. Modulation
64QAM
Carrier Aggregation
3C CA
LTE Band Channel Width Status
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.

Technical Data
Evolution
NR (Rel. 15+)
Status Active [Launched 2019-04-04]
Max. MIMO Max. Modulation
256QAM
Carrier Aggregation
2C CA
NR Band Channel Width Status
100 MHz Active
20 MHz Active