World’s First 5G WeChat video call tested with OPPO’s 5G smartphone: Report

Using a popular social media app— WeChat, the Chinese smartphone maker OPPO has stated that it successfully completed a multi-party video call on a smartphone via 5G network, IANS reports. In the video call, IANS reports, engineers from six OPPO research and development institutes worldwide had participated, the company said on Monday.

This video call was made on an OPPO R15 Pro-based 5G smartphone and lasted for more than 17 minutes on a 5G network with a bandwidth of 100 (megahertz) MHz. During the call, smooth connectivity and low latency was reported by the Engineers operating out of OPPO's six R&D institutes worldwide. In the report, OPPO stated that it used Keysight's UXM signalling test set for the 5G test and 5G New Radio (NR) network emulation solutions for protocol and radio frequency (RF) performance validation in sub-6 gigahertz frequency bands.

OPPO completed its first 5G signalling and data connections on a smartphone in August and became the first company to complete a 5G Internet access test on a smartphone in October. As reported by IANS, the Chinese smartphone maker claimed that it was working towards becoming the first brand to release real commercial 5G smartphones next year.