In the build-up to commercial LTE, ‘4G’ was meant to equate to gigabit speeds, at least when stationary. That goal was pushed out to subsequent releases, but TeliaSonera’s Norwegian unit, Netcom, claims to have hit the magical 1Gbps rate using upcoming LTE-Advanced technologies. The operator achieved “world record” download speeds of up to 1Gbps in an outdoor test in Norway’s capital Oslo, using next generation LTE enhancements, recently dubbed ‘LTE-Advanced Pro’ by the 3GPP. The biggest contribution was made by the use of four-carrier aggregation, over 800 MHz, 1.8 GHz, 2.1 GHz and 2.6 GHz spectrum. TeliaSonera said in its statement: “To achieve the high speed, NetCom transmitted data over four frequency bands simultaneously, and what makes today’s test special…