On the Chinese version of the bullet train, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is making some astonishing speed claims for its LTE testbed, in this week’s rundown of what's happening in the world of pre-4G technology.

An LTE network has been organized by Huawei to hold up wireless connectivity on the fast MagLev train, which runs between the center of the Shanghai district of Pudong out to Pudong International Airport on 19 miles of magnetic track that "levitate" the train to attain pace in excess of 250 miles per hour.

The Company is asserting that its test can give travelers utmost uplink speeds of 50 Mbit/s with a 99.5 % victorious handover rate as the train speeds between cells. To test the network, a 20 minute ride has been taken by ZDNet Australia and it informs that average downlink speeds of 46 Mbit/s and the chances of failures are very few unless another train went past.

This is the only test where Huawei is claiming to be on the primary edge of speeds offered over LTE. In its tests with mmO2 plc in the delightful British town of Swindon, Huawei is claiming highest downlinks of 150 Mbit/s on the test network.