Unable to connect to 4G+ on my phone (Nokia 8 Sirocco) which i bought overseas - Android General

Hi, I bought a new Nokia 8 Sirocco from Hong Kong and is using on my home network in Singapore. However I am only able to connect to 4G network. The phone is not able to achieve 4G+ connection on my network.
The phone is able to support the bands that my telco is using, LTE band 3 and 7. I tried contacting my telco and the technician has been trying to troubleshoot the issue on the network side but unfortunately, they informed me that there is no issue with the network, and confirmed that the phone does support the bands of the network. In this case, I should be going back to HMD to request for assistance.
At the moment, HMD support doesn't seem to be of any help. If I do not mistaken, both Hong Kong and Singapore are using similar bands, ie Band 3 and 7....
May I know how I can enable my phone to achieve 4G+ speed instead of the usual 4G speed?
Thank you in advance.

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