Mobitel launches mobile 4G/LTE network
Mobile Service Provider – Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel, launched a
Mobile 4G/LTE network to provide enhanced services to the public.
Mobitel’s latest addition to the technology portfolio is the natural
successor of the telecommunication evolution of the world.
With the latest addition, Mobitel will be one of the most decorated
and equipped operators in the world in the technology front which
includes FD LTE, HSPA+ DC, HSPA, UMTS and 2G services. This will enable
Mobitel to provide an enhanced and diversified service to its customer
base.
Mobitel carried out a successful trial of 4G/LTE with a downlink
speed exceeding 96 Mbps for the first time in the South Asian Region in
May 2011. Mobitel established its dominance of the mobile technology
industry by being one of the first ten mobile service providers in the
world to launch a 3.5G HSPA network in 2007. Mobitel was also the first
company with a Super 3.5 G network in South Asia.
Mobitel will be able to yield the best out of the mobile 4G/LTE
services with the power of its parent company SLT’s extensive fibre
network which will be beneficial to the country’s future. All these
investments are part of the operator’s efforts towards leading the
development of the country’s ICT infrastructure in keeping with its
image of being the National Mobile Service Provider.
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