Sierra Global to forefront 4G implementation
Sri Lanka has been leading the South Asian region in deploying of the
new technologies in the telecommunication sector. Telecommunications
Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) has been proactive in
introducing new technologies where Sri Lanka was the first to introduce
3G network followed by 3.5G network in South Asia.
From left: Gayan Rathnasiri, Deputy General Manager, Sales
and Marketing, Dr. Arosha Fernando, Director / CEO and
Buddhika Krishantha, Team Leader of Sierra Global at a base
station site in Kohuwala undertaking 4G implementation work. |
Now Sri Lanka has pioneered in the region in 4G technology with
Colombo becomes the first 4G enabled city in South Asia through the
launch of 4G pilot networks by few of the mobile operators recently. The
world’s first 4G service was launched in Sweden in December 2009.
In line with the industry trend Sierra Global Network Pvt Ltd, a
leading telecommunication infrastructure development and managed
services firm has been in the forefront in implementing new technologies
to Sri Lanka market through their in-house technical expert teams.
Sierra Global has been recently awarded to undertake the first 100 of 4G
base station sites in Sri Lanka which has been commenced last week in
selected locations in Colombo.
“In May 2005 Sierra Global has installed and commissioned the first
CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) network in Sri Lanka for one of the
country?s leading private fixed telecom operators, Lanka Bell through a
contract with Huawei Technologies of China.
With the assistance of Sierra Global, Lanka Bell has launched the
first of its 150 new CDMA base station sites using then the cutting edge
technology CDMA 2000-1X well ahead of the three month deadline given by
the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL)” said
Dr. Arosha Fernando, Director / CEO of Sierra Global.
“This was followed by Sierra Global taking the leading role in
implementation of 3G and 3.5G networks in Sri Lanka, and now with the 4G
network. Our company’s strategy has always been to be the leader in the
market and mostly we have achieved this through being first to learn the
latest technology.
We have reached this by providing the required R&D facilities and
training to our technical staff on a regular basis including some
selected technical courses from overseas countries such as Sweden,
France, Malaysia and China.
We are very much excited to undertake the work on the latest
technology 4G also known as LTE (Long Term Evolution) which is a
standard for wireless communication of high-speed data for mobile phones
and data terminals” Dr. Arosha further added. |