Sri Lanka’s premier telecom service provider, Dialog Axiata, announced the commencement of its 4th Generation LTE pilot Network in the City of Colombo. The pilot network will initially cover several key zones within the city and is billed to be the first exposition of a 4th Generation LTE network in the South Asian region.
Director General of the Telecommunications Regulator Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) Mr. Anusha Pelpita officiated at a demonstration of LTE network capabilities featuring the achievement of data speeds in excess of 100 MBps in indoor demonstration mode, and 40-50 MBps in outdoor mobile usage scenarios within the city.
The DG-TRCSL Mr Anusha Pelpita in congratulating Dialog on embarking on the bold initiative of setting up a Pilot LTE network said, “Sri Lanka has consistently been at the helm of technology introduction in the region. The TRCSL is very proud to note the achievements of the mobile sector in delivering mobile voice and broadband services to a Sri Lankan consumers on a very affordable basis – this has driven penetration of voice service to close to 80% and broadband services are now enjoying rapid growth. Dialog’s initiative to set up a Pilot LTE Network – introducing the next generation of broadband technology to the Sri Lankan market will no doubt add further impetus towards the achievement of the Government’s objective of making quality broadband services available to all citizens”.
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