Telecommunications services
provider, Airtel Nigeria has taken
a step to lead a new phase of
telecoms revolution in the
country as it announced the
completion of the Long Term
Evolution (LTE) trial in Lagos, the
commercial nerve centre of
Nigeria.
LTE, widely accepted as the true
4G, is a standard for wireless
communication of high-speed
data for mobile phones and data
terminals. It is based on advanced
network technologies with a
central focus of increasing the
capacity and speed using a
different radio interface
together with enhanced core
network.
With the successful completion of
the first 4G LTE trial in Lagos,
Airtel says it is ready for test in
the other major cities across the
country including Abuja and Port
Harcourt.
The company added that the
Lagos trial threw up exciting
results as data users could open
up simultaneous HD Videos on
Youtube without buffering.
Download speed, under ideal
conditions was 37 Megabits per
Second (Mbps), while under non-
ideal conditions, was 32 Mbps;
upload speed was - 10.6 Mbps.
Measurement under non ideal
condition was done using
www.Speedtest.net.
Speaking on the trial, the chief
executive officer and managing
director of Airtel Nigeria, Rajan
Swaroop said Airtel is committed
to strengthening its position as a
true pioneer of innovation in the
Nigerian telecommunications
domain, saying this is in line with
its overall corporate vision of
becoming the most loved brand in
the daily lives of Nigerians.
"At Airtel, we pride ourselves as
leaders and we are passionate
about continuously creating the
next innovation to empower
telecoms consumers and enrich
the lives of our customers across
the country. In the coming weeks,
we shall take this success story
to other parts of the country so
that Nigerians will benefit from
this innovation when finally
unveiled," said Swaroop.
LTE is a truly global mobile phone
standard for advanced mobile
broadband. There is use of
different frequency bands in
different countries, which will
mean that only multi-band phones
will be able to use LTE in all
countries where it is supported.
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