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SingTel Launches Commercial LTE Mobile Broadband Service
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Singapore based SingTel has commercially launched its LTE network. The service offers theoretical download speeds of up to 75Mbps, although typical download speeds will be between 3.4Mbps and 12Mbps.
At launch, the service provides outdoor coverage in the central financial district and other areas that experience high data usage. The service falls back to SingTel's 3G-based Premium 21 service when users roam outside the LTE coverage area.
Mr Yuen Kuan Moon, SingTel's Executive Vice President of Digital Consumer, said that SingTel is progressively expanding its network, which is expected to be able to provide LTE coverage for 80 percent of mobile data users by the end of 2012.
"The way we dimension the network is crucial in ensuring a high-quality and consistent experience for our customers. This is a premium network service at an affordable price. In addition to offering tremendous value for money, our price plans and data bundles play an important role in encouraging fair usage of network capacity and resources," he said.
In June, SingTel broke new ground by being the first in Singapore to publish the actual speeds of its 3G services.
"Similarly with LTE, we want our customers to know exactly what speeds they are getting so that they can make better informed choices," Mr Yuen said.
Broadband on Mobile Prestige 75 will initially be available for USB dongle modems only. It will be enhanced to support LTE-enabled smartphones and tablets when they become more readily available in the market.
Tags: [singtel] [lte] [Singapore]
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