Caption: Head of
Business Sales and Service, Kevin Woolmer, demonstrating the speed of 4G
By MATTHEW VARI
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 (Midweek Chronicle, PNG)
AVID
internet user in the nation’s capital in Port Moresby will now be the first to
have opportunity to surf with greater speeds thanks to the introduction of 4th
Generation (4G) Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless network, last week at the
Royal Papua Yacht Club.
With the
first 10 4G sites switched already operational- various corporate entities were
treated to live demonstrations conducted and product displays that run the
wireless format.
Digicel PNG
CEO John Mangos spoke of the mobile communications provider’s aim to push the
boundaries of their product line in bringing the best and latest to the
country’s marketplace.
“It has
been seven years now since we started and here we now have 4G,” he said.
“We have
two aims in this country- the first being to provide full geographic coverage,
as we believe that there are two million people out there still to be reached.”
“We want to
bring in the latest technologies that are available in developed countries in
the world.”
The second
aim being to bring service right across the country- through our commitment to
the government by increasing our current coverage from 75 percent to over 90
percent.
He said
that the 4G platform was all about speed for their customers- sighting the
issue of black spots in its coverage at the beginning, but assuring its rollout
to spread in the two main cities of Lae and Port Moresby and eventually be
available to prepaid formats for 4G compatible handsets.
When
tested, the format reaches speeds from between 15 megabytes per second on fully
engaged (a lot of users connected) router devices to over 30 megabytes per
second speeds using the specialized sim card.
Greatly
reducing problems associated with page loading and buffering issues for
streaming live videos, and music.
Launched
alongside the new service, were the compatible devices that will enable any
Wifi enabled device to receive the new speed through Mifi units, and Routers
that are available at selected Digicel outlets.
Smart
phones compatible to use the speed format via the new LTE sim include Samsung
Galaxy S4 and iPhone 5 mobile phones.
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