Glo Breaks Another Barrier, Launches The First 4G-LTE Network
Globacom on Tuesday, January 11, blazed another trail in the country
as it launched the First 4G-LTE network of Nigeria. Long Term Evolution
(LTE) is a revolutionary Fourth Generation Mobile Technology which
enhances the data transfer rates delivering unmatched mobile broadband
experience and highest data speeds and reliability.
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Globacom’s Group
Chief Operating Officer, Mr Mohamed Jameel, (middle) speaking at the
launch of Glo 4G LTE in Lagos on January 11. He is flanked by Chief
Technical Officer (Engineering) Globacom, Mr Peter Schubert, and Glo
Ambassador, Uche Jombo.
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LTE is the next step from 3.5G & High Speed Packet Access (HSPA)
for many users not only those on the GSM technology curve but also for
others too, such as CDMA and WiMAX and is touted to offer the
path-breaking 4G experience for consumers.
It presents an unimaginable opportunity to deliver lightning fast
data speeds in excess of 100Mb/s uplink and 50Mb/s downlink. As such, it
will revolutionize deployment of data centric applications, High
Definition Video Streaming, HD-Video bridging, Interactive Multiple
Gamming, E-Health Care etc.
An elated Group Chief Operating Officer of Globacom, Mr. Mohamed
Jameel, told newsmen that though people could already browse the
internet or send e-mails using HSPA-enabled systems and send or receive
video or music using G phones, the experience with LTE would be even
better.
“It will further enhance more demanding applications like interactive
TV, mobile video blogging, advanced games or professional services,
enable more Nigerians to be on top of their game and thereby ruling
their world”, he added.
“For our subscribers, LTE offers the key benefits of performance and
capacity”, he said, adding that with its speed and reliability, LTE,
more than any other technology, already meets key 4G requirements. He
expressed happiness that Globacom was leading the way in introducing
another transformational experience in Nigeria as “we have always been
in the forefront of providing tools of business success for Nigerians”.
4G-LTE is designed to be backwards-compatible with GSM and HSPA,
incorporates Multiple In Multiple Out (MIMO) in combination with
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) in the downlink
and Single Carrier FDMA in the uplink to provide high levels of spectral
efficiency and end user data rates exceeding 100 Mbps. It is also
backed with major improvements in capacity and reductions in latency.
The Globacom GCOO also said that there were over 24 networks in the
world which had already adapted and launched 4G-LTE networks across the
world. “It’s the state of art technology and we will now connect the
demanding corporate customers and high data users through the latest
4G-LTE wireless broadband connection to Glo 1 and then the rest of the
world,” he noted. He further said that the company was being proactive
in meeting the mobile broadband need of its growing subscriber base. “As
the data dependence and applications grow, the need to deliver higher
speeds on wireless would continue to grow,” Jameel stated.
He disclosed that, by 2012, an estimated 1.8 billion people worldwide
would have access to broadband services and that nearly two-thirds of
this number would be mobile broadband consumers who would be served by
LTE (Long Term Evolution) networks. He said Globacom was committed to
bringing all such latest and best technologies available in the world to
Nigeria.
Mr Jameel recalled that Globacom led the way in the introduction of
cutting edge technology and services in Nigeria. Prominent among the
innovations which Globacom pioneered are the Per Second Billing,
Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), Magic Plus, Glo Direct, Glo Mobile
Internet, Glo Fleetmanager, M-Banking, Glo Mobile Office, Africhat, Glo
Foneplas, all running on a superior 2.5G network at roll-out. The
company also introduced Blackberry to Nigeria long before others began
to join the train and equally pioneered 3.5G commercial roll-out in the
country.
