DIGICEL ANNOUNCES EXPANSION OF LTE NETWORK Monday 25th March 2013
Just four months after the successful launch of the Caribbean’s first 4G LTE home internet network, Digicel today announced plans for a major expansion of its network.
In early November, Digicel launched the Caribbean’s first LTE network offering fast ‘over the air’ broadband connectivity to the people of Antigua and Barbuda both at home and on the go. The initial network comprised 15 LTE sites - quickly followed by three more - which today together provide LTE coverage to over 70% of the population of Antigua and Barbuda.
Uptake of the network has been strong and actual customer data usage has far and away exceeded expectations showing that the people of Antigua and Barbuda are keen to enjoy high speed broadband and experience all the possibilities that access to it opens up for them.
In keeping with its commitment to deliver the best network and best service to customers, Digicel will be adding six sites to its network footprint resulting in a third more network capacity for customers to enjoy.
The target date for completion of this network expansion is the end of April.
Digicel Antigua and Barbuda’s Technical Manager, Orville Mathurin, explains; “We are always looking to ensure that we deliver the best network and best service and, with that in mind, we have brought forward our network expansion plans.”
“The vast majority of our customers are enjoying the benefits of high speed broadband and we are delighted with the feedback they are giving us,” comments Digicel Antigua & Barbuda CEO, Victor Corcoran. “Earlier this month, we completed a customer satisfaction survey calling hundreds of our customers and were very encouraged by the results with 84% of people describing themselves as either happy or very happy with our service.”
He continues; “We are committed to bringing the benefits of high speed internet to as many people as possible and have therefore accelerated this significant network expansion to ensure that as many people as possible can experience a fast reliable internet connection and can do, play, listen and share more with today’s technology”.
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