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Wimax players to offload LTE before mobile operators

Banglalion, Qubee prepare to launch the service

Abdullah Mamun
Wimax operators look set to launch LTE (long term evolution) services, a standard for high-speed internet connection, before the mobile operators.
Banglalion and Qubee recently got the nod to set up and operate LTE services, said Sunil Kanti Bose, chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission,.
Both the operators will go for LTE trials this year, while Banglalion will launch the service by the middle of next year.
"We will go for a LTE trial this year and launch the service by mid-next year. We are currently doing the ground work," said Azhar Chowdhury, chief coordinator of Banglalion.
Qubee will also go for an LTE trial within the year but the launch date is yet to be set, according to Faisal Hyder, chief executive of the company.
LTE can provide greater data speed than Wimax or 3 G technology.
According to licensing conditions, Wimax operators can only offer internet protocol calls and will not be able to provide mobile voice call services.
Earlier, the regulator permitted four
mobile operators—Grameenphone, Banglalink, Robi and Airtel—to launch LTE along with their 3G services, but none of the operators agreed to offload the service because of scarcity of LTE-enabled devices in the country. All the four mobile operators have already begun trial runs of their 3G networks and are set to begin commercial services soon.
Wimax operators were in talks with the regulator to allow them to set up the LTE service as the Wimax technology will be obsolete in the next couple of years.
Globally, LTE is replacing Wimax as producers have stopped making related networking equipment and modems, making it impossible for Wimax operators to provide the service for long in the future, Qubee said in a letter to the BTRC.
According to officials at Qubee, the operator will be able to offload the technology over its existing network by installing additional equipment and software. Users will however need to change their modems to get LTE services.
LTE devices are still a challenge for operators as its
penetration is very low, said Chowdhury of Banglalion.
Wimax operators in Japan, Malaysia, the USA and Russia have already replaced their networks with LTE.