KOTA KINABALU, Dec 5 (Bernama) — Maxis Bhd will be developing Long Term Evolution (LTE) or 4G sites in Sabah and Sarawak next year, beginning with key towns.
Its Joint Chief Operating Officer (COO) Mark Dioguardi said Maxis is currently awaiting the appropriate licences to be formalised and could not ascertain when the High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) service would be made available next year.
“But definitely not towards the end of next year. That’s for sure,” he said at a media luncheon here Wednesday.
“We have been conducting extensive LTE-DC (dual carrier) HSPA+ interworking tests and optimisation in a live network environment using commercial devices to ensure that customers can enjoy seamless broadband experience wherever they are located,” he said.
Dioguardi noted that there were 664 2G sites and 280 3G sites in Sabah with a population coverage of 81 per cent and 44 per cent, respectively.- BERNAMA