Friday, 06 January 2012 15:20 | James Barton
A leading operator in the Bahamas has upgraded its mobile network to provide services based on 4G HSPA+ technology. The new mobile data network provided by the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC), a branch of Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC), will enable customers to access mobile data services such as games, video and mobile applications for the first time.
Bahamians previously only had access to 2G mobile services. The operator has also launched mobile broadband services so that islanders can start to use laptops and tablet computers without needing to be in range of a fixed or Wi-Fi broadband network.
Geoff Houston, the Chief Executive of BTC, said: “Using 4G, customers can communicate, engage socially, handle business and manage many other aspects of life using mobile handsets. For both Bahamians, and the tourists on which this economy depends, this is another significant step forward in the modernisation of the telecommunications infrastructure for these islands.”
The 4G mobile network was turned on by Prime Minister of The Bahamas, Hubert A. Ingraham, who said: “In the most basic terms, and complementing the government’s e-government initiative, this new technology means that BTC is offering a modern platform where persons are able to complete a banking transaction and renew their driver’s license from their mobile phone device, whilst taking care of other matters.”
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