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China to provide 4.5G services to Pakistan by June 2017

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will soon get the 4.5G services, which will be made operational by June 2017 in five cities of the country, it emerged on Tuesday.

The services will be provided to Pakistan by Chinese company Huawei who has inked the deal with Wi-tribe, an internet provider service in the country.

The company revealed a $15 million contract and strategic partnership with Huawei for advanced upgrade of LTE in at least five cities including; Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Karachi and Faisalabad.

The advanced technology would be first tested at the head office, Islamabad, before making it fully operational across the city. The induction of LTE-A in Pakistan’s broadband-saturated market is a first, while, 3.5 GHz is being deployed in South Asia and Middle East.

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.