FIELD TEST OF PRE-5G LTE ADVANCED PRO TECHNOLOGY

Sri Lankan ICT solutions provider and licensed national backbone network operator Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), together with Huawei Technologies, successfully carried out South Asia’s first comprehensive field trial of Pre-5G LTE Advanced Pro technology, laying the groundwork for the next generation of broadband technologies. SLT expects to commercially launch its Pre-5G LTE Advanced Pro network by the end of this year and continue developing technology capabilities further for a successful 5G launch by 2020 – the year in which 5G standardisation is expected to be completed and fixed by the respective world bodies for commercial operations.