April 14, 2010 – Although Nigeria’s telecommunications market remains dominated by pre-paid 2G services, operators are looking at Long Term Evolution (LTE) for the reason that this new technology c

April 14, 2010 – Although Nigeria’s telecommunications market remains dominated by pre-paid 2G services, operators are looking at Long Term Evolution (LTE) for the reason that this new technology could open up new revenue generating streams

Described as the next evolution in mobile network standard, LTE technology offers superior user experience, enhancing a wide variety of applications such as Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), mobile video blogging, advanced gaming, rich multimedia telephony etc. In addition, it is also known to interoperate with existing cellular systems.

Moreover, the emergence of LTE (Long Term Evolution) technology could eliminate the barriers to consolidation via mergers and acquisition in Nigeria’s telecommunication industry. This is because both CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) and GSM networks can co-exist simultaneously on this new radio platform, Business Day can now reveal.

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