Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTC) Group announced that it has successfully offered nation-wide HSPDA/ 3.5G service throughout the kingdom of Bahrain through its subsidiary, MTC Bahrain. This technology is the fastest wireless broadband access technology using mobile phones.
In a press release, MTC Group said HSPDA service dramatically increases the data by up to five times that of existing 3G networks, and 15 times that of GPRS networks, with data rates of up to 1.8 M bits per second.
Mahmoud Hashish, the Chief Opearting Officer at MTC-Vodafone (Bahrain) said that by providing this service, MTC has become one of the mobile telecommunications icons worldwide. He said MTC Bahrain has launched other advanced services such as 3G, EDGE; K and GPRS.
Hashish said MTC Bahrain always strove to provide and acquire the most advanced technology to serve its vision to be a highly developed company with distinguished and efficient products meeting the needs and aspirations of customers in terms of mobile telecommunications and wireless technologies.
He further said:”This service strengthens our position as market leaders in innovation and bringing new technologies. In addition, it will immediately impact Mobile internet users who have the need to access the internet at high speeds (Broadband) as they are continuously on the move with their laptops.”
“The launch and provisioning of nation-wide commercial HSDPA (3.5 G) service throughout the kingdom of Bahrain reaffirms MTC-Vodafone (Bahrain)’s innovation leadership by providing our customers the latest mobile technology in in global high-tech services. We are proud that MTC-Vodafone is now among the first telecom operators in the world to provide high-speed multimedia mobile services beyond 3rd generation,” Hashich asserted.
Elaborating on MTC-Vodafone’s HSDPA service offering, Mr. Ismail Fikree, Chief Technology Officer at MTC-Vodafone (Bahrain) said, ‘This technology will help us tap into a larger segment of data users’ market in Bahrain. With the 3.5 G service, we are now capable of providing true broadband wireless data services, and giving the users choice of data speeds based on their requirements(HSDPA (3.5 G), 3G, EDGE, and GPRS).’
To find out more about the MTC-Vodafone (Bahrain) products and services, log on to: www.mtc-vodafone.com.bh or call the customer service center at 107.
MTC-Vodafone (Bahrain)’s launch of the new service puts the kingdom among the first countries in the world to have 3.5G, which, due to the massively increased speed, enhances the appeal of mobile technology for internet access and dowloading of high resolution movies, video, interactive games and multimedia tracks.
MTC-Vodafone (Bahrain)’s HSDPA technology (3.5 G) further enhances the customers’ experience of data services and expands the range of WoW services. The world’s fastest data downlink speeds of up to 14.4 Mbps are possible through HSDPA access, with the current maximum being 1.8 M bits per second.
The evolution of 3.5 G technology gives MTC Vodafone (Bahrain)’s mobile data customers convenient wireless internet access anywhere, any time. Used with a PC or laptop, the technology presents a real alternative internet service to dial-up, low speed ADSL and high speed ADSL.
About MTC
MTC is the pioneer of mobile telecommunications in the Middle East and now a major player on the African continent. We began life in 1983 in Kuwait as the region’s first mobile operator, and since the initiation of our “3x3x3” expansion strategy in 2002, we have expanded rapidly.
As a leading mobile and data services operator in 6 Middle Eastern and 14 sub-Saharan African countries with 9000 employees, we provide a comprehensive range of mobile voice and data services to over 23 million individual and business customers.
We operate in Kuwait and Bahrain as mtc-vodafone, in Jordan as Fastlink, in Iraq as mtc atheer, in Lebanon as mtc touch, in Sudan as Mobitel and in 14 sub-Saharan countries in Africa as Celtel: Burkina Faso, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Madagascar, Niger, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Nigeria.
Listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange (Code; Tele), MTC’s market capitalization exceeded US$11.8 billion as of May 1st 2006. For more visit: www.mtctelecom.com
