7 May 2011 08:53 am
Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel, the National Mobile Telecom Service Provider, announced that it has carried out a successful trial of LTE (Long Term Evolution) Technology achieving speeds of up to 96 Mbps. Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel has set another record in the region for the third consecutive time demonstrating broadband speeds of up to 96Mbps in downlink and 49Mbps in uplink using LTE technology. Picture shows (L –R) Mr.Lawrence Paratz – Director, Sri Lanka Telecom and Mobitel, Mr. Greg Young – CEO, Sri Lanka Telecom, Mr. Shameendra Rajapaksa - Director, Sri Lanka Telecom, Mrs. Anoma Laphir – Director, Mobitel, Mr. Jayantha Dharmadasa - Director, Sri Lanka Telecom, Mr. Jeffrey Jay Blatt – Director, Sri Lanka Telecom, Mr. Nimal Welgama – Chairman, Sri Lanka Telecom and Mobitel, Mr. Anusha Palpita - Director General of the Telecommunication Regulatory Commission, Mr. Wijesiri Ambawatta - Director, Mobitel and Mr. Suren J. Amarasekera - CEO, Mobitel who attended the event.