Mobile leader Advanced Info Service (AIS) has developed its wireless broadband network to support the parade of upcoming 4.5G smartphones in Thailand as the company seeks to serve the proliferation of data. In collaboration with chipset maker Qualcomm, the country's largest mobile operator yesterday rolled out its commercial LTE Advanced service, or 4.5G network. LTE Advanced offers ultra-fast network speeds of 150-300Mbps, which is 130% faster than LTE 4G in terms of upload speeds and 150% faster for download speeds. "Our 4.5G network can offer speeds of up to 400Mbps, while the network capacity can scale up to gigabit-per-second," Mr Wasit said. Kriengsak Wanichnatee, chief technology officer of AIS, said the company will invest 45 billion baht to expand its mobile network coverage and increase capacity to accommodate exploding mobile data.

Source: Bangkok Post March 14, 2017 00:51 UTC