From The New Times via All Africa

High speed Internet broadband services based on 4G Long-Term Evolution (LTE) technology will be in place by August, Jean Philbert Nsengimana, the Minister for Youth and Information Communication Technology (ICT), has said.

The minister told Business Times in an interview that currently they were running tests on the technology, adding that the 220 cars transporting delegates for the on-going African Development Bank Annual Meetings already were using the facility.

Last year, Korea Telecom, South Korea’s largest telecom company, signed an agreement with Rwanda to deploy the 4G Long Term Evolution broadband network across the country, a development that would ensure fast, reliable and cheaper Internet services. The broadband speed is almost three times faster than those previously available in the country, like 3G and 2G.

Nsengimana said when the 4G broadband is launched, it will boost Rwanda’s Internet services, especially under the ‘Smart Kigali’ initiative that was commissioned last September. The initiative gives residents of the City of Kigali access to free wireless Internet in specific areas.

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