du celebrates another successful year of its next generation network operations

Celebrating another milestone year of its network operations, du yesterday released some key statistics of its network operations and achievements, while reaffirming its commitment to continue as the industry pace-setter. On the mobile front, du announced that it has increased its 4G LTE footprint by more than double and also doubled the original Radio capacity to accommodate the significant increase in the Mobile Data Traffic, since the launch of its 4G network in June 2012, and during 2012-13 alone, du's investments in its 3G and 2G network capabilities have resulted in an increase of its radio network capacity significantly by 60%. Saleem Albalooshi, Executive Vice President - Network Development and Operations in du, commented: "Telecom customers are increasingly becoming data-savvy and an integral part of their lifestyle is our world-class 4G LTE network - it is at the heart of what we do. Speed, high quality, and reliability are three virtues that we believe in when it comes to network coverage. The constant need to be in a converged environment - whether, its keeping in touch with near and dear ones, or having access to work-related information at the fingertips is not an option - it's critical. And our team is always working - investing time and resources in building state-of-the- art indoor and outdoor network features that enables a superb user experience, irrespective of wherever customers are located in the UAE." du is continuously investing and aggressively increasing its indoor coverage solutions as well as in expanding the mobile backhaul capacity which more than doubled last year as well. du is constantly investing in state-of-the-art network features that enables the company to enable more users on its network without sacrificing the end-user experience. "Work is currently ongoing in expanding its network capacity by deploying an additional 3rd carrier for its 3G network to further accommodate even more users moving forward. The addition of HD (High Definition) Voice is a unique facility that offers crystal clear telephonic conversations on latest smartphones," the company said. The company quoted TRA's UAE Cellular Mobile Networks Benchmarking 2012 report, and said that "our network performs better than competition on several parameters: The best of 98.62% Call Completion rate, Minimum Call drop rate that does not exceed 0.35 %. "We are state-of-the-art and we are ready for the future: Latest State-of-the-art LTE Network capable of 150Mbps peak throughput, du in collaboration with Nokia Solutions and Networks (NSN) successfully tested the latest LTE-Advanced Technology of Carrier-Aggregation reaching speeds of up to 300Mbps and du in collaboration with Huawei successfully tested 4x4MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) reaching speeds of up to 300Mbps." - Emirates News Agency, WAM