Digicel Tonga upgrades its LTE network

When offering any network service, companies or telecom operators should consider improving the quality of the service in order to boost coverage and provide capacity and speed.

Each network wireless broadband communication demands a different solution, therefore, 4G require LTE, which is Long-Term Evolution and a standard for wireless broadband communication for mobile devices and data terminals.

Digicel Tonga has successfully implemented a network-wide upgrade to LTE on all its cell sites.

Tonga’s leading telecommunication and entertainment provider, Digicel Tonga, announced “The completion of a major TOP 1.8million network upgrade. All sites are upgraded to LTE network and Digicel Tonga is the first operator to achieve this on the island.”

“The upgrade has been implemented in all cell sites across the islands of Tongatapu, Ha’apai, Vava’u and ‘Eua, and was set to boost coverage and provide improved capacity and speed,” Digicel Tonga said in a statement.

25 percent of the company’s sites were upgraded to LTE during the first phase of the upgrade project which started in late 2019, while the second phase of the upgrade started in May 2020 to bring the remaining sites up to LTE.

Customers are using 77% more data than they did in June 2019 because of the upgrade allowing for additional data capacity using the latest LTE technology.

Digicel Tonga CEO, Anthony Seuseu said; “We simply want to give every Tongan the best mobile data experience and become their digital lifestyle partner. We are now living in a time where our online and digital experiences are part of our lives.  The TOP $1.8million investment in our data network over the last 12 months is a major milestone for Tonga to celebrate and be proud of. We are the first and only operator to upgrade all our towers 100% LTE in Tonga.”