Du preparing to introduce LTE in July

UAE telco Du has confirmed that it will be launching its LTE service in July, although the company did not offer any details about what tariffs it is planning to offer.

The operator completed its first LTE pilot trials in April 2011. Coverage is expected to reach just under 28 per cent of the population of the country.

"Du is focusing more on the data than the voice," the telco’s chief commercial officer Farid Faraidooni told Gulf News. "We are investing heavily on infrastructure for mobile broadband customers."

The LTE network will operate in the 1800MHz spectrum band.

The LTE launch comes after Du’s launch of 42 Mbps mobile broadband services, currently the fastest in the country, after having upgraded its network to DC-HSPA+ technology.