Ooredoo Maldives launches the country into the era of 5G in partnership with Huawei
The Maldives has entered the 5G era with the commercial launch of Ooredoo Maldives’ 5G mobile service, available across the Greater Male region. Ooredoo 5G delivers download speeds of up to 1Gb/s.
The launch followed the announcement in March 2020 by the telco’s parent company, Qatar-based Ooredoo Group, of a partnership with Huawei to upgrade its mobile networks to 5G in five of the countries where it currently operates – Kuwait, Oman, Indonesia, Tunisia, and the Maldives. Ooredoo is deploying Huawei’s 5G SingleRAN radio system with Massive MIMO technology, along with its 5G Cloud Core solution.
The Maldives’ other major telco and mobile operator, Dhiraagu, trialled 5G technology as far back as 2018. However, there is yet to be any indication of the company being ready to launch a commercial service, as there remains considerable capacity on its existing LTE infrastructure.
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Companies Mentioned
- Dhiraagu
- Wataniya
- Ooredoo Maldives
- Focus Infocom
- Thuraya
- Cable & Wireless Communications.