By Bernama,
Vientiane : Lao Telecommunication is preparing for the expansion of network system to deal with the new service of 3 Generation mobile system, Lao news agency (KPL) reports Wednesday.
The 3G mobile system expects to be completed by August this year.
The Lao Telecommunication is going to upgrade its capacity and software of each centre nationwide for opening new service of 3G mobile network, along with 117 stations and Intelligent Network (IN) system would be also upgraded which increase its capacity to 1.3 million of numbers, from 1 million of number mobile phone.
The expansion of network system is to provide the quality service for customers and to deal with the increased volume of mobile market in Laos which is being grown fast.
The expansion of network system was a joint venture of Lao Telecommunication with three foreign companies including Alcatel Shanghai Bell Co Ltd, Huawei Technologies Co Ltd from China, and Ericsson (Thailand) Ltd.
The total investment is US$15 million (about 140 billion kip).