BICS, the wholesale carrier services provider, today announced that the number of operators deploying Long-Term Evolution (LTE) roaming had grown rapidly during the last year, with services now available in 75 countries.
Originally launched in Asia, North America, Europe and Africa in 2013, the technology was adopted in 2014 by Russia, South Africa, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, France, Poland and Rwanda. The service provides higher quality data service to both customers and roaming visitors to the network.
Commonly known as 4G, LTE networks are now available in 112 countries.
Mikaël Schachne, VP Mobile Data Business, BICS, commented: "The growth in the number of networks offering LTE roaming services last year was astounding."
He added: "We can now expect carriers to begin utilising the whole spectrum of services enabled by IPX, including deploying next generation voice services and value added packages for subscribers, to further enhance services for their own customers and incoming roamers."
