{"id":139632,"date":"2015-09-22T21:32:33","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T19:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=139632"},"modified":"2015-09-23T07:17:33","modified_gmt":"2015-09-23T05:17:33","slug":"cell-c-lte-network-live-for-more-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/139632-cell-c-lte-network-live-for-more-users.html","title":{"rendered":"Cell C LTE network live for more users"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several Cell C subscribers have reported they are able to connect to the operator\u2019s LTE network.<\/p>\n

Posting on Twitter and the MyBroadband forums, those who noticed the change applauded Cell C.<\/p>\n

\u201c@CellC I\u2019ve just switched to LTE – is it now a thing? Please say so.\u201d one subscriber posted on Twitter with a screenshot of their iPhone showing LTE next to the Cell C carrier string.<\/p>\n

In response, Cell C\u2019s Twitter account said, \u201cThis is now a thing\u201d.<\/p>\n

Speed tests, coverage map<\/h3>\n

Cell C subscribers also posted results of speed tests they conducted. A screenshot of one on\u00a0the MyBroadband forum is shown below.<\/p>\n

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Cell C LTE speed test in Kyalami<\/p><\/div>\n

Cell C\u2019s website also shows a coverage map for its LTE network in Gauteng.<\/p>\n

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Cell C LTE coverage map for Joburg – September 2015<\/p><\/div>\n

Ongoing LTE roll-out at Cell C<\/h3>\n

Earlier in 2015, Cell C announced it planned to invest R8 billion in its LTE network over the next 3 years<\/strong><\/a>, focusing on metropolitan areas.<\/p>\n

Cell C has signed supply agreements with Huawei and ZTE, which will drive the roll out of the planned 4,000 LTE sites.<\/p>\n

The first areas to receive the expanded LTE network will be Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, and the Western Cape.<\/p>\n

It also recently announced it will\u00a0invest R427 million into its Western Cape network<\/strong><\/a> between June and December 2015.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile we had only expected to begin LTE roll-out in this region from 2016, the successful and timeous roll-out of the service in Gauteng has meant that we can push our roll-out in the Western Cape forward,\u201d said Cell C.<\/p>\n

According to the network, it will have rolled out about 200 LTE sites in the Western Cape by the end of November.<\/p>\n

More Cell C LTE news<\/h3>\n

Cell C expands LTE network<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Cell C\u2019s R8 billion LTE network plans<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A number of Cell C subscribers have reported they are picking up Cell C\u2019s LTE signal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":79089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[36,355,18116],"class_list":["post-139632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cellular","tag-active","tag-cell-c","tag-long-term-evolution-lte"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139632"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139632"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139638,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139632\/revisions\/139638"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}