From 3g To Lte: The Feasibility Of The Transition For Zimbabwe Mobile Operators

Abstract

Mobile telecoms industry has become a key element of productivity across economies and

societies worldwide. The rigorous demand for delivery of services of uncompromising quality in

the highly competitive cellular industry has challenged the operators to constantly upgrade their

networks. In Zimbabwe we have witnessed a significant transformation within this sector

because of the impact it has on the economy with LTE being the latest technology to be

considered by most mobile operators.

While LTE is the fastest-growing cellular technology in history in terms of subscription-number

growth, it is still very much a new technology both in terms of the total number of subscriptions

and also the maturity of the service proposition. This report aims at researching on the feasibility

for Zimbabwean operators to migrate from 3G to 4G LTE by analyzing the current state of the

mobile telecom industry in Zimbabwe.