Flow/LIME is bringing LTE to its 16 Caribbean Markets, but what does it all mean?

Last week, Cable & Wireless Communications plc (CWC), the parent company for the Flow and LIME brands in the Caribbean, announced that with support from global telecoms infrastructure and services provider, Ericsson, it will soon be deploying 4G LTE technology (Source:  CWC). Although no time frame was suggested, CWC, with Ericsson’s help, will be upgrading its mobile/cellular networks in the 42 countries across the Caribbean and Latin America where it has a presence.

It should be noted that Flow/LIME’s competitor in the mobile/cellular space, Digicel, has already rolled out LTE in some of the countries it serves; hence the technology is not new to the region. However, the terms 4G and LTE have been bandied about for several years now, and one might still be unsure of what they mean, and the implications therein. Here we offer a refresher on the subject.  More