Go is promising to raise internet speed to 21 Mbp

Go says it has taken the lead as the best mobile internet provider on the island, promising better speeds in a few weeks’ time.

It says it can already offer 14.4 Mbps speeds for mobile internet downloads nationwide – the best speed currently available on the island. That will increase to 21 Mbps across the whole country within weeks, Go is promising.

According to the Cisco Visual Networking Index, worldwide mobile data traffic will increase 18-fold over the next five years, so connection speed will be a key factor.

“Go is the only provider in Malta whose base stations are linked to the network core and the internet via fibre, so customers benefit from superb fast links all the way from their mobile to the base station as well as from the base station to the world wide web,” chief technology officer Michael Mertsch explains.

The service provider signed a contract with Nokia Siemens Networks last September, launching a process to replace its existing radio mobile net-work with state-of-the-art, energy-efficient base stations. It will also add new sites to expand coverage and improve network performance.