Kuwait Telecommunication Company VIVA, a STC Group company, has launched commercial 4G LTE service in Kuwait. LTE services will be available in selected central areas in Kuwait at the beginning, whereby the network coverage to expand in the near future to cover all areas. 

"As VIVA has always been the pioneer in providing customers with the latest in the field of telecommunication, the step taken towards the launch of the LTE technology, for the first time in Kuwait, comes after the company had secured the latest and advanced equipments needed to launch and effectively activate this eagerly awaited technology," said VIVA CEO Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Badran.

VIVA plans to continue investing in the advanced (LTE) technology over the coming period, to cope with the latest broadband technologies and to meet the customers' expectation and to lead the development of telecommunication sector in Kuwait.