Sri Lankan operator Dialog Axiata switched on a pilot LTE network in Colombo city, which it said “signals South Asia’s first touch exposition of Long Term Evolution (LTE) services.” It said that the network demonstrated the delivery of 100Mbit/s in indoor mode and 40–50Mbit/s in outdoor conditions. It also said it will “conduct extensive trials of 4G-LTE technology in parallel with the expansion its of High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA)+ services across all provinces of Sri Lanka.”