{"id":215117,"date":"2015-11-24T06:00:26","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T20:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=215117"},"modified":"2015-11-24T06:00:26","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T20:00:26","slug":"ite-launches-saipans-first-4g-lte-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/ite-launches-saipans-first-4g-lte-network\/","title":{"rendered":"IT&#038;E launches Saipan\u2019s first 4G LTE network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IT&amp;E officially launches today the CNMI\u2019s first ever Long-Term Evolution Network, better known as LTE.  This service is now available to all IT&amp;E wireless customers with an LTE capable phone at no additional charge.<\/p>\n<p>IT&amp;E has installed a total of six fully operational sites that have been strategically placed around the island to provide IT&amp;E\u2019s wireless customers with premier 4G LTE wireless service. These selected areas are Garapan, Gualo Rai, Kannat Tabla, Susupe, Chalan Kanoa, and Mt. Tapochau.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very excited that our customers can now use and enjoy the best available high speed data service right here at home,\u201d said John M. Compton, IT&amp;E\u2019s chief operating officer.<\/p>\n<p>This new LTE network and expanded 4G network represents another substantial investment in the CNMI but, it is only part of the estimated $30 million additional investment that IT&amp;E has committed to make in the CNMI.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition to this expanded wireless network, we have begun the installation of a fiber optic network on Saipan as well as other projects that are all designed to increase the quality of our services to all of our customers,\u201d Compton said.<\/p>\n<p>IT&amp;E encourages its customers to stop by any IT&amp;E store location or contact (670) 682-4483 to get more information about how to configure their mobile device to automatically connect to IT&amp;E 4G LTE. <strong>(IT&amp;E)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IT&amp;E officially launches today the CNMI\u2019s first ever Long-Term Evolution Network, better known as LTE&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1351,26,6896,250],"class_list":["post-215117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","tag-chalan-kanoa","tag-cnmi","tag-lte","tag-network"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215117\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}