Viva, the newest telecom player in the Bahrain, said it has reconfirmed its position as the provider of the fastest mobile broadband in the kingdom with the launch of its 42Mbps HSPA+ network upgrade.

The upgrade on the network will also coincide with the launch of Viva’s new broad band dongles that reach up to 42Mbps as well as the fastest home and business broadband routers.

This means that Viva now provides the fastest broadband for home, business and mobile uses, said a Viva statement.

The new broadband devices will be available at all Viva branches and can be used with any of the existing competitive packages on offer.

Ibrahim bin Abdulrahman Al Omar, CEO of Viva said: “Delivering on our promise to bring innovation and best services to Bahrain, we have now introduced one of the latest broadband speeds available commercially anywhere in the world."

"This great news comes with the fact that there will be no extra charge to use the new speeds as all customers have access to it," he quipped.

"Also, Viva home broadband lets customers choose between prepaid and postpaid services at high speeds as all routers support prepaid recharge and check balance, that as well as being the only home service that offers high speed throughput without asking the customer to buy their speed," he added.-TradeArabia News Service