Wi-tribe has announced the launch of 4.5G services, for the first time in Pakistan, which will be made operational by June 2017 in five cities of the country.According to a private news channel, wi-tribe revealed a $15 million contract and strategic partnership with China based Huawei for advanced upgrade of LTE in at least five cities including; Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Karachi and Faisalabad.The advanced technology would be first tested at the head office, Islamabad, before making it fully operational across the city. The induction of LTE-A in Pakistan's broadband saturated market is a first, while, 3.5 Ghz is being deployed in South Asia and Middle East.The LTE-A equipment is capable of delivering 1GB per second data whereas, LTE can go up to only 300MB per second. However, for now wi-tribe would provide 100Mbps per connection and by the end of 2018 it would be raised to 200Mbps.The industry has plans to deliver 400Mbps to its customers by 2019. Wi-Tribe was launched in Pakistan in 2009 and provides telecommunication services in five cities.