[Lusaka, Zambia, June 3, 2026] MTN Zambia and Huawei completed the world's first commercial deployment of new five-band LampSite solution at the Mulungushi International Conference Center. The solution combines 1.8 GHz, 2.1 GHz, 2.3 GHz, TDD 2.6 GHz, and 3.5 GHz in a single box and supports multi-band coordination for peak speeds of 1 Gbps. This deployment marks the start of a new phase of upgraded 5G indoor connectivity in Zambia.
2026 is a crucial year for scaling indoor 5G in Zambia, a country that has registered strong mobile network growth, evidenced by an expanding base of mobile Internet users and increasing popularity in HD video, livestreaming, and cloud services. This dynamic has put enormous pressure on indoor networks in heavy-traffic areas like exhibition centers, airports, and business districts.
This has been especially obvious at the Mulungushi Center, a venue for high-profile summits, exhibitions, and business events. The 3.5 GHz macro base stations were unable to ensure strong signals, while the distributed antenna system (DAS) lacked the capability to support multi-band, causing the indoor networks to fall short of 5G speed and capacity requirements. Separate multi-band networking increases equipment complexity, deployment time, and O&M costs.