Lithuanian mobile operator Omnitel has revealed that the number of its LTE customers has grown from 9,500 to 111,000 in the past year. The TeliaSonera-owned company launched commercial 4G mobile broadband services in Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda, Siauliai and Panevezys four years ago – on 28 April 2011. Since then, the network has been steadily expanded to more than 80% of the population, with over 400 4G base stations installed across the country. Omnitel extended 4G services to smartphone users in March 2014 and in December the cellco began offering LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) services to customers in Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda, Siauliai and Panevezys.