 Based on market research, it requested for its license to be expanded to permit use of the 1800 MHz range which was allowed in the summer of 1999.On December 1, 1999 there were 14 active GSM 900/1800 base stations with the plan to have 11 more operational before the end of the millennium.LMT announced on April 3, 2000 that it was partnering with Hansabank to release the first ever mobile banking solution in the country.