 In September 2009, Moldova was the first country in the world to launch high-definition voice services (HD voice) for mobile phones, and the first country in Europe to launch 14.4 Mbit/s mobile broadband on a national scale, with over 40% population coverage., there are around 1,295,000 Internet users in Moldova with overall Internet penetration of 35.9%.On 6 June 2012, the Government approved the licensing of 4G / LTE for mobile operators.