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15.05.2008« [telecommunications — телекоммуникация — telekommunikation]
nigeria — globacom and alca-lu sign network deal
French-US vendor Alcatel-Lucent has announced the inking of a contract with Nigerian second national operator (SNO) Globacom to increase the capacity and performance of its mobile and fixed networks. The project is part of the operator’s move to an all-IP network, enabling the provision of triple-play services, and includes improvements to the core fixed and mobile infrastructures as well as radio access and microwave backhaul systems. No dates or financial details have yet been publicised.
Source: TeleGeography's CommsUpdate
globacom
Globacom is Nigeria's second national operator (SNO), and was awarded licences to provide GSM, fixed voice, data and long-distance telephony services in Nigeria in August 2002, for which it paid USD200 million. The company became the fastest growing mobile operator in the country, signing up a million subscribers in the first nine months of operations, and claimed in excess of twelve million mobile customers by the end of 2007. Globacom is majority owned by Nigerian petrochemical firm Conpetro, which is itself owned by entrepreneur Mike Adenuga. The company is 100%-owned by Nigerian investors.
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