Nigeria’s telecommunications giant, Globacom has
taken its network expansion project a notch higher, as it signed a $500 million
network modernization and expansion contract with leading telecom vendors, ZTE
Corporation.
The Company had last Friday signed a $750 million
deal with the Huawei Technologies to massively expand the huge capacity of the
Glo network.
Speaking at the formal signing of the Memorandum of
Understanding with ZTE in Lagos, the Group Chief Operating officer of Globacom,
Mohamed Jameel, stated that the contract was part of the huge nationwide
network expansion and modernisation project to make communication on its
network a very smooth experience.
Jameel added that the company’s extensive network
expansion plan was another commitment on the part of Globacom towards providing
better GSM services for its numerous subscribers.
He thanked Glo subscribers for staying with the
Network, adding that the company will continue to make GSM services affordable.
Also speaking at the occasion, Managing Director of
ZTE, Zenghong Ma, stated that Glo-ZTE’s relationship dated back to five years,
adding that the new cooperation between the two companies would signal a new
era that would provide innovative solution in 2G and 3G expansion and upgrading
that would enhance the Glo network qualities.
He was optimistic that the expansion agreement would
deliver state-of-the-art technology to Globacom which would be of great benefit
to its subscribers and Nigerians generally.
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