Nigerian telecommunications operator Globacom and Chinese firm Huawei have signed a NGN116.25 billion (US$750 million) agreement to expand Globacom’s network capacity.
ThisDay reports Globacom chief operating officer Mohamed Jameel said at the signing of the agreement in Lagos the project was part of the company’s tenth birthday celebrations.
He said the company was looking to enhance the subscriber experience on Globacom’s network.
“After 10 years in business, we decided to upscale our network 10-fold to the very latest technology in global telecommunications,” he said. “The massive expansion project will involve network upgrade and overhaul of infrastructure across the country as well as expansion and densification projects that will on completion in six months, enable the network to cater more for its existing and potential subscribers,” Jameel said.
“This is a huge expansion project. We promise Globacom and its teeming subscribers that we will meet their expectations and deliver a network they will all be proud of. Globacom is definitely going places,” said David Fan, Huawei vice president in West Africa.
The partnership will see Globacom increase mobile switching centres as well as lay 4,000 kilometres of fibre optic fibre cable.
Globacom already has the most extensive fibre network in Nigeria.
