Africa In Focus

Africa In Focus: "The mainstream thinking now is that Africa is different and we could get it right if we want. The choice is fully ours, and it is now time for us to define what we want."

African Development Bank (AFDB) President, Dr. Donald Kaberuka.

Monday, 24 December 2012

Alcatel-Lucent’s Investment in Africa, 2012



 Alcatel-Lucent Investment Highlights: 

North Africa: In December 2012, Alcatel-Lucent and Tunisiana sidned a four-year agreement to build a new superfast wireline broadband high capacity access network across Tunisia.
In West and Central Africa:

In December 2012, Alcatel-Lucent and Main One Cable Company have renewed their marine maintenance contract for Main One's submarine cable system connecting Portugal to Nigeria over 7,000 km.

In December 2012, Alcatel-Lucent builds Airtel's IP/MPLS network backbone across Africa; to help the operator meet rapidly growing demand for mobile broadband services. This new backbone network will support all mobile broadband services to Airtel's 17 affiliates across Africa serving 60 million customers.

In November 2012, in the frame of a new 2012 network expansion, Togocellulaire selected Alcatel-Lucent for a major transformation of the West African mobile operator's network, boosting its GSM and 3G broadband capacity, quality and reliability across the country.

In September 2012, Alcatel-Lucent extends Ghana's e-government services to rural regions for NITA Ghana's National Information Technology Agency. (fiber optics backbone and managed services)

In August 2012, Etisalat Nigeria selected Alcatel-Lucent Optism to introduce permission-based mobile advertising to over thirteen million customers.


In East and South Africa:

. In December 2012, Alcatel-Lucent builds Airtel's IP/MPLS network backbone across Africa; to help the operator meet rapidly growing demand for mobile broadband services. This new backbone network will support all mobile broadband services to Airtel's 17 affiliates across Africa serving 60 million customers.

. In November 2012, Smile and Alcatel-Lucent to expand availability of 4G services in Africa (Network launched in Tanzania in June to be followed by extension of mobile broadband network to Uganda).

. In November 2012, Alcatel-Lucent and Angola Cables, a consortium of Angolan telecoms operators to connect Southern Africa in Angola and the global community through a superfast terrestrial data link based on the 100G optical coherent technology.

. In October 2012, Alcatel-Lucent and Telesis Tanzania to help stimulate industry and economic development with launch of 4G LTE mobile broadband service.

. In June 2012, Alcatel-Lucent supplies network equipment to enable Telkom South Africa to expand the delivery of superfast broadband services across the country.

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