Globacom signs $500M network expansion agreement with ZTE

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Globacom’s Group Chief Operating Officer Jameel Mohamed (2nd from left)and MD, ZTE Corporation, Zenghong Ma, in a warm handshake as they exchanged the signed documents during the MOU signing ceremony. With them are Globacom’s Executive Director, Special Projects, Mike Jituboh, (left) and Executive Director, Legal Services,Gladys Talabi.
Leading Telecommunications Company, Globacom on Monday took its network expansion project a notch higher as it signed a $500 million network modernisation and expansion contract with leading telecom vendors, ZTE Corporation.                
The Company had last Friday signed a $750 million deal with Huawei Technologies to massively expand the huge capacity of the Glo network.
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 Speaking at the formal signing of the  Memorandum of Understanding with ZTE in Lagos on Monday, The Group Chief Operating officer of Globacom, Mr. 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.
“We are here today to sign an MOU with ZTE as part of our expansion plan to modernise every aspect of our network and this is expected to result in much improved services”, Jameel added, He said that, “With the planned expansion, Globacom’s network capacity will increase in many folds, thus enabling it to carry high level of data in addition to other improvements in voice services”.

Jameel said that the company’s extensive network expansion plan is another commitment on the part of Globacom towards providing better GSM services for its numerous subscribers

The Glo GCOO stated further that Glo network will continue to bring in latest technologies from every part of the world to improve telecommunication services for millions of its subscribers in Nigeria and in West Africa.


He thanked Glo subscribers for staying with the Network, adding that the company will continue to make GSM services affordable to them all.

Also speaking at the occasion, The Managing Director of ZTE, Mr. Zenghong Ma stated that Glo-ZTE’s relationship dates back to five years, adding that the new cooperation



between the two companies wouldl signal a new  era that would provide innovative solution in 2G &3G expansion and upgrading that will enhance the Glo network qualities.
He was optimistic that the expansion agreement will deliver State-of-the-Art technology to Globacom which will be of great benefit to its subscribers and Nigerians generally.

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