Mobile and Wireless

ZTE to build all-IP mobile broadband network in Madagascar

By Team Diginews4u ⋅ July 15, 2009 ⋅  Email This Post ⋅ Post a comment

ZTE, a global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, is rolling out an all-IP mobile phone and data network for Madamobil, a new mobile operator in Madagascar.

Madamobil is owned and operated by Life Telecom Holdings (a telecom investment and management firm based in the Netherlands) in partnership with Tecom Investments (a subsidiary of Dubai Holdings, an institutional investor in the Middle East).

The network rollout is currently in its final stages with ZTE supplying the core equipment and the base stations for the first phase of the network construction.

ZTE informed the futuristic core network is based on its layered architecture, which is currently an all IP environment, and includes the latest core based on Mobile Soft-switch; a Mobile Packet Backbone Network for data services; and a billing platform using intelligent network technology to deliver pre-paid and post-paid services to users.

Madamobil expects to launch services by August in Antananarivo, Madagascar’s capital, and to then expand into other cities in Madagascar.

Life Telecom Holdings plans to invest in the acquisition and roll out of 5 to 7 other mobile telephony licences in Africa over the next 2 to 3 years and expects that its capital spend over the next 5 years will be well in excess of $500m.

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Tags: Hardware, Investment, IP