Telecommunications operator, Globacom, has commenced a massive network expansion and technical upgrade that will significantly enhance the quality of customer experience.
A statement from the firm on Thursday quoted its Group Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Mohamed Jameel, as saying that as part of the 10th anniversary celebration, Glo was investing heavily in upscaling the network to the latest technology in global telecommunications.
Jameel explained that the expansion project, which had already started, involved network upgrade and overhaul of infrastructure across the country as well as expansion and densification projects that would on completion in the next one year enable the network to cater for its existing and potential subscribers.
"This will make Globacom the number one network in terms of investment," he said.
The project, according to the firm, includes building of new switches, increasing of mobile switching centres to ease congestion and construction of additional 4,000 km of optic fibre cable, which will complement the existing fibre optic facility which is the most extensive fibre coverage of Nigeria.
Glo has state-of-the-art IP/MPLS and TDM technologies (30 gigabyte capacity) to meet requirements of enterprise customers, video, voice and data services. The TDM network is being upgraded to a fully integrated Generalised Multi-protocol Label Switching.
Part of the upgrade includes the installation of new base stations and densification of existing ones, setting up of three new mini call centres across the country to take care of vast increase in subscriber figures and upgrade of the radio access network, which will ensure that customers enjoy unparalleled speed and reliability.
He added, "We are building a brand new network based on latest technology and adequate capacity to cater for our growing subscriber base.
The project will include the optimisation of the existing Base Transceiver Stations both 2G and 3G for high speed data transmission, full integration of our backbone infrastructure with the Glo 1 international submarine cable and upgrade of the high capacity IP-based radio access network, which will ensure that our data customers enjoy unparalleled speed and reliability.
