Ufone, one of the leading telecom operators in the country has announced the largest ever expansion of its network with an investment of $550 million. The envisaged plan focuses on the expansion of the network in terms of capacity and coverage in existing and new cities besides providing high-speed wireless data services based on EDGE technology.
It is estimated that by the end of June 2007, Ufone will be covering more than 1500 cities, towns, villages and all major highways in the country. The project was approved by the Ufone board, which reflects the commitment by the shareholders to invest in Ufone infrastructure and to provide best quality network and facilities to Ufone customers.
In addition to the major investment commitment, Etisalat brings its extensive experience of telecom industry to Pakistan to ensure that Ufone has the best network in the country.
The contract has been awarded to Huawei, a Chinese company, which is one of the most rapidly growing telecom vendors globally. However, the present infrastructure from Nortel and Siemens will continue to be operational. An expansion contract of this magnitude indicates Ufone's aggressive strategy towards market growth and expansion, in the wake of tremendous growth and potential of Pakistan's cellular service market.
Huawei is the vendor of choice in latest Third Generation Telecommunications Networks, 28 of the world's top 50 operators world-wide are using Huawei infrastructure.
Ufone would be acquiring state-of-the-art network infrastructure based on Release-4 standard for future mobile communication, highly compatible for smooth and seamless migration to the third generation UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunication System).-PR
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