Bharti Airtel’s Africa arm and telecom gear maker Nokia on Monday announced a three-year deal to modernise network in Nairobi with high-speed 4G, and deploy 5G-ready equipment.
The deployment of 5G-ready network started in June and will cover hundreds of sites.
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Under the contract, Nokia is supplying Airtel Kenya telecom gears for both indoor and outdoor coverage, including base stations and radio access products.
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Upgrading RAN
It will include upgrading existing 2G, 3G and 4G radio access network (RAN) coverage in urban, semi-urban, highways, tourist spots and central business districts in Nairobi and the rest of Kenya.
Benefit
The upgraded network will deliver enhanced connectivity to customers of Airtel Kenya and access to new, high-speed data services.
The improved network will provide higher data speeds using additional 4G spectrum bands and provide access to secure, high-speed and reliable data services
Comment from Nokia
Nokia Head of CEWA Market Unit Rajiv Aggarwal said, “This is an exciting deal in an exciting market. We are proud to supply Airtel Kenya with our comprehensive AirScale portfolio and support the operator with its efforts to deliver the best possible connectivity experiences to end users in Kenya.”
Comment from Airtel
Airtel Kenya CEO P D Sarma said in the statement said, “We are in the midst of rolling out our network to enhance coverage along with modernisation of our data network that will help us deliver improved, high-speed data services to our customers.”
“We are excited to partner with Nokia on this project.
Its technology portfolio improves our network quality considerably and also allows us to move to 5G services in the future.”
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