Airtel Africa has paid N71.6 billion to the Nigerian Communications Fee (NCC) to resume its 900 and 1800 MHZ spectrum licence for the subsequent 10 years.
Chief Government Officer of Airtel Africa, Raghunath Mandava says that their current license was due to expire at the end of November 2021. He goes on to say that the Nigerian market is the “largest market and we stay centered on bridging the digital divide and increasing our broadband functionality within the nation.”
“On behalf of Airtel Nigeria and the Group, I want to thank each the federal government of Nigeria and the NCC for his or her cooperation and assist on this vital course of.”
The brand new license is anticipated to stay vaild till 30 November 2031.
Nokia and Airtel Accomplice to Lay 5G Foundations in Kenya
Nokia and Airtel Kenya have joined forces in a three-year deal to modernize Nairobi with excessive velocity 4G and 5G-ready {hardware}.
Deployment, which started in June, will cowl a whole bunch of websites and embody upgrading current 2G, 3G and 4G radio entry community (RAN) protection in city, semi-urban, highways, vacationer spots and central enterprise districts in Nairobi and the remainder of Kenya.
Nokia’s future-proofed community infrastructure may even supply Airtel Kenya the choice to easily transition to 5G when crucial. The upgraded community will ship enhanced connectivity to prospects of Airtel Kenya and entry to new, high-speed knowledge providers.
“We’re within the midst of rolling out our community to reinforce protection together with modernization of our knowledge community that can assist us to ship improved, high-speed knowledge providers to our prospects. This can enable our prospects seamless protection enhancing their searching expertise additional,” says P. D. Sarma, CEO of Airtel Kenya.
“We’re excited to associate with Nokia on this venture. Its expertise portfolio improves our community high quality significantly and likewise permits us to maneuver to 5G providers sooner or later.”
