Celtel Nigeria Selects Motorola for $70 Million GSM/EDGE Expansion
22 Nov 2007 09:00 Africa/Lagos Celtel Nigeria Selects Motorola for $70 Million GSM/EDGE Expansion Turnkey agreement includes comprehensive Motorola services to further expand and enhance Celtel network with EDGE capability CAPETOWN, South Africa, Nov. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AfricaCom -- Motorola, Inc. ( NYSE:MOT ) today announced that it has received orders valued at $70 million from Celtel Nigeria, part of Zain Group, to further expand and enhance the operator's GSM coverage in the Southern part of Nigeria. As part of Celtel's comprehensive network expansion strategy, Motorola will deploy its latest Motorola Reach GSM solutions, including EDGE (Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution) capability for mobile data, and will provide comprehensive network expansion planning, integration, support and optimization services to Celtel as it extends network coverage to a growing subscriber base in this densely populated and strategically important oil- producing region. "Celte...