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China's Huawei Technologies has announced that Starcomms Nigeria, Nigeria's largest private telecom operator, is to deploy Nigeria's first 1xEV-DO-based mobile broadband network.
China's Huawei Technologies has announced that Starcomms Nigeria, Nigeria's largest private telecom operator, is to deploy Nigeria's first 1xEV-DO-based mobile broadband network. It is also one of Western Africa's first CDMA2000 1xEV-DO networks leveraging Huawei's latest third generation CDMA2000 1xEV-DO platform.
Mr. Maher Qubain, CEO of Starcomms, said, "Riding on a CDMA platform, Huawei's 1xEV-DO network will enhance the speed of accessing to the Internet for Starcomms' subscribers. With Huawei's leading CDMA2000 1xEV-DO technology and professional services, Starcomms is poised to be at the forefront of Nigeria's mobile market going forward."
Mr. Angelo Marciano, Deputy Managing Director of Huawei's Nigerian representative office, commented, "We are very proud to enable the pioneering Starcomms to deploy the first CDMA2000 1xEV-DO network in Nigeria as well as one of the first of such networks in Western Africa. Huawei's leading CDMA2000 1xEV-DO technology is receiving increasing recognition from the world's leading CDMA operators. We are committed to providing Starcomms with our customer-oriented solutions and professional services. The launch of Starcomms' first 3G network has strengthened our partnership with Starcomms. "