Siemens was awarded a contract valued at hundreds of millions of EURs to deploy a nationwide optical network and GSM mobile network in northern Nigeria for Globacom Limited, the country’s second largest carrier. The contract covers GSM base stations and switching technology to service a million subscribers within the coming months. Siemens ICN also will set up an optical network covering a length of over 2,700 km using its latest SURPASS hiT 7070 platform.
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Siemens Chosen for Nigerian Nationwide Optical Net
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