Leading indigenous telecoms giant, Globacom weekend launched what it described as its 2019 development plan tagged: ‘Driving The Future’ with fanfare in the presence of key players in Nigeria’s media industry.
Addressing journalists, the Chief Technical Officer, Mr. Sanjib Roy said “Globacom have deployed more than 2,000 generators and 6,000 new batteries for superb quality of network”.
He said Glo is working on new enterprise products to cater for the SMEs and rural areas which will create the digital environment empowering business growth in every nook and crannies of Nigeria.
“Work is ongoing on more than 1,000km of fibre route for relocation of fibre which are having multiple cuts where the road construction is completed.
He said “Site distribution to fueling contractors has been settled,” adding that “We are already seeing the improvements in availability resulting into higher activation and traffic.”
On the capacity of networks, Roy averred that “The Company has ordered 1710 BTS and 2200 high capacity Node B,” stressing that whereas Lagos, Ogun, Oyo and Rivers States have been swapped, that of Edo and Delta are ongoing.
He said “75—3G Multi-sectors and 700 high capacity CE boards have been ordered to enable our subscribers to continue to enjoy high speed data,” revealing that “A much better data and voice network in terms of download speed, quality of signal and coverage.
On backhaul capacity, the Chief Technical Officer disclosed that Glo has upgraded the capacity of existing microwave links, conversion of TDM links to IP for 2G and 3G, deployment of high capacity microwave back up links, and to increase data backhaul capacity and protect traffic against fibre cut.
Glo within the period under review also new E Band Radio Technology in network.
According to him, all the above resulted in increase in bandwidth from 400MB to 2.5GB as about 1,000 microwaves ordered to modernize the Transmission Network to IP.
He said whereas more than 400 sites are in the process of rollout this year, he revealed that “Glo is planning to rollout LTE in 1800 Band this year in major cities to increase our data penetration in 4G LTE and allow Higher handset Adoption to enable and empower the masses and harness the future into their fingers”.
Within the same period, “Glo 1 submarine cable capacity ungraded to 300G all the way from Lagos to UK giving huge bandwidth for mobile and enterprise business”.
In summary, Roy averred that Globacom currently has a brand new network with superior quality and higher capacity to drive the future of Nigeria and Nigeria.
Business Hilights recalls that towards the end of 2019, Glo jumped to comfortable second lead in telecoms subscriber base in Nigeria, thus giving credence to the massive network upgrade and allied investments to deepen service delivery both in voice and data.
