Johannesburg, 05 Jan 2010
Gateway Communications has acquired a 10.5Ghz spectrum licence for 10 states in Nigeria. The states are Kano, Kaduna, Rivers, Delta, Abuja, Edo, Oyo, Anambra, Abia and Enugu.
The acquisition follows Gateway's roll-out of the Airlink and MetroLink 10.5Ghz spectrum solutions in Lagos and furthers its drive to build a pan-African connectivity network that covers every major African city based on satellite, submarine cable and terrestrial (fibre) infrastructure, says the company.
According to Gateway, it will roll out services across the 10 states in 2010, with Port Harcourt and Abuja scheduled to go live in February. The company has also committed to extend the solutions to a further 14 states in 2011.
“The acquisition continues Gateway's strategic expansion in Nigeria and investment in infrastructure,” it states.
“This is a pure high-speed wireless broadband solution with an MPLS backbone and with the flexibility to customise the solutions we provide to individual client needs,” says John Dindlebeck, MD of Gateway West Africa.
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