Ntel To Kick Off Commercial Sales of 0804 Lines April 8

Newest entrant into the Nigerian telecommunications market,Ntel, has unveiled plans for the first phase rollout of its commercial services to the public.

Ntel Chief Executive Officer, Kamar Abass, while announcing the rollout plan in Lagos on Thursday, March 31 said ntel would begin the first phase rollout with the commercial sales of its 0804 mobile line on April 8 in Lagos and Abuja.

Abass said although the company acquired some base transceiver stations (BTS) from the old NITEL, it also entered partnership agreement with IHS and Helios Towers, builders of BTS and other telecoms infrastructure, to roll out 600 base stations for the commercial rollout in Lagos and Abuja, with plans to extend the rollout plan to Port Harcourt with additional 200 BTS, also known as base stations.

According to Abass, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the telecommunications industry regulator, has approved all licence authorisations necessary for ntel to launch its Voice over LTE (VoLTE) network using next generation telecommunications infrastructure for its first phase rollout in April.

He said ntel had deployed 200 kilometres of metro fibre optic transmission cables in Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt, for seamless network connectivity during the rollout.

He also added that ntel had deployed LTE Advanced, the latest 4G technology with multi-antennae sites.