MTN’s big network investment
MTN South Africa is planning to invest R 7.1 billion in 2008 to improve and expand its current network.
Speaking at a media function on Friday, MTN MD Tim Lowry said that the company has a strong focus on network expansion and capacity and will increasingly invest in serving its own transmission needs.
MTN SA’s Chief Technology Officer Sameer Dave said that MTN is planning to increase their number of 2007 3G/HSDPA sites by 50% in 2008.
The increase in 3G/HSDPA sites and customers mean much higher backhaul network demands, and here MTN is deploying its own metropolitan fibre network in Gauteng as well as a 5000 km national fibre network.
Construction will start in August with an investment of between R 120 million and R 150 million for its metropolitan fibre network and R 1.2 to 1.5 billion for its national fibre network.
To ensure adequate international capacity MTN is the largest investor in the EASSy submarine cable project while it is also in talks with partners to build a submarine cable system on the west coast of Africa.
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