Unitel unveils plans to spend USD1.7bn for network expansion (Angola)

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Unitel, Angola’s largest mobile operator in terms of subscribers, has reportedly unveiled plans spend USD1.7 billion over the next four years on expanding and upgrading infrastructure. Projects in progress include deploying a fibre-optic backbone spanning the country, whilst Unitel says its mobile network now covers 138 of Angola’s 168 municipalities and it expects to reach all of them by 2012. The telco, which is partly owned by Portugal Telecom, is home to five million subscribers.