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UTL invests $10million for NGN expansion, chooses Huawei (Uganda)

  • November 3rd, 2008
  • 5:49 am

Uganda Telecommunication Company plans to invest over $10million to expand its Next Generation Network (NGN). The company chooses Huawei Technologies, China’s leading telecom solution provider to replace 33 Remote Line Units which will be spread all over Uganda with new soft switches for better services. The new system provided by Huwaei will be data oriented and be made up of a central information management centre and multi- service access network making the services faster and easier.

“UTL being the only telecom company with an NGN network gives us the competitive advantage of being able to flexibly and cost effectively offer cutting edge products and services to our clients,” said Eng. Abdulbaset Elazzabi, Uganda Telecom managing director.
The new system will be implemented first in Kampala region by 2009 end, and will increase telco’s network capacity giving greater reliability.

   

Nokia Siemens wins USD 900 mln order from Bharti Airtel (India)

  • July 4th, 2007
  • 9:21 am

Indian operator Bharti Airtel has awarded a network expansion contract worth USD 900 million to Nokia Siemens Networks. Nokia Siemens Networks will expand Airtel’s GSM network in eight circles, its national and international long-distance network with 1.8 million next-generation network (NGN) ports, and its international calling card prepaid service capacity by 4.5 million new users. The GSM and NGN expansions are planned over two years and the international calling cards expansion over three years. The two-year GSM expansion will cover the eight existing circles of Mumbai, Maharashtra & Goa, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh & Chattisgarh, Bihar & Jharkhand, Orissa, Kolkata and West Bengal.

   

Eastern Telecoms to invest PHP600m on NGN platform

  • June 4th, 2007
  • 1:46 pm

Eastern Telecommunications Philippines (ETPI) has announced plans to invest PHP600 million (USD12.96 million) this year to kick-start the company’s migration onto a next generation network (NGN) platform. According to The Manila Bulletin citing Eastern CEO Eric O Recto, ‘Eastern will be the first telecommunications company in the Philippines that will be on a pure NGN platform. We are developing new, IP-based products and services-and are proud to be leading this trend.’

In a report to ISM Communications shareholders, the company which owns 57.7% of Eastern, Recto said the planned upgrade would ‘prepare Eastern Telecoms for the products and services that will soon be the norm in the telephony and communications industries. This is critical, as business will soon revolve around all things internet.’ The CAPEX programme is being funded through a combination of internally generated funds and capital infusion from existing shareholders, he said. Eastern managed a remarkable turnaround in its fiscal year ending December 2006. After five years in the red, it posted net income of PHP30 million in 2006, versus a loss of PHP530 million the previous year. The recovery has been attributed in the main to a significant cost-cutting programme, a corporate reorganisation, the restructuring of outstanding loans, the settlement of vendor claims, and dividend income from its investment in a cable ship operator.

Eastern Telecom’s other shareholders are Smart Telecommunications Inc. (10%), the Presidential Commission on Good Government (10%), and other minority shareholders. ISM is reportedly in negotiations with Smart and the government for plans to acquire more stakes in the firm.

   

ETPI sets aside $13m for NGN spending

  • June 4th, 2007
  • 7:12 am

Manila-based carrier Eastern Telecommunications Philippines (ETPI), a 57.7% owned subsidiary of listed firm ISM Communications, is spending 600 million pesos ($13 million) to transform itself into a next generation telecommunications provider, ISM president Eric Recto said.

Last year, ETPI’s capital expenditure amounted to 129 million pesos ($2.8 million).

This was used primarily in replacing its local exchange carrier switches with next generation networking technology.

ETPI has invested in an NGN core by Nokia. There will be additional capex in NGN to convert the traditional system of telephony, Recto said.

The carrier made a dramatic turn around in 2006 after six years of losses and reported a profit of 31 million pesos ($678,000). In 2005, the company’s losses reached 540 million pesos ($11.8 million).

ETPI’s favorable performance was driven mainly by massive cost savings program, corporate reorganization, restructuring of overdue loans and settlement of vendor claims and dividend income from ETPI’s investment in a cable ship operator.

Part of the funds for ETPI’s capital requirement will come from a stock right offer of ISM.

   

 

eircom: revenues, profits rise in year to March

  • May 31st, 2007
  • 1:09 pm

Irish incumbent eircom has announced its fourth quarter and year to date results for the financial period ending 31 March 2007. The operator reported operating profit of EUR240 million (USD322 million) for the full year, up from EUR234 million in fiscal 2005-06, as total revenues rose 16% to EUR1.96 billion. The telco’s fixed line business was the single largest contributor to the total, driven by strong growth from broadband. 57,000 DSL broadband customers signed up in the fourth quarter to 31 March, bringing the total number of subscribers to 417,000, an 81% increase on the previous year. As of 10 May 2007, there are 440,000 broadband customers on eircom’s network. The former monopoly is committed to developing its broadband access capabilities and NGN core network in 2007, which it hopes will provide the backbone of advanced services for years to come. Fixed line revenue was up 2% to EUR1.65 billion, but eircom reported that underlying profits dipped to EUR594 million, due in part to repairs from winter storms carried out on its network.

   

Kazakhtelecom launches NGN

  • May 24th, 2007
  • 7:08 am

Kazakhtelecom has launched its new next generation network (NGN), the first nationwide rollout in the CIS. ‘The deployment of this NGN means that telecommunications in Kazakhstan is entering a new era,’ said the telco’s CEO, Askar Zhumagaliev. He adds: ‘… the JSC Kazakhtelecom fixed line network has been transformed into an IP-network that will make it possible to provide more customers with voice and multimedia services without increasing operating costs.’ The infrastructure was supplied by Nortel and installed by its local partner, Russian Jet Infosystems, as part of a multi-million dollar rollout.

   

Kazakhtelecom deploys Nortel equipment for NGN

  • May 23rd, 2007
  • 11:42 am

Kazakhstan-based communications operator Kazakhtelecom is making phone services and new multimedia applications more widely available across Kazakhstan using a nationwide next-generation network (NGN) from Nortel. Kazakhtelecom has made a multi-million US dollar investment in its network evolution to create the NGN. The new network will improve the availability and quality of long-distance communications as well as deliver high-speed, high-bandwidth communication services for corporate and private users in Kazakhstan. Nortel supplied project design, equipment and development services for the NGN project, while Russia-based Jet Infosystems, Nortel’s carrier VoIP service and solution partner, provided installation, deployment, testing and connection services. Based on IP technologies, the converged Kazakhtelecom network enhances long-distance network capacity by integrating VoIP softswitches and media-gateways into the existing switched phone network.