Mobinil, Egypt, unviels it’s 3G services. According to the firm, it now has 6,5000 base stations, of which 300 for 3G services and 2,100 Edge enabled. The Egyptian operator has also added switches and enhanced capacity on the network. Nokia Siemens Networks, along with Huawei were appointed to develop the 3G portion of the network, while Alcatel-Lucent and Motorola had built the 2G portion. The 3G services are available in large cities and tourist, industrial and corporate centres in Cairo, Alexandria, Sharm El Sheikh, Hurghada, Dahab, Taba, Safaga, Marsa Alam, Luxor and Aswan, in addition to the industrial zones as well as petroleum fields and business districts.
Mobinil has planned to extend the 3G coverage, for better coverage for all the regions. The company has invested ore than EGP 3.3 billion in its network last year and plans to spend EGP 4.8 billion this year.
Wireless Federation » Mobinil unviels the 3G services, with 300 3G base stations (Egypt)
Mobinil unviels the 3G services, with 300 3G base stations (Egypt)
- September 16th, 2008
- 10:11 am
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