www.WirelessFederation.com/news: To provide Wi-Fi services to the city of Kigali, MTN Rwanda has deployed Aradial AAA and Aradial Policy Control solution. The solution and the access controllers integrate to manage Wi-Fi base stations and operate with Ericsson’s intelligent network over the provisioning infrastructure of MTN.  The move will ensure zero charging leakages in the operator’s pre-paid billing.

According to Rami Farah, CTO, MTN Rwanda, new solution will enable full control over the usage of the hotspots very cost effectively, while improving subscribers’ service experience.

Better internet connectivity could also be provided by the Rwandan operator to its customers, thus, increasing its profitability while eliminating the overheads associated with customer provisioning, authorization and accounting.

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www.WirelessFederation.com/news: African telecom company Millicom officially launched its mobile operations in Rwanda after receiving the license in December 2008, thus becoming the third operator in the country.  The service will cover almost 50% of the population while there are plans to extend the service in the next three years.

The 3G infrastructure of the firm has been deployed in Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda including other key urban centers.
According to Mikael Grahne, President and CEO of Millicom, Rwanda has emerged as a highly lucrative market with the population of 10 million, less than 20% mobile penetration and the country’s status as a highly developing economy.

With its strengths in distribution and innovation, the company feels that it can provide Rwanda’s mass market with mobile voice and value-added services.

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ZTE wins Rwanda contract

Telegeography writes…Chinese vendor ZTE Corp has won a contract with cellco MTN Rwandacell to build a backbone transmission network and a metropolitan network in the capital Kigali. The backbone will connect Kigali with MTN’s infrastructure in neighbouring Uganda, providing an international fibre optic gateway. A press release states that the equipment being installed by ZTE will feature ‘seamless scalability for system upgrades up to 2.5G’. MTN, based in South Africa, has cellular operations in 21 countries in Africa and the Middle East.

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