MTN Ghana has opened aUS$35 million switch centre in Kumasi to boost the quality of its services. The centre is the second of its kind to be opened in the country by the company.
According to MTN, Ghana was the third in MTN’s 21 operating countries where the facility had been installed, after South Africa and Saudi Arabia.
MTN Ghana has commissioned a new US$35 million switch center at Kaase in Kumasi. Ibrahim Misto, General Manger of Operations in-charge stated that Ghana was the third in the MTN’s 21 operating countries where the facility had been installed, coming next only to South Africa and Saudi Arabia.
The switch site houses different telecommunication equipment to effectively manage calls between subscribers and transmissions for managing the fiber optic network.
According to him, these switch sites are among the measures put in place by the Company to ensure that the network quality that its subscribers enjoy is protected at all times in the face of earthquakes and other natural disasters.
As per Dr. Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah, the Ashanti Regional Minster, the installation of the equipment would improve the services and facilitate communication between operators in the region and outside world.
Ghana’s leading GSM service provider Mobile Telecommunication Network (MTN), has recently introduced 3.5G technology in the Ghanian Telecom market. The technology represents the next generation of mobile communication systems that supports the effective delivery of a range of data-orientated services and brings with it a new suite of exciting multimedia services such as video streaming, games, music videos, sports and news. It is based on High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA), which is a new protocol for mobile telephone data transmission.
Mr Mazen Mroue, Acting Chief Executive Officer of MTN Ghana, said, “I am extremely delighted to announce the roll out of the 3.5G technology which puts MTN on the road to providing leading services to our valued customers.” He further said Accra and Kumasi had been selected for initial coverage under the 3.5G technology, adding that the service would be extended to the rest of the country gradually.
Mroue said, the 3.5G services would be rolled out in phases, adding that at this phase of the launch, it involved mobile broadband and video calling that would enable fast data speed and allow users to see and talk to people they called in real time.
