VENTURES AFRICA – Ghana’s first mobile telecommunications operator to deploy an LTE network, Surfline Communications, is expanding its 4G LTE network to cover all regions in Ghana with Huawei Technologies.
The data provider picked Huawei for its expansion plans after a grueling evaluation process, which saw the Chinese multinational emerge as the winning vendor due in part to its success as a worldwide market leader on frequency division duplex (FDD).
The expansion will cover major cities such as Takoradi, Kumasi, Cape Coast, Tamale and Ho, and include all key municipalities within the country where data services have been insufficient to cater for the available consumers.
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Once completed, Surfline will boast 700+ cell sites, making it one of the world’s largest independent LTE networks, an amazing feat for the country’s only telecommunications network that is wholly owned by Ghanaians.
The announcement which was made at the just concluded Mobile World Congress follows Surfline’s extremely successful launch last August, which saw the company raise the bar on both new and existing operators through their commitment to bring international standards to Ghana by introducing sophisticated experiential stores, superior customer service and incomparable data speeds.
Surfline has experienced tremendous growth in its customer base and has won a couple of awards. In 2014, the company was nominated for “Breakthrough LTE Entrant” at AfricaCom in South Africa. It also won “Top Emerging Brand” at the Top Brands Awards in Ghana.