Megatech chooses Huawei for TD-LTE

Nigerian company Megatech Engineering selected Chinese equipment vendor Huawei to deploy a Time Division Duplex Long Term Evolution (TD-LTE) network for its fixed-wireless services under the brand Zoda Fones, TeleGeography CommsUpdate reported.

Adopting Huawei’s end-to-end SingleRAN TD-LTE solution, the network will cover the capital Abuja and its surrounding areas to provide end-users with high speed data services.

“The deployment of Nigeria’s first TD-LTE commercial network and western Africa’s first TD-LTE commercial network is a milestone for mobile broadband development in western Africa,” said A. Aliyu, president of Zoda Fones. “Huawei’s leading solutions, rich experience, and fast delivery capabilities will allow Zoda Fones to achieve a strong market position and provide its subscribers with an excellent service experience.”

Zoda Fones provides fixed-wireless telephony and data services using fixed wireless access (FWA) spectrum in the 3.5GHz frequency range, which it won in an auction in 2002.