Airtel Nigeria is rolling out the Ericsson Radio System at sites across the country to address the growing demand for affordable mobile broadband services. The multi-standard platform enables Airtel Nigeria to cost-effectively leverage the reach, maturity and increasing affordability of 3G technology, while laying the foundation for its evolution to 4G and 5G. The network-wide solution incorporates a broad range of products, including radio, baseband, small cells, backhaul, fronthaul, enclosures, power site equipment and the controller.
‘Mobile broadband access is really a prerequisite to achieving our key objective of enriching the lives and empowering the people of Nigeria to benefit both consumers and industry,’ commented Airtel Nigeria’s CCO Ahmed Mokhles, adding: ‘Ericsson Radio System provides the performance and efficiency to support this objective while also ensuring a future-proof evolution as Nigeria continues to establish itself as a progressive and innovative ICT-driven country.’