The nation’s foremost infrastructure sharing and managed services provider, Helios Towers Nigeria and the pioneer CDMA operator have increased the tempo of co-location services in Nigeria with the attainment of 400 HTN co-location sites milestone by multi-links last week.
Multi-links Telkom has been at the forefront of telecoms revolution in Nigeria in the past few years being the first PTO licensed in 1996. The company was awarded Unified license in 2006 for provision of full range of telecommunications services over a broad range of technologies. It offers an exciting bouquet of superior telecom services that encompasses the very best of voice, high speed data, internet and other innovative value added services to both individual and corporate subscribers.
Multilink Telkom had embarked on massive expansion of mobile telephone services to previously underserved areas which created a more favorable environment for businesses to operate, thereby creating jobs and contributing to poverty reduction using Helios Towers’ fully managed independent sites nationwide in a co-location arrangement.
The company had at the end of May, 2009 activated 400 towers sites on Helios Towers Network, they have consistently believed in infrastructure sharing as the best option for speedy network roll-out, speed to market, reduced opex and Zero Capex. It has remained one of the most stable telecom operators in Nigeria with aggressive roll-out plan.
Helios Towers Currently has over 1000 four-operator sites across Nigeria’s 6 geo-political zones with a strong presence in key markets including Abuja, Lagos, Port Harcourt, Warri, Kaduna, Onitsha and Ibadan . The company is in the process of expanding its fully managed co-location sites while maintaining their current 99.9% uptime, helping operators achieve high service quality and helping operators in reducing operating and capital expenses of network roll –out and operation.