The Group Chief Operating Officer of Smile Telecoms Holdings Limited, Engr. Tom Allen, says the 4G LTE is “better than advertised,” noting that the technology had been launched by the company in Ibadan, South West Nigeria.
Allen, who was a guest on ‘Sunrise’ on Saturday, also explained why it took the company so long to launch the 4G LTE in the Nigerian market.
Smile Telecoms Holdings Limited recently birthed Smile Communications Nigeria Limited reputed to have launched Nigeria’s first truly 4G LTE Broadband services.
Smile Communications Nigeria Limited was founded in 2008 with a single transformative objective of using the best and most innovative technologies to provide its customers with high quality, easy to use and affordable communication services.
Its vision and mission is to be the broadband provider of choice in Nigeria and enable its customers to fully benefit from the Internet world. Smile’s value proposition is speed, quality, reliability and simplicity. Smile launched West Africa’s first true 4G LTE network in Ibadan in 2013 – revolutionising the way people access the internet.
Smile partnered with Ericsson, a leading OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) to design, build and manage its 4G LTE networks in Nigeria. Smile also partnered with key tower companies for the provisioning of site sharing facilities in all its markets.
Smile has completed nationwide network design and planning, enabling fast expansion to other cities starting with Abuja and Port Harcourt Smile Nigeria is a subsidiary of Smile Telecoms Holdings which has operations in Tanzania, Uganda and the DRC and an associate company in South Africa.