ntel, Nigeria’s most advanced 4G/LTE network has
announced the commencement of its phased and paced commercial operations with
bumper offers for early bird Pioneers and data users. The first 100,000 to redeem
and activate their ntel SIMs will get free on-net calls for life while data
subscribers will get 3 months unlimited data usage on select bundles..
In a statement published on the ntel website
www.ntel.com.ng, Kamar Abass, CEO at ntel said “I am delighted to be writing to
you, on behalf of the staff and directors of NatCom, with the news that, today,
this eighth day of April 2016, we start commercial activities on our newly commissioned
4G/LTE-Advanced network. Our very earliest customers will be able to buy and
use these services in clusters, across Lagos and Abuja from sales outlets and
agents featuring our bright new brand name: ntel.”
ntel, Nigeria’s 5th Mobile network operator
announced that the commencement of operations is the culmination of their
journey from acquiring the old NiTel/MTel assets to the delivery of successive
milestones underlining their growing operating capability on their new fixed and
mobile network infrastructure.
With the formal commencement, commercial services will be
available on ntel’s 4G/LTE-Advanced network across key site clusters in Lagos
and Abuja. Coverage in Port Harcourt will follow during May, along with
expanded coverage in Lagos and Abuja, and subsequently to other states, across
multiple geo-political zones, during the second half of 2016.
The company said their 4G/LTE-Advanced technology built
on the 900/1800MHz spectrum will deliver an unbeatable and game-changing
customer experience of high-speed Internet Access up to 230Mbps, the fastest
available in Nigeria today thus enabling a world of full mobile broadband
experiences that will transform both lives and livelihoods!
In conclusion, Abass, a strong advocate of 4G/LTE, said
“we are passionate at ntel about the power of Broadband to boost productivity
and, thereby, transform lives, We expect to see this happen as ntel helps to
accelerate the ongoing migration, from existing 2G and 3G services, to
genuinely high-speed Mobile Broadband on 4G/LTE-Advanced.
About ntel
ntel is Nigeria’s most advanced mobile 4G/LTE advanced
network providing superfast Internet Access that enables high-definition voice, data and video services. ntel’s network is built on the 900/1800 Mhz frequency
bands which are the best propagation frequencies for the deployment of 4G/LTE
technology.
ntel’s bouquet of services
includes: National Bandwidth; International
Voice Termination, International Bandwidth; Mobile and Fixed Communications services.
The company made its first on-net test data
call in Lagos on Monday January 18, 2016 then followed this up with its first
on-net Voice over LTE (VoLTE) call in Lagos on Thursday February 25, 2016 while
network rollout was announced on Friday April 8, 2016.
Key Unique Selling Points
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Free on-net calls for life for Pioneers
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Unlimited data usage for 3 months
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high-speed Internet Access up to 230Mbps
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Coverage in clusters around Lagos and Abuja
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Port Harcourt to come on stream in May
For further enquiries
please contact
Osondu C. Nwokoro
Director, External Affairs
Toni Kan Onwordi
Head, Corporate Communications
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