Rwanda mobile operator rolls out GSM, 3G network

By Edris Kisambira of Computerworld Uganda

"Rwanda's second mobile telephone operator, Rwandatel, has replaced its CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) platform with a GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) and 3G network.

The company signed a US$35 million deal with Huawei Technologies of China in February for the latter to revamp Rwandatel's landline network and replace its public switched telephone network with a next-generation network.

The new network covers most of Rwanda's urban centers, inhabited areas and roads with a 3G Universal Mobile Telecommunications System. With a capacity of 1 million subscribers in the first phase of roll-out, the network will initially be available in urban areas but will progressively be extended throughout the country by the first quarter of 2009, said Rwandatel CEO Patrick Kariningufu."

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