The acquisition follows Gateway's roll out of the Airlink and MetroLink 10.5Ghz spectrum solutions in Lagos and furthers Gateway's aim to build a pan-African connectivity network that covers every major African city based on satellite, submarine cable and terrestrial (fibre) infrastructure.
Gateway will roll out services across the ten states in 2010, with Port Harcourt and Abuja scheduled to go live in February 2010 and the company plans to roll out the solutions to a further 14 states in 2011.
“We are delighted that we are rolling out the highly successful Airlink and Metrolink products across 10 new states in 2010. This is a pure broadband 10mb solution with an MPLS backbone and with the flexibility to customise the solutions we provide to individual client needs” said John Dindlebeck, managing director for Gateway West Africa. “This expansion demonstrates our ongoing commitment to providing world class connectivity solutions in Nigeria and is a major investment. We have already seen significant interest in the service in roll out states from our existing clients in Lagos."
