ntel, Nigeria’s most advanced 4G/LTE network on Friday, April 8, 2016, announced the commencement of its phased and paced commercial operations with bumper offers for early bird Pioneers and data users.
It also stated that the first 100,000 to redeem and activate their ntel SIMs would get free on-net calls for life while data subscribers will get three months unlimited data usage on select bundles.In the ntel website, www.ntel.com.ng, the Chief Executive Officer, Kamar Abass, stated: “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 started 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, pointed out that the commencement of operations was the culmination of its journey from acquiring the old NiTel/MTel assets to the delivery of successive milestones underlining its growing operating capability on its new fixed and mobile network infrastructure.
The company however disclosed that with the formal commencement, commercial services would be available on ntel’s 4G/LTE-Advanced network across key site clusters in Lagos and Abuja. Coverage in Port Harcourt, it stated, would 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 stated that its 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!
Besides, Abass, a strong advocate for 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 it 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.
For customers
Free on-net calls for life for Pioneers
- Unlimited data usage for three months
- high-speed Internet Access up to 230Mbps
- Coverage in clusters around Lagos and Abuja
- Port Harcourt to come on stream in May
For further enquiries please contact Osondu C. Nwokoro
Director, External Affairs
osondu.nwokoro@ntel.com.ng
0809 021 1611
