PNN signs N7bn telecom infrastructure agreement with ITL
PNN Limited, a telecom turnkey and infrastructure firm with operations in several Africa countries, has announced an agreement with Independent Towers Limited to deploy and operate 750 base stations sites.
The project, according to the firms, is expected to cover six African countries and will be implemented between now and June 2010. ITL is a firm with specialisation in building telecom towers and base stations.
Our correspondent gathered in Lagos on Monday that in the first phase of the project worth N7bn, 200 co-location sites would be built in Nigeria, Ghana and Uganda while the rest would follow suit immediately.
The Managing Director of PNN, Alhaji AbdulRahman Abiola-Odunowo, said that the firm intended to deploy the sites innovatively to help reduce the capital and operational expenditure for these sites.
He stated, “To achieve a reduction in the operational expenses of our client, ITL has approved that all the sites would be deployed utilising alternative power solutions. We are very excited to be working with a forward thinking organisation like ITL because they have recognised the need to think out of the box by deploying their sites in a more energy efficient manner.”
Abiola-Odunowo also added that 100 of these sites would be completed and brought to use before June 2009.
The Head of Business Development, ITL, Mr. Gbenga Owoeye, explained that ITL’s primary focus was to deliver a cost-effective service across Africa and the deployment of the first 200 sites to Nigeria, Uganda and Ghana was as a result of the assessment of the current needs in these markets.
He said, “Our choice of PNN as our turnkey service provider is based on their understanding of ITL’s aspirations in ensuring our operational cost is reduced significantly while also ensuring that uptime on our sites is 100 per cent at all times since they are the leading telecoms infrastructure operations and maintenance service company in Nigeria with over 700 sites under their management.”
Abiola-Odunowo explained that PNN was a Pan African telecoms company whose corporate mission was to enhance the socio-economic growth of any nation they operates in by providing excellent telecommunications solutions to both business and individual clients.
PNN started operations in Nigeria in 1998 and has recently expanded her operations into other African countries including Ghana, Uganda and Rwanda.
The project, according to the firms, is expected to cover six African countries and will be implemented between now and June 2010. ITL is a firm with specialisation in building telecom towers and base stations.
Our correspondent gathered in Lagos on Monday that in the first phase of the project worth N7bn, 200 co-location sites would be built in Nigeria, Ghana and Uganda while the rest would follow suit immediately.
The Managing Director of PNN, Alhaji AbdulRahman Abiola-Odunowo, said that the firm intended to deploy the sites innovatively to help reduce the capital and operational expenditure for these sites.
He stated, “To achieve a reduction in the operational expenses of our client, ITL has approved that all the sites would be deployed utilising alternative power solutions. We are very excited to be working with a forward thinking organisation like ITL because they have recognised the need to think out of the box by deploying their sites in a more energy efficient manner.”
Abiola-Odunowo also added that 100 of these sites would be completed and brought to use before June 2009.
The Head of Business Development, ITL, Mr. Gbenga Owoeye, explained that ITL’s primary focus was to deliver a cost-effective service across Africa and the deployment of the first 200 sites to Nigeria, Uganda and Ghana was as a result of the assessment of the current needs in these markets.
He said, “Our choice of PNN as our turnkey service provider is based on their understanding of ITL’s aspirations in ensuring our operational cost is reduced significantly while also ensuring that uptime on our sites is 100 per cent at all times since they are the leading telecoms infrastructure operations and maintenance service company in Nigeria with over 700 sites under their management.”
Abiola-Odunowo explained that PNN was a Pan African telecoms company whose corporate mission was to enhance the socio-economic growth of any nation they operates in by providing excellent telecommunications solutions to both business and individual clients.
PNN started operations in Nigeria in 1998 and has recently expanded her operations into other African countries including Ghana, Uganda and Rwanda.
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