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Airtel
Launches 3.75G Service in Ghana
Airtel, Ghana’s fastest growing mobile phone network, on
Wednesday launched its 3.75G service, an upgrade of the 3.5G, to
offer world class third generation experience to consumers.
“The 3.75G technology will give our customers the opportunity to
interact with data in a different way,” Mr Philip Sowah,
Managing Director of Airtel Ghana, said at the launch.
“This is why Airtel doesn’t see the 3.75G as a product but a
platform that enables the community to expand its social and
commercial horizons, alongside the rest of the world,” he added.
Airtel, which was the first telecommunication company to launch
the 3G service in Ghana, said the launch of the 3.75G platform
“promised profound” changes to how subscribers would experience
the web on internet-enabled devices.
The Airtel 3.75G is the latest global HSPA+ technology with
21mbps, also being rolled out in Europe and the USA. HSPA+,
Evolved High-Speed Packet Access, is a technical standard for
wireless, broadband telecommunication.
Main One Cable, the first submarine cable company offering open
access, wholesale broadband capacity in West Africa, which
provides Airtel with cables for its operations, lauded Airtel
for taking this step.
“I do know that Airtel’s 3.75G is indeed fast and it is an
improvement over the 3G service they were the first to launch in
Ghana,” Mr Joseph Odoi, Country Manager of Main One Cables said.
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