A Africell will invest more than 105 million dollars in the construction of more than 700 towers in four provinces, as part of the program to build its own infrastructure.
As revealed by the Economic value, this decision is also framed by the failure in negotiations to use Unitel towers, something that had been promised by the Angolan authorities.
According to the information that reached the MenosFios editorial team, the price stipulated by Unitel for sharing infrastructure was the first constraint, as Africell considered it “quite high”, while Unitel defended charging a “fair price” taking into account that the investment made was valued at around 5 billion dollars.
Another drawback, Unitel's infrastructures allegedly proved to be incapable of hosting more than one operator, as revealed by Africell.
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In turn, Miguel Geraldes, CEO of Unitel, argued that sharing was not possible because Africell is also its client. “We provide circuits to Africell in areas outside Luanda“He said.
Meanwhile, the CEO of Unitel, a company with the largest infrastructure network in the country, says that Angola is in the best positions on the continent in terms of telecommunications infrastructure.
"I know several national fibers in the region and several countries, we only compare ourselves with South Africa, and at the moment there are already comparisons with Kenya. In addition to these, there is no other country where there is a national level of national optical fiber as we have in Angola“He said.
