3 July 2008
Maputo — The publicly owned Mozambican mobile phone company Mcel is planning to invest about 70 million US dollars this year in infrastructures for its network in order to improve the quality of its service, and to expand its geographical coverage.
According to a company source, this strategy will call for the opening of 110 new base stations in the areas covered by its network, this being just part of the 200 planned for opening this year.
Mcel managers believe that, besides improving the quality of the mobile phone signal and services to their clients, these stations will allow the introduction of new technologies to launch innovative services in the market, including the Third Generation Network (3G) and mobile broad band services.
Mcel is also committed to extending its services to further areas across the country. Recently, the company extended its services to the Tete Corridor, in the west of the country, between the cities of Tete and Chimoio, with 12 new base stations. Mcel is planning to cover all the 128 country's districts by 2009.
Mcel is easily the dominant force in the mobile phone market in Mozambique. It claims three million subscribers, which gives it a 70 per cent market share. Its sole competitor is the South African company Vodacom.
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