Cambridge Broadband Networks has announced a contract with Gateway Communications to create the world’s largest point to multipoint microwave access network. Gateway will use Cambridge Broadband Networks’ industry leading VectaStar II platform to provision 130 hubs and 5000 terminal stations that will deliver mobile broadband connections across Nigeria. Gateway Communications Nigeria, headquartered in Lagos, are building a pan-African, all-IP connectivity network that covers every major African city and has acquired 10.5GHz spectrum licences for point to multipoint in Nigeria to further the project. The company will roll out up to 10Mb mobile broadband services across 10 Nigerian states in 2010, with Port Harcourt and Abuja scheduled to go live in February. It is anticipated that a further 14 states will go live through 2011. The deal follows Gateway’s successful roll out of its Airlink and MetroLink mobile broadband services, using VectaStar 10.5GHz solutions in Lagos.
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