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Algeria’s state-owned operator Algérie Télécom has deployed North Africa’s first commercial LTE network in partnership with Nokia.

Algérie’s subscribers can now enjoy LTE broadband service experience with high speed services and improved coverage, thanks to Nokia’s LTE solutions including its Single RAN (radio access network) Advanced and comprehensive services.

The project is a greenfield LTE network deployment. The first phase will deploy 200 sites, while the second phase will increase the number of sites by 2000 by late 2015 to provide ultra-fast broadband network with greater coverage across the country.

“We had a huge demand for ultra-fast broadband network and greater coverage as the number of broadband subscribers was rapidly growing across the length and breadth of Algeria,” said Azouaou Mehmel, President and CEO of Algérie Télécom Group. “We wanted to fulfill these demands by building an LTE network with the latest technology available on the market.”

“We know that Algérie Télécom wants to provide their customers with services at par with those provided by leading LTE operators around the world, and trust that our advanced radio access infrastructure enables them to do exactly that,” said Igor Leprince, Senior Vice President, MEA, Networks, Nokia.

Under the contract, Nokia provided its Single RAN Advanced solution based on its high-capacity, scalable Flexi Multiradio 10 Base Station for the majority of the LTE network. In addition, it deployed its cloud-ready NetAct for efficient network management across technologies.

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