The NatCom
Development and Investment Limited, trading as ‘ntel’ has made its first Voice
over Long Term Evolution (VoLTE) in the city of Lagos, today, reports ITRealms.
The
company, ITRealms recalls recently acquired the core assets of NiTel/MTel which
is currently in liquidation.
According
to the duo of the Director, External Affairs, Mr. Osondu Nwokolo and Head,
Corporate Communications at ntel, the telco made its first Voice over LTE call
in Lagos today, Thursday, February 25, 2016, at about 3.30pm at telco’s new Tier III data
centre located on Lagos Island.
They also noted that VoLTE calls are enabled over a carrier’s
high-speed data network instead of on a voice network, hence, the Voice over
LTE calls also connect faster upon dialing and feature ultra-clear
high-definition voice quality.
ITRealms also confirmed that the VoLTE call was completed in partnership with Original
Equipment Manufacturers (OEM), Messrs L M Ericsson of Sweden and Sony Electronics
of Japan.
This, ITRealms reports, follows ntel’s first data call on 18 January, 2016 and its
first SIP voice call on 18 February, 2016 respectively.
Ntel, ITRealms further gathered would now progress work with Nigeria’s other mobile
operators and international partners to perform cross-network VoLTE calls to ensure
that ntel’s customers could actually connect with each other as easily as they
could to both customers in Nigeria and to those elsewhere in the world; a
network now comprising more than seven billion telephones, globally.
Ntel
further pointed out that this crystal-clear, high-definition VoLTE call was made
via an ntel sim card and is set to be a significant differentiating factor for
ntel as it progresses with the roll-out of Nigeria’s largest Advanced 4G/LTE
network, due to be launched shortly.
Excited ntel CEO, Mr. Kamar Abass
said this calls confirms that the key network elements are now in place to
support the full commercial launch of premium integrated voice, video and data
services over 4G/LTE.
“The ntel network is built on the
900/1800 Mhz which are the most efficient propagation frequencies for the
deployment of 4G/LTE technology,” he declared.
ITRealms recollects that the ntel’s first test data call in Lagos was on Monday January
18, 2016, a few days after NatCom
chairman, Tunde Ayeni appeared before the House of Representatives Communications
Committee.
Ayeni had assured the Lawmakers that
ntel is committed to investing over $1bn to support roll out of commercial
services, starting in Lagos, Port Harcourt and Abuja. Noting that ntel will
generate employment for over 4,000 Nigerians over the next five years.
This test call is a further demonstration
that ntel is fully committed to building on the acquired assets of NiTel/MTel to
provide world class super-fast broadband services to support the Federal
Government’s 2013 National Broadband plan.
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