newman10: Dont mind them brother. They are always upgrading. Its just an excuse by them to cover up for their poor services jare

aryzgreat: MTN is swapping their equipment from ericsson to Huawei, the exercise is bound to cause disruption in transmission.

okpara ugo: Has anyone won the aeroplane MTN promised giving to a lucky subscriber

Dat one nah my target, especially the cash option.

rman: MTN is doing a complete overhaul of thier network.

Due to the increased demand for broadband from mobile users, access nodes that support bursty traffic are being deployed. Eg if you are chatting and during same chat u need to send a video, your demand for capacity suddenly increases, which the current network hardly supports.
When the modernization project is over, more sites and cities will be on 3G, almost all states capital will have a fibre metro, and both TDM and IP network will be made available. Also, the network will be LTE ready.

Almost all the network have HSDPA but what makes Etisalat the best is theirs is IP network which delivers flexible capacity as required.

They are doing all this on a live network with millions of subscribers so there will be issues.

It is a task that must be done based on what future mobile telecoms network will be delivering.

Yes, they have issues now but if they get it right, subscribers will sing a different song.

I hope some of my giberish makes sense.

wandeay: they want to upgrage from 3G(3cups of garri) to
4G(4cups of garri) otherwise known as LTE (Let
Them Eat)

deor03: Basically what MTN is doing is called Network Modernization Project.

This type of project is presently going on in several markets around the world. They are also swapping out in some other regions as well.

They are putting the modern cabinets on site capable of doing IP Transmission and also capable of 2G/3G/4G in a single cabinet.

In addition to above "network modernization solution is designed to help operators fully utilize their site energy, reduce energy consumption of their temperature control systems, optimize their site layout, and fulfill their social responsibilities for energy saving and emission reduction. In addition the solution also aims to reduce site OPEX, prolong equipment life cycle, and enhance operators' competitiveness." [ culled from Huawei ]

I implore you to read more about network modernization projects around the world.

aryzgreat: MTN is swapping their equipment from ericsson to Huawei, the exercise is bound to cause disruption in transmission.

bestofibkpumpn: I go happy if they go upgrade go 4g network oo.. So dat i can make use of my samsung droid

asudan:
na wa for u

surugede:

I am in the industry. Believe you me, what MTN is doing is equipment Swap and not Network Modernization. They are Swapping Ericsson Equipment for Huawei and ZTE [both Chinese coys]and I can authoritatively tell you that these equipment are are not in any way IP TX equipments. As a matter of fact, after the swap [modernization, so called] is Asaba, Delta state, a Huawei region, the Network KPI got worse than before, so also was it in PH region. The simple truth is that for the interest of some people Ericsson is swapped out for Huawei. Believe you me, money exchanged hands for this to take place. If you expecting the MTN network to get better after now, I am sorry to tell you, you will be disappointed.