Archive for July 5th, 2007

New Alliance: Ufone and Telenor to Share Infrastructure Facilities

Published by Babar Bhatti on July 5, 2007 under Companies, Infrastructure, Mobile Companies, Telecommunications

Thanks to TM for pointing out this interesting story. As the Pakistan mobile industry enters into a new phase of competition, it is showing signs of maturity. In this case, Ufone and Telenor will share infrastructure. By crafting deals and alliances with each other mobile companies should be able to deliver better value. The focus is naturally on mutually beneficial items – such as taking more market share from the leader!

Here’s the full story:

Ufone and Telenor Pakistan have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on facilitating both operators to share their infrastructure (sites/towers) for 10 years with mutual consent. The MoU is the first of its kind between the two leading mobile phone operators in Pakistan.

This is a welcome initiative for the industry, as it will help reduce costs of companies in developing separate sites for their networks. Speaking at the signing ceremony, Ufone Chief Executive Officer Mubashir Naqvi said: “It is a breaking news in the telecom sector of Pakistan since the infrastructure was the main hitch for all the operators to mark their footprints all over the country.

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