Alcatel-Lucent has announced that company will provide Telesis Tanzania with its comprehensive 4G LTE mobile broadband solution. Established in 2011, Telesis operates as a Mobile Virtual Network Aggregator (MVNA), supporting services for a number of Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO) which serve their customers using Telesis’ infrastructure. 

The mobile broadband network will be launched using the digital dividend spectrum available for Long Term Evolution (LTE) services. 

For the project Alcatel-Lucent will provide its 4G LTE solution including Radio Access network (RAN) products, the Evolved Packet Core solution (EPC), the Service Aware Manager the Subscriber Data Manager, Convergent Charging System as well as its services expertise including project management, integration and optimization.

"Both Alcatel-Lucent and Telesis have been entrusted by the regulator (TCRA) and the Tanzanian Government at large to truly become a game changer, leading the establishment of a business model where collaboration rather than competition will benefit the economy at large. Tanzania has over 20 million addressable broadband users, 200,000 registered businesses, and nearly 30,000 educational institutions that all need to be connected", said Mihayo Wilmore, Director and Co-Founder of Telesis.