Celtel Nigeria Selects Motorola for $70 Million GSM/EDGE Expansion

As part of Celtel's comprehensive network expansion strategy, Motorolawill deploy its latest Motorola Reach GSM solutions, including EDGE (EnhancedData rates for GSM Evolution) capability for mobile data, and will providecomprehensive network expansion planning, integration, support andoptimization services to Celtel as it extends network coverage to a growingsubscriber base in this densely populated and strategically important oil-producing region.

"Celtel's aggressive growth strategy, rapid expansion and strong focus onquality make it imperative for us to work with a vendor that can provide uswith high performance, reliable GSM solutions and services. Motorola'sability to understand our business needs and to deliver its superiortechnology and services has been central to Celtel Nigeria's ability toachieve its objectives. We are confident that Motorola will successfullysupport our growth so that we can continue to deliver quality voice andadvanced data services to our new and existing customers," said AdebayoLigali, CEO, Celtel Nigeria.

These latest orders follow orders valued at $50 million for a GSM turnkeyexpansion announced earlier this year by the two companies which enabledCeltel to increase its subscriber capacity and extend its coverage into newareas.

"We are delighted to continue working with Celtel and to support theirrapid growth with the latest Motorola GSM solutions and services. Thisnetwork expansion, which is part of Celtel's comprehensive network expansionstrategy, will expand and enhance the operator's cellular network with EDGEcapability for the rapid provision of advanced data services to its growingcustomer base. We look forward to continue working with Celtel as it goesfrom strength to strength," said Ali Amer, vice president sales, Middle East,Africa and Pakistan, Motorola Home & Networks Mobility.

Motorola enjoys a decade-long successful strategic relationship with Zain(formerly MTC Group), which owns Celtel. Motorola has delivered technologysolutions and professional services which have effectively supported thegrowth of Zain properties in the Middle East and Africa.

A portion of revenue on these orders was recognized in previous quartersof 2007.

About Celtel Nigeria

Formerly known as Vmobile Nigeria, the company was established in 2000, bya group of institutional and private investors as well as three stategovernments. The company made history on August 5, 2001 by becoming the firsttelecoms operator to launch commercial GSM services in Nigeria. In May 2006Celtel acquired a majority stake in the company and re-branded the company toCeltel in September. Celtel in Nigeria is now an important part of Celtel'span-African operations spanning 14 countries and serving more than 15 millioncustomers.

The company is pursuing an aggressive network rollout as well as a qualityand customer service upgrade in the quest to realize its vision of 'Makinglife better', not just for its customers but for all Nigerians. The network,which currently covers over 1200 towns and 11,500 communities across the sixgeopolitical zones of the country, scored a series of many other "firsts" inthe highly competitive Nigerian telecommunications market.

Celtel is fully owned by Zain Group (formerly MTC), a leading provider ofmobile telecommunications in the Middle East and Africa. The Zain brand iswholly owned by Mobile Telecommunications Company KSC and is listed on theKuwait Stock Exchange (Stock ticker: ZAIN). The Group operates as Zain inKuwait, Jordan, Bahrain and Sudan and will start operations in Saudi Arabiaearly in 2008. Zain also operates telecommunications networks in Lebanon andIraq. The company's market capitalisation at November 1, 2007 exceeded US$ 28billion. For more information please visit

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