Celtel Wins Chevron Nigeria Contract

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Celtel, which just launched its “One Network” in Nigeria, has scored a contract form Chevron Nigeria. The company will provide Chevron with telecommunications services nationwide. The deal that was announced in Lagos is a strategic business partnership that expects Celtel to provide telecoms infrastructure and communications support at the oil company’s locations throughout the country.

Celtel will also provide total Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) network coverage to Chevron Nigeria in all its locations including onshore and offshore areas, and corporate locations around Nigeria.

A press statement made available by the Public Relations Manager at Celtel Nigeria, Emmanuel Otokhine, also said that Celtel will activate several thousands of post-paid lines for Chevron, provide direct connect service or six E1 Links, provide Celtel Mobile Office (CMO) and other ancillary solutions and Value Added Services.

Otokhine said that CMO and other ancillary solutions are enterprise productivity enhancement tools intended to offer users in Chevron push e-mail, data services, internet faxing, web browsing, personal information management (PIM), and other wireless communication services, even when they are outside their traditional office environment or in remote locations.

The deal between Celtel and Chevron is just the latest addition in the government’s local content initiative. Another deal announced has ArcelorMittal moving forward with its plans to build a 300,000 ton per annum Longitudinal Submerged Arc Welded pipe mill in Nigeria after receiving an invitation from the country’s state-owned oil firm NNPC, and the Nigerian Content Department (NCD). 

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