Tigo launches
4G+ network
in Tanzania
T
anzania’s leading digital lifestyle
company Tigo, has heightened the
availability of ultra-fast digital experience
for data customers in the country with the
launch of 4G+ network.
NetDragon powers African
education industry with
leading technology
“The launch of 4G+ is in line with Tigo’s
transformative journey and the company’s
objective of offering customers the
best digital experience,” said Tigo Chief
Technical and Information Officer Jerome
Albou. “We are setting the pace among
mobile service providers and catapulting
technology to the highest heights of digital
offering in the country.”
Tigo customers can now have access to
the most reliable digital experience and
ultra-fast downloads at normal Internet
bundle rates. All that is required is a 4G+
enabled smartphone.
“We are proud that with the launch of
4G+ network, our company has again put
Tanzania on a global telecommunications
map,” added Tarik Boudiaf, Tigo’s Chief
Commercial Officer. “We are now competing
with the developed nations who are currently
rolling out 5G technology.”
While Tigo’s fast 4G network reaches speeds
of up to 60Mbps, Tigo’s new 4G+ is twice
as fast, reaching speeds of up to 120Mbps.
This is a shared speed among subscribers
latching in a specific site and the total speed
is distributed among them.
Besides boasting the biggest 4G network
that covers 22 cities across the country, the
Tigo 4G+ network has now been rolled out
in Dar es Salaam, Arusha, Morogoro, Moshi
and Dodoma with ongoing expansion to
other cities.
A
ten-member delegation including
NetDragon Websoft Inc’s
management team led by founder and
chairman Liu Dejian, hosted several
events in Nigeria and Kenya where
they investigated the local education
environment and provided exchange
opportunities to support the development
of a smart education industry and
ecosystem in the two countries.
Prior to the company’s Nigerian visit,
senior government officials from Nigeria
had been to China. During the tour,
officials signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with NetDragon,
following their introduction and
demonstration of educational products
and solutions developed by their
education subsidiary, Elernity.
Details of the MoU included solutions
to provide core elements of digital
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education combining VR, AR, and AI
technologies. As a result, both parties are
now taking action to implement the MoU.
Liu said: “The challenge of unbalanced
education resources facing the world
is reflected in the investment in
hardware and the allocation of soft
resources. The IDEA concept, jointly
developed by NetDragon and the
Nigerian government, aims to help
students across Africa benefit from the
wisdom of a Chinese Internet company
while providing technology-enhanced
educ ation to more children.”
As a key part of IDEA, NetDragon will
build a national public service platform of
educational resources, a national network
platform for the teaching community, a
national digital talent training platform
and a national future education
experience centre.
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