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Vodafone officially launched
Accra, April 16, Ghanadot/GNA -
Vodafone was officially launched in Ghana on Wednesday night
with a pledge that it would provide customers with the
highest quality and most reliable mobile network.
After buying a 70 per cent shareholding in the Ghana
Telecommunication Company in August 2008, partnering with
the Government of Ghana, Vodafone has made significant
investments to improve the performance and to expand the
capacity of its networks, an official statement in Accra
said.
It said Vodafone had also signed a multi-million dollar deal
with Huawei Technologies to bring its 3G network services to
the Ghanaian market, giving customers access to high speed
mobile internet services in the future.
Mr David Venn, Chief Executive Officer of Vodafone Ghana,
said:
“Today’s announcement
is the next step in a telecommunications renaissance across
Ghana. Vodafone will offer the most reliable and cost
effective services in the Ghanaian market and we will set
the benchmark for customer satisfaction. Our customers
should expect an excellent network as the basis for these
services and we are committed to delivering it.”
He added: “I would like to thank all Ghanaians for the
welcome we have received and the tremendous interest they
have shown in Vodafone since we arrived here in this market.
We have also invested in the social fabric of Ghana,
deploying community booths, supporting National Farmers day
and helping the educational funds of a number of the
traditional areas. I look forward to announcing similar
initiatives in due course.”
The statement said the official launch of Vodafone follows
the successful joining together of the Ghana
Telecommunications Company (GT) with Vodafone Group, which
serves over 290 million customers in 27 countries around the
world.
The statement noted that Vodafone Ghana, originally the Post
and Telecommunications Department of the Civil Service, went
through several transformations before being renamed Ghana
Telecom in 1996.
It was divested first to a consortium called G-Comm Limited
led by Telekom Malaysia and was later managed by a Norwegian
management services company known as Telenor Management
Partners (TMP).
It employs close to 3,400 Ghanaians and is a major source of
employment in the communications industry. As the industry
leader, providing fixed, mobile and broadband services, the
company serves as the backbone for economic growth and
development in the ICT sector.
Vodafone is the world's leading international mobile
telecommunications company, with equity interests in 27
countries and Partner Markets in more than 40 countries.
As of 31 December 2008, Vodafone had approximately 289
million proportionate customers worldwide.
GNA
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