Somaliland to Get a GSM Network

Tecore Wireless Systems says that it received an order from Telsom Mobile for a GSM network deployment in Somaliland. This network, operating as Telsom Somaliland and serving the capital Hargeysa and surrounding cities, is the first wireless network connecting Somalia and Somaliland under one network operator, facilitating cross-border commerce as well as regional and international roaming. Tecore, in partnership with AirNet Communications Corporation, previously installed its AirCore Mobile Switching Center (MSC) at Telsom Mobile now providing the wireless service to subscribers in Mogadishu, Somalia. The new turn-key network deployment includes the AirCore MSC with integrated revenue-generating features, such as Roaming, Prepaid, Short Message Service Center (SMSC) and voicemail, as well as AirNet AdaptaCell Broadband Software-Defined Base Stations.

"By meeting the specific cost, coverage and capacity needs in the first phase of Telsom Mobile's deployment, Tecore was able to rapidly deliver a high-capacity MSC to serve more subscribers than any other operator in Mogadishu," said Jay Salkini, Tecore's chairman and CEO. "Telsom Mobile has placed this order with us to expand their system coverage and open up lucrative roaming opportunities."

"We are delighted with the success of the first wireless network deployment from Tecore and AirNet," said M. A. Jama, CEO of Telsom Mobile. "We awarded them the expansion of our system because we knew they could quickly provide an integrated software-based, feature rich solution. With its all-in-one MSC and broadband base stations, Tecore was an obvious choice to dramatically reduce our total cost of ownership and maximize our return-on-investment."

Posted to the site on 25th September 2003