In a recent announcement, Telenor Pakistan announced its collaboration with Nokia to modernize and transform its network in order to expand its services to customers. An agreement has been signed between the two companies in this regard and the partnership is expected to assist Telenor Pakistan’s network expansion and upgradation goals along with increased penetration of 4G/LTE services.
Commenting on the development, Khurrum Ashfaque, Chief Technology Officer, Telenor Pakistan said,
“The decision to onboard Nokia is in line with Telenor Pakistan’s ongoing strategy for network expansion, transformation and virtualization. Our ambition is to set up data ready operations by bringing capabilities of automation, intelligent field operation, smart planning and customer insights with new and advanced tools which we shall leverage through our new global partner.
We are constantly bringing innovation to our technology domain in order to bring the true benefits and experience of digital services to our customers and we believe this partnership will give us access to a global pool of competencies in addition to bringing us one step closer to the fulfilment of our purpose of connecting people to what matters most.”
Bernard Najm, Head of Middle East Market Unit, Nokia said,
“Under this partnership our network offerings will not only provide better service quality to Telenor Pakistan subscribers, but also prepare the groundwork for digital products and services of the future”“Our services portfolio and global expertise will help Telenor Pakistan further improve its operational efficiencies while enabling faster and more reliable services. We look forward to working with Telenor Pakistan and are fully committed to supporting them in meeting the evolving consumer and enterprise demands.”