By: Remmy Nweke


The deal that was sealed and announced Tuesday, 27 November, 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 informed that Celtel will activate several thousand 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 explained 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.

Meanwhile, the General Manager of Celtel responsible for the Lagos Region, Ayo Gbeleyi, said the contract involves the construction of base stations in various locations, enabling Chevron to stay in touch with thousands of its employees and contractors in an efficient and reliable way.

Reacting to the deal, the chief executive of Celtel Nigeria, Bayo Ligali, said the project holds will provide huge opportunity for Chevron's host communities in the Niger Delta with regards to the deployment of telecommunications infrastructure in the area.

"This partnership will further support the Federal Government's initiative of developing the Niger Delta area through the provision of enabling infrastructure in the area and also help Celtel to further realise our brand promise of 'Making Life Better' for people in Nigeria," Ligali said.

For the chief executive officer of Celtel Nigeria, Michael Foley, "We're particularly delighted with our growing relationship with Chevron. Chevron is a very influential player in the oil and gas industry just like Celtel in the telecommunications industry. Both companies are actively involved in the development of the Nigerian economy through the yearly inflow of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), payment of enormous amount of taxes and levies annually, actively creating thousands of jobs directly and indirectly, and executing laudable Corporate Social Responsibility projects in various host communities."

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[30 Nov 2007 15:27]

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