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Re: What Is Mtn Upgrading To? by olaolaking: 1:03am On Nov 06, 2012 |
MTN is upgrading their infrastructure. They want to use new and different equipment which are more sophiscated. They want to reduce the use of dissel and other expensise + including theft in some area. I am a bit frustrated sha but I which they finish it on time and let see what they have to offer. Untill then, they remain the second best to me |
Re: What Is Mtn Upgrading To? by linearity: 1:29am On Nov 06, 2012 |
COMPAQ: Over the last couple of months, MTN has been in the news informing us of their current network upgrade. However, i'm curious about what they are upgrading to with respect to data! Are they moving up to HSPA+ otherwise known as 3.75g(which Airtel and Etisalat use) or are they moving up to LTE, otherwise known as 4g, (which no network in Nigeria uses yet - forget Glo's claims) which I understand is what MTN SA is upgrading to. It will surprise me if LTE come to Nigeria anytime in the near future. It is a radical infrastructural change from the cell site all the way to the packet core. You will not be able to use any existing UMTS device, except maybe the mask, which must be fitted to support the MIMO antennas.....the cost is huge and the providers in Nigeria must first determine if they can recoup the cost and enough profit from the customers compare to how things are right now. There are many upgrade parts within HSPA+ that will lead to increased data throughput......HSPA+ can support upto 337Mbit/s with Release 11 of the 3gpp standard at the cell site, but no one is getting this speed in 9ja becos the providers consider it a waste of money and bottom line to incur the expenses needed to make such upgrades even when they ride the same underlying 3g infrastructure. |
Re: What Is Mtn Upgrading To? by elwino: 6:44am On Nov 06, 2012 |
@Linearity, Then it may surprise you that MTN is already test running LTE in Abuja on a pivot run. This is being done with Huawei as their partner, Airtel is also working on deploying some LTE nodes and are also working with Huawei on same. so dont be surprised if these netwroks roll out LTE services as soon as the government agencies give them the required frequencies. |
Re: What Is Mtn Upgrading To? by Yacubes(m): 6:56am On Nov 06, 2012 |
Upgrading 2 NITEL... |
Re: What Is Mtn Upgrading To? by rman: 7:20am On Nov 06, 2012 |
el wino: @Linearity, Then it may surprise you that MTN is already test running LTE in Abuja on a pivot run. This is being done with Huawei as their partner, Airtel is also working on deploying some LTE nodes and are also working with Huawei on same. What most of them don't know is MTN will invest close to $1billion in two years on their network in Nigeria alone. That's a lot and I don't expect them not to get it right with such a huge investment |
Re: What Is Mtn Upgrading To? by adewaleafolabi(m): 7:39am On Nov 06, 2012 |
rman: Hmm but remember Nigeria is a place where all form of normal reasoning and common sense is defied. I won't be surprised if after spending that amount, service becomes worse or just a bit better than the current level of crap 2 Likes |
Re: What Is Mtn Upgrading To? by adekay09(m): 7:46am On Nov 06, 2012 |
surugede: Oga, they have different projects going on oh. the one in asaba is a swap project, they haven't started their modernization project there. The modernization project is ongoing in abuja and some other regions. and MTN as a company have a strict standard, sure the KPI isnt the best right now but trust me, it will get better than what it used to be, whether na huawei oh, zte oh, ching chung chu oh, they will step up their game... |
Re: What Is Mtn Upgrading To? by adekay09(m): 7:47am On Nov 06, 2012 |
rman: MTN is doing a complete overhaul of thier network. WELL SAID!!! |
Re: What Is Mtn Upgrading To? by vitality22(m): 8:29am On Nov 06, 2012 |
Red-Light:Thank you. You sincerely spoke my mind here. I even find it difficult to do my bank transactions, as I so much love doing mobile banking alot. |
Re: What Is Mtn Upgrading To? by wundakind(m): 9:23am On Nov 06, 2012 |
am planning on chewing my mtn sim soon...... Already gotten a zain nd etisalat lines... I dunno y NCC hasnt chased dem outta this country |
Re: What Is Mtn Upgrading To? by Abuklaw(m): 11:59am On Nov 06, 2012 |
what benefit can an EMPTY HEN give to d society if not bad odour of it uncracked egg |
Re: What Is Mtn Upgrading To? by kodred(m): 12:00pm On Nov 06, 2012 |
CrazyMan: MTN = Maximizing thievery Nationwide |
Re: What Is Mtn Upgrading To? by Nobody: 12:03pm On Nov 06, 2012 |
rman: I disagree with you...if 'number portability' by December is true all it means is that I can sign up a contract with etisalat ditch MTN and continue with the splendid voice and data package that etisalat has to offer. Truth be told MTN has the worst data reliability I've ever seen. What keeps people 'including myself' with that network is just cause of my 0803 line. If number portability becomes possible in Nigeria (as it is abroad) then the Nigerian telecoms industry would be driven solely by the services renders and not how long one is known by a particular number. |
Re: What Is Mtn Upgrading To? by geezyk(m): 3:28pm On Nov 06, 2012 |
Best option is to mobilize boys make we go all their branches all over naija,make we begin burn am down one by one.. Maybe that's when they'll understand that Nigerians are tired of their so-called best network.. |
Re: What Is Mtn Upgrading To? by oyeleyemaureen(m): 3:46pm On Nov 06, 2012 |
Upgrading to exploit and disappoint |
Re: What Is Mtn Upgrading To? by bestofibkpumpn(f): 4:00pm On Nov 06, 2012 |
DonalĂ° Genes: What do you mean by which android... All i can see is Firmware version**2.3.6 Baseband version **I510.06**SCH-I510 blablabla Kernel version**2.6.35.7-FP5 Dat all i can see |
Re: What Is Mtn Upgrading To? by Elebiju: 4:39pm On Nov 06, 2012 |
Nurry: What I still don't understand is the fact that MTN has deteriorated and some pple still stick to the network when there are other choices.switch over to what?answer me my friend,is it to eti nonsense or unreliable glo or fluctuating airtel abeg frre me jo they all the same buh MTN is the best |
Re: What Is Mtn Upgrading To? by nairaman66(m): 12:18am On Nov 07, 2012 |
[quote(What Is Mtn Upgrading To?)][/quote] EMPTY HEN left the country when they came 11 years ago! |
Re: What Is Mtn Upgrading To? by COMPAQ(m): 6:42pm On Nov 07, 2012 |
Funny enough a colleague reported that for the last 4 to 5 days, she has suddenly started posted speeds as high as 10mbps to 12mbps. And she said she was getting regular speeds of like 800kbps to 1.5mbps just like a week ago, so maybe the upgrade is working. This is in pH by the way and I recall they advertised in the local radio here like a month ago that the upgrade had now reached our area. |
Re: What Is Mtn Upgrading To? by COMPAQ(m): 6:52pm On Nov 07, 2012 |
MrMexs007: I am eager for number portability myself. I am also finding it difficult to change to etisalat from Airtel cos I've Been using the number for like since inception and don't want to have to start communicating a new number. |
Re: What Is Mtn Upgrading To? by Mustay(m): 11:38pm On Nov 07, 2012 |
Red-Light: At the FEC meeting, it was still mentioned that number portability will begin December. Let's see then. |
Re: What Is Mtn Upgrading To? by Mustay(m): 11:55pm On Nov 07, 2012 |
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Re: What Is Mtn Upgrading To? by Djcn: 7:32am On Nov 08, 2012 |
COMPAQ: Funny enough a colleague reported that for the last 4 to 5 days, she has suddenly started posted speeds as high as 10mbps to 12mbps. And she said she was getting regular speeds of like 800kbps to 1.5mbps just like a week ago, so maybe the upgrade is working. This is in pH by the way and I recall they advertised in the local radio here like a month ago that the upgrade had now reached our area. its not enough to make such claims give location in ph. |
Re: What Is Mtn Upgrading To? by Mikkyphaton: 11:19am On Nov 08, 2012 |
deor03: Basically what MTN is doing is called Network Modernization Project.aaaa!!! Abeg o!!! No spoil my mouth 4 me, dis post too hard to read. Rmb keresimasi dey around corna. |
Re: What Is Mtn Upgrading To? by COMPAQ(m): 1:30pm On Nov 11, 2012 |
Djcn: Well, I know she resides somewhere on Okporo road near artillery. However, I am aware she uses the latest ZTE modem, which I think has a max of 21mbps. I just dusted off an old mtn sim to test (I am always looking for the fastest service) and my ookla speed test gives me a download speed of 1.9gbps! And that's using an older glo modem of 3 years ago with a max of 3.6mbps. We should all remember that we are limited by the hardware that we use!! Some peeps are looking for superfast speeds on modems and phones of 3 years ago...it simply won't happen. The other thing i noticed though is that the upload speed was rather poor at 250kbps. Etisalat sometimes does more than 1gbps uploading. |
Re: What Is Mtn Upgrading To? by puskin: 4:06am On Nov 12, 2012 |
Djcn: I'll not only give you location...i'll also give U screenshots. The speed in the screenie below was gotten using my Android fone (HTC Desire S) as a modem and creating a wi-fi hotspot with it. My friend that uses a Samsung GS3 as his modem.......regularly gets download speeds of 1.44MB/s Using that same SIM in an MTN modem only gives me 450kbps max. So the hardware U use is very important. Location: still around artillery, PH.
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Re: What Is Mtn Upgrading To? by puskin: 4:09am On Nov 12, 2012 |
COMPAQ: You are very right. |
Re: What Is Mtn Upgrading To? by Nobody: 10:02am On Nov 12, 2012 |
COMPAQ: Funny enough a colleague reported that for the last 4 to 5 days, she has suddenly started posted speeds as high as 10mbps to 12mbps. And she said she was getting regular speeds of like 800kbps to 1.5mbps just like a week ago, so maybe the upgrade is working. This is in pH by the way and I recall they advertised in the local radio here like a month ago that the upgrade had now reached our area. Hmmm I stay in Jos and before MTN came to Jos was till 3years after they had lunched in Nigeria. Only them know how long it will take them to accomplish that in the rest of the country. My problem with MTN is they have all these bonus's that are geared to RIPPING their customers. Take for instance the so called WOW packed. It was not until I loaded N400 last night with *888 as prefix did I realise that the N400 was moved to a 'WOW main account' and the 'bonus' of N400 reflects as WOW Bonus. IMAGINE. And I had up to midnight to start making calls so as to clear a total of N800 or forfeit my N400 and the so called WOW bounus of 400. What can be more criminal than that, why cant they just come out straight and tell us that 'bear in mind that credit loaded with *888 as prefix can not be used for SMS or after the midnight of Sunday'. As for me and my house we are dropping our MTN line till further notice. |
Re: What Is Mtn Upgrading To? by viruz007(m): 2:02pm On Nov 12, 2012 |
Rman I can really like to meet you man... Enjoy ur knowledge. As for the claims about the speeds in ph, I can concur cuz of late downloads wit my BIS via UCWeb have been unusually fast... Will try their hourly plans on me modem though its a old 1. Will test it wiv speedtest and see what I can achieve As for mtn upgrades I agree with rman cuz MTN ryt now r swapping out ericsson for ZTE since the operate on IP and most of their equipments ate designed to support IP though am more familiar with Huawei equipments sha... As for the LTE test, its possible soon cuz Airtel has been experimenting... I'm in the industry so I can confirm some of what has been stated here. Though I still prefer etisalat tho. Dat network is crazy!!! |
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