Chinese President Hu Jintao and visiting Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo attended the signing ceremony in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 14 for the MOU on Nigerian Telecom General Service and the agreement on Huawei��s investment in Nigeria. The two deals are inked by China Huawei Technologies and Nigerian Ministry of Communication.

Huawei will provide its CDMA450 technology for the communication service in Nigeria��s rural areas. Huawei's 200 million USD worth of solution will give access to communication service for 220 local governments in Nigeria to make the communication coverage double in the African country. It will also facilitate the development of e-education and e-health care there.

Huawei has made a well-established presence in Nigeria since it entered into the market in 1999. It became the largest telecom equipment provider in Nigeria with its 340 million USD sales which is expected to rise to 600 million USD this year.

Talks on rural communication begun between Huawei and Nigerian Ministry of Communication at the beginning of 2001.

By People's Daily Online