Vodacom Tanzania capturing the East African Market with solutions from Nokia Siemens Networks

To retain a leadership position, Vodacom Tanzania understood that quality coverage and great service is what would set them apart from their competitors when they decided to expand into Africa. To meet this obligation, this east African operator selected Nokia Siemens Networks to provide a 3G network that would provide both quality and exceptional service.

"We as a company developed a 15-year business plan a few months ago. We used Nokia Siemens Networks to assist us in obtaining information - benchmarks - from Africa and European markets. I believe that was quite successful: we could use this information in our business plan, making our business plan more accurate. And then, obviously, pulling that business plan into our business, short-term, medium-term and long-term objectives. The issue normally with business is to get accurate information, and I believe Nokia Siemens Networks assisted us in getting accurate telecoms information linked to Africa and Europe."

Dietlof Mare, MD Vodacom Tanzania

This Relationship has since grown from being purely a technical partner to that of a business partner.  A record speed of 10 days for the 3G roll-out and implementation of the 22 base stations and 120 sites was the turning point in this partnership.  Nokia Siemens Networks further strengthened the partnership through managed services and consulting services which positioned Vodacom Tanzania as a leader in the Tanzanian Mobile Market.