Telecom solutions major Tech Mahindra is said to have bagged a $20-million (Rs 112-crore) greenfield implementation deal from Surfline, one of the newest entrants to Ghana’s wireless broadband space
Tech Mahindra will develop, set up and manage the IT services capabilities required for the roll-out of Surfline’s offerings, sources close to the development said. The multi-year contract has a managed services component built into it, they said.
A spokesperson for Tech Mahindra did not comment on a
In February this year, Ghana’s National Communication Authority had selected Surfline and three other companies for broadband wireless access (BWA) licences in the 2500-2690 MHz band.
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The terms state that the licensee can employ any suitable technology of its choice to provide fixed, nomadic or mobile broadband services throughout Ghana. Tech Mahindra, which is in the process of merging with Mahindra Satyam, ventured into Ghana a few years ago, after being selected to run Bharti Airtel’s call-centres across several operation sites in Africa.
Though the Mahindra group company does not separately report its revenues from Africa, Managing Director C.P. Gurnani did provide some idea of the outlook for the continent during a recent conference call with analysts.
“Net-net on business, as we see it, Asia, Africa and Middle East are good and, more importantly for us, we have been able to improve our earning capabilities there by a fairly decent margin,” he had said.