Tigo to connect Moshi to 4G LTE service

Moshi community now connected to 4G LTE service

BY TIMOTHY KITUNDU

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania – In its quest to change the lifestyles of Tanzanians, last week Tigo announced plans to expand its 4G LTE service to Moshi (over 500km from Dar es Salaam) this month. The company first launched the service in Dar es Salaam early last year before spreading wings to four regions effectively making it the fastest and widest 4G network in Tanzania.

 Regarded as the best and the latest technology in the world’s telecommunication industry with seamless Internet access, 4G LTE technology is about five times faster than the 3G technology used by other operators in the Tanzanian market.

Speaking in an exclusively at Tigo offices in Moshi on the sidelines of the official launch of the annual Kilimanjaro Marathon, Tigo Corporate Communications Manager John Wanyancha said that the expansion of Tigo 4G was in line with the telecom’s commitment to give its customers world class services that enable them to lead a digital lifestyle.

“The plan to expand the Tigo to 4G to Moshi once again demonstrates not only Tigo’s leadership in delivering cutting edge technology and innovation in this market but our commitment to increase access to the Internet for as many Tanzanians as possible,” Wanyancha said and noted that the telecom company’s ultimate goal was to cover the entire country by the end of 2016.

Commenting on the Kilimanjaro Marathon of which Tigo is a co-sponsor, Wanyancha said that as a digital lifestyle company, Tigo was committed to supporting the young sportsmen and women in the country in order to help them achieve their live-long goals

Tigo has since last year been investing $120 million (Tsh.264 billion) annually on its network expansion and quality improvement by scaling up its 4G and 3G sites and fibre network as well as increasing the number of customer service outlets countrywide, summed up Wanyancha.  

Established in 1994, Tigo Tanzania is the leading innovative telecommunication company in the country, distinguished as a fully-fledged digital lifestyle brand. Offering a diverse product portfolio in voice, SMS, high-speed internet and mobile financial services, Tigo has pioneered innovations such as Facebook in Kiswahili, TigoPesa App for Android & iOS users.

Tigo is the biggest commercial brand of Millicom, an international company developing the digital lifestyle in 12 countries with commercial operations in Africa and Latin America and corporate offices in Europe and the USA. With the certain knowledge that only constant innovation will keep them on top, Millicom keeps creating greater shareholder value; applying their concept of “demand more” is how they do business and retain their position as digital lifestyle leaders in some of the most unique and challenging markets.

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