MTN Uganda Modernizes Core Network for 5G

MTN Uganda, the largest telecom company in Uganda, has announced Network Modernization to embrace the digitalization journey with a 5G Core Network Transformation. As part of this, the telco announced a five-year strategic partnership with Huawei to transform and modernize its network towards a Cloud-native 5G Capable Core network.

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MUNA project

Named MUNA Project, this partnership is part of the greater MTN Group MUNIC strategy to develop MTN Uganda’s network into an All Cloud Core Network. As a result, MTN Uganda to have a future-proof network with greater service agility, innovation for both consumer and industrial verticals, differentiation, improved operational efficiency and better customer experiences with higher data speeds and reduced latency. The Network Modernization project is expected to combine the various existing legacy core network elements (such as MSCs, HLR, HSS and EIR) into a single vendor and simplified, easy-to-manage Cloud-native core network.

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Ali Monzer, the Chief Technical and Information Officer at MTN Uganda, says, “Through this project, we are modernizing our core network to get ready for 5G in the near future in Uganda. However, this modernization will also help us immediately in delivering a better quality of our voice network.”

MTN Uganda Chief Executive Officer, Sylvia Mulinge, notes that the MUNA partnership with Huawei makes MTN’s core network battle-ready for the impending 5G launch.

“As MTN Uganda, we have always been the front runner of evolving technology in this country. In 2020, we were the first operator in East Africa to do a successful 5G network demonstration. While that was a non-commercial exhibition, this modernization of our network comes in as a precursor of the 5G capabilities which Uganda is going to experience soon,” she said.