Liquid Telecom and MTN on Tuesday announced a partnership that will see both companies extend their footprints in Africa.
The firms said the deal will enable them to boost their service offerings to business customers in the continent.
"Together, Liquid Telecom and MTN will be able to provision networks with complex requirements faster and sell each other’s wholesale, carrier, enterprise and fixed services on the combined network," the firms said, in a joint statement.
Liquid Telecom will gain a presence in a dozen new African markets while MTN will add four countries.
"We have a well-deserved reputation in East, Central and Southern Africa, for providing quality broadband to businesses," explained Liquid Telecom CEO Nic Rudnick.
"We are laying 100km of n ew fibre every week but have decided to partner for the time being in West Africa so that we can immediately meet demand from businesses there," he added.
MTN also talked up the benefit to customers that will stem from the partnership.
"We will be able to leverage each other’s products and services to improve our offerings to carrier and enterprise customers in Africa, the Middle East and Europe," said Elia Tsouros, head of global sales at MTN’s enterprise business unit.
"In addition, we have the opportunity to offer our customers services beyond our footprint, thanks to the combined footprints of both companies, as well as those of our partners," he added.
