Angolan telecoms company Startel, partly-owned by Telecom Namibia, plans to invest at least USD55 million to deploy 100,000 wireless in the local loop (WiLL) telephone lines providing voice, data and internet services in the capital and other areas as it expands across the country in the medium- to long-term.

During the launching ceremony of the company`s telecommunication service on 27 April, board chairman Manuel João Carneira said that the institution aims at expanding its activity nationwide, by paying attention to the quality and creating 276 jobs, including 243 for Angolans.

Startel CEO, Ernst Nitschke, also informed that as an authorised operator, the company is ready to supply with voice, data and Internet services for Luanda`s metropolitan area, as well as countrywide in medium and long terms.

Mundo is building out a fixed-wireless network based on CDMA2000 access technology and NGN backbone infrastructure in partnership with Chinese equipment vendor ZTE.