TRIPOLI: Chinese telecom firms Huawei and ZTE have won contracts worth $75 million to expand the mobile phone network in Libya, the state-run telecommunications office said yesterday.
A total of $58m has been awarded to expand the existing network of the Libyana public mobile phone company from one million lines to 6.5m lines, a statement said.
ZTE and Huawei will also expand the mobile network along the Libyan coast.
In line with a second contract worth $17m, Huwaei alone will install the first phase of a fibre-optic network in the Libyan capital, Tripoli.
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