STL is pleased to release a geodatabase gathered over a period of 2years containing the location of over 2,000 operational
sites for MTN, about 1,400 sites for Celtel and some 1,600 sites for Globacom . It contains such information as owner (operator) of each mast, geographic coordinates, city, LGA, state, and mast height.
The database will be useful in the following areas:
1) Encourage further cooperation amongst the operators in co-locating their operational sites as opposed to dotting Nigeria’s landscape with too many 45m high masts.
2) Competitor’s Coverage Analysis. To illustrate, as at January 2007, Celtel’s 1,492 sites, covered some 357 LGAs in Nigeria either wholly or completely. This translates to about 293,116.311 Sqkm in area representing about 31.69% Nigeria’s total landmass.
3) Mobile Subscriber Analysis: As at January 2007 Celtel had effectively provided coverage for about 64,529,150 people living within these 357 LGAs across Nigeria representing an estimated 46.09% of Nigeria’s total population.
STL used the coordinates of celtel’s 1,492 gathered and the visual power of GIS to produce this analysis.
Ireti Ajala who once headed MTN’s GIS unit for over 5years and who was responsible for producing similar coverage analyses published in MTN Group’s annual report for Nigeria used methods that he introduced while with MTN to produce this report.
Ajala said “this methodology is reproducible and the result is dependable at 98% level of confidence”
For more information and general enquiry, please contact,
Anthony Lawrence.
Spatial Technologies Ltd
Email: info@spatialtechnologiesltd.com
Website: www.spatialtechnologiesltd.com
Tel: +234(0)18533497 (Lagos) or our London office :+442085338338
Site URL: http://www.spatialtechnologiesltd.com/Mast_Database3.php
