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Smile fecha financiamento de US$ 365 milhões para acelerar a expansão de sua rede 4G LTE na África
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PORT LOUIS, Maurício, 8 de setembro de 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- A Smile Telecoms Holdings Ltd ("Smile"), que é proprietária e opera as redes de banda larga 4G LTE móvel e sem fio na faixa de 800 MHz na Nigéria, Tanzânia e Uganda, anunciou que obteve um financiamento de dívida e capital de US$ 365 milhões ("o financiamento"). O financiamento será usado para expandir as redes e serviços existentes de banda larga móvel 4G LTE da Smile, de modo que, até o final de 2015, a Smile irá oferecer serviços de voz clara e terá cobertura nacional comparável à da maior rede 3G em cada um dos seus países atuais de operação. A Smile também lançará sua rede de banda larga na República Democrática do Congo ("RDC") no início de 2016.

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O financiamento é composto de US$ 50 milhões de patrimônio líquido, obtido junto à Public Investment Corporation em nome do Government Employees Pension Fund ("PIC") (Fundo de Pensões dos Funcionários do Governo) e uma linha de crédito multi-jurisdicional e de várias parcelas de US$ 315 milhões, liderada pelo African Export-Import Bank, com participação do Banco de Desenvolvimento da África Austral, Diamond Bank PLC, Ecobank Nigeria, a PIC, a Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited e Standard Chartered Bank. Os acionistas da Smile agora compõem o Al Nahla Group, uma empresa com sede na Arábia Saudita, que é a acionista majoritária; Renven Investment Holdings, um veículo de investimento pan-africano, em que investidores nigerianos, inclusive o Obijackson Group, são a maioria; a Verene, representando a gerência sênior da Smile e empreendedores sociais da África do Sul; Telecom Investments, uma empresa de investimento da Arábia Saudita; Capitalworks, uma empresa de gestão alternativa ativa, especializada em investimento no mercado médio africano; a PIC; e funcionários da Smile.

Sob os termos, o financiamento será usado para acelerar os lançamentos da rede nacional, incluindo equipamentos e serviços fornecidos pela Alcatel Lucent e Ericsson, uma rede MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching) completa, um London Point of Presence (Ponto de Presença de Londres) e serviços internacionais de backhaul expandidos, e para financiar as despesas operacionais e o capital de giro.

O objetivo da Smile é se tornar a provedora de banda larga favorita para dados super-rápidos e voz clara em cada um dos seus mercados e para fornecer mais de 300 milhões clientes potenciais em seus quatro países de operação com uma plataforma rápida, confiável e de alta qualidade para acelerar o desenvolvimento e criação de riqueza. Há evidências convincentes da ligação da banda larga com a criação de emprego; a Brookings Institution afirma que "para cada aumento de um ponto percentual na penetração da banda larga, o emprego deverá aumentar de 0,2 a 0,3 por cento ao ano". Além disso, de acordo com o Broadband Strategies Handbook do Banco Mundial, "um aumento de 10 por cento na taxa de penetração da banda larga nos países em desenvolvimento está associado a um aumento de 1,4 por cento do PIB per capita."

O financiamento é um dos maiores levantamentos de capital para uma operadora de telecomunicações na África e eleva o financiamento total comprometido a Smile desde sua fundação em 2007, para cerca de US$ 600 milhões.

A Darisami International Consultancy Ltd atuou como consultora financeira para a Smile.

Irene Charnley, CEO da Smile, disse: "Agora que estamos totalmente financiados para oferecer cobertura nacional de acesso à internet super-rápido e serviços de voz clara, a nossa prioridade é garantir que os nossos clientes experimentem e se beneficiem do poder da banda larga móvel de alta velocidade em comparação com os serviços de banda estreita disponíveis até o momento, incluindo a forma de gerir eficazmente a experiência superior em termos de consumo de dados."

O Sheikh Mohammed Sharbatly, vice-presidente da Smile, disse: "Tive recentemente a alegria de usar a rede da Smile na Nigéria e a qualidade é melhor do que a que temos no Reino Unido e na Arábia Saudita. Ao licenciar o espectro de até 800 MHz para uso comercial em um estágio inicial em relação a muitos outros países, inclusive os de alta renda, os governos da Nigéria, Tanzânia, Uganda e RDC têm demonstrado o compromisso de estar na vanguarda da revolução da banda larga e acelerar o desenvolvimento e crescimento do PIB, e nós os louvamos por isso."

Sobre a Smile Telecoms Holdings Ltd

Fundada em 2007 e incorporada em Maurício, a Smile é um grupo de telecomunicações pan-africano com operações na Nigéria (Smile Communications Nigeria), Tanzânia (Smile Communications Tanzania), Uganda (Smile Communications Uganda) e República Democrática do Congo (Smile Communications RDC) e tem uma empresa associada na África do Sul.

A Smile tem o objetivo único transformador de usar as melhores e mais inovadoras tecnologias para oferecer aos seus clientes serviços de comunicações rápidos, confiáveis, de alta qualidade, fáceis de usar e acessíveis.

Em 2012, a empresa lançou a primeira rede comercial 4G LTE da África na faixa de 800 MHz ("banda 20" da UIT) no mercado leste africano, começando por Dar es Salaam, Tanzânia e, em seguida, Kampala, Uganda. Isto foi acompanhado pelo lançamento das primeiras redes comerciais LTE 4G da África Ocidental, também em banda 20, começando por Ibadan e Lagos, Nigéria.

A visão e missão da Smile é ser a provedora de banda larga preferida em todos os seus mercados e permitir que os seus clientes se beneficiem plenamente do mundo da internet para dados e voz.

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Smile Telecoms Limitada

http://www.smilecoms.com

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