Huawei award Etisalat Nigeria IT contract

Huawei has been awarded an IT outsourcing contract by Etisalat Nigeria, according to local news reports.

Under the arrangement, Huawei will be responsible for the operational management of Etisalat Nigeria’s IT services across technical infrastructure, application management and user support.

However, the business planning, architecture and governance shall still be retained by Etisalat Nigeria.

About 75 per cent of the current IT staff will be transferred to Huawei with comparable terms of employment and compensation.