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The Network

Carrier-grade infrastructure, engineered for Ghanaian conditions.

A hybrid network integrating fiber, LTE/5G, Wi-Fi, satellite, and solar — built to deliver continuous, productive connectivity from teaching hospitals in Accra to CHPS compounds in the Upper East.

Design Premise

No single technology serves every region affordably.

Ghana spans dense urban cores, sprawling peri-urban belts, and remote rural districts — each with different terrain, power realities, and demand profiles. A pure-fiber network is uneconomic outside major cities. A pure-mobile network can’t deliver institutional-grade reliability. A satellite-only network is too expensive at scale. The only architecture that delivers carrier-grade service nationally is a hybrid one — and engineering that hybrid is the core competence Celltell is built around.

Architecture

A three-tier network: Core, Aggregation, Edge.

Core
2 Central Data Centers — Accra
Carrier-grade core routing, peering with Tier-1 providers, BGP edge, security perimeter.
Aggregation
~50 Regional Data Centers
Distributed regional facilities providing aggregation, content caching, and multi-access edge compute.
Edge
~3,000 Edge Sites
The last-mile mesh — towers, fiber distribution, Wi-Fi zones, satellite backhaul, and solar-powered nodes.
Technology

Five integrated transport and access technologies.

Backbone

Fiber

High-capacity backhaul connecting core data centers to regional and high-density urban zones.

Access at scale

LTE / 5G

Wide-area wireless access for households, institutions, and mobility, with 5G readiness in priority zones.

Density

Wi-Fi

Public, institutional, and community Wi-Fi zones for high-density usage in markets, schools, and campuses.

Reach and redundancy

Satellite

Backhaul for hard-to-reach locations and continuity-of-service redundancy for critical institutional sites.

Resilience

Solar Power

Energy-independent network nodes ensuring uptime where grid power is unreliable or absent.

Equipment

Built on global carrier-grade platforms.

Celltell's network is engineered around proven, vendor-supported carrier infrastructure deployed in major operator networks worldwide. This ensures interoperability, longevity, and a clear upgrade path.

Core & Peering
  • Cisco ASR 9000 Series
    service edge & peering
  • Cisco NCS 5500 Series
    provider routing
Aggregation
  • Cisco NCS 5500 / NCS 55A2-MOD
    regional aggregation
  • Cisco NCS 540 Series
    pre-aggregation
Access
  • Cisco ASR 920 Series
    access aggregation
  • Cisco NCS 540
    small-site access
Data Center
  • Cisco Nexus 9000
    ACI fabric
  • Cisco HyperFlex
    hyperconverged compute
  • Cisco Firepower 9300
    security perimeter
Orchestration
  • Crosswork Network Controller
    provisioning, optimization, fault management

Equipment partnerships are subject to ongoing vendor relationships and project-specific design choices.

Coverage & Deployment

National reach, phased by demand and readiness.

Deployment sequences urban anchor zones, regional capitals, and rural CHPS-and-school clusters — designed around institutional anchor demand and grid realities, not coverage maps drawn for marketing.

Indicative national network coverage
Indicative Footprint
2
Core DCs · Accra
~50
Regional Facilities
~3,000
Edge Sites
16
Regions Covered

Indicative national footprint. Final node placement is subject to RF planning, anchor contracts, and right-of-way agreements.

  1. Phase 1

    Greater Accra anchor zones

    Core data centers commissioned, fiber backbone activated through Accra, Tema, and the industrial corridor. Anchor government and institutional sites brought online.

  2. Phase 2

    Regional capitals

    Aggregation facilities deployed in Kumasi, Takoradi, Tamale, and Cape Coast. Regional teaching hospitals, universities, and MMDAs connected.

  3. Phase 3

    District and rural last-mile

    Edge mesh extended via solar-powered nodes and satellite backhaul to CHPS compounds, district schools, and agricultural extension hubs.

  4. Phase 4

    Densification and 5G

    Wi-Fi zones and 5G small cells densified in commercial, transport, and tourism corridors. Continuous capacity uplift across the access tier.

Carrier-grade SLAs

Engineered uptime targets across core and anchor-institution links.

Energy-resilient

Solar-hybrid power on edge sites, designed for unreliable grid conditions.

Anchor-led siting

Sequenced around institutional demand — schools, clinics, MMDAs, markets.

Reviewing the network for due diligence or partnership?

Detailed architecture documentation, equipment bills of materials, and deployment plans are available under NDA to qualified investors and counterparties.

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