Globecomm, a global provider of satellite-based managed network solutions, has won a contract to provide wireless managed services in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

For voice and data services to wireless operator subscribers and interconnected partners in Sierra Leone, the company is all set to provide CDMA-450 switching facilities.

Thanks to the architecture, CDMA-450 radio network will be able to connect via satellite to Globecomm’s hosted mobile switch controller (MSC (News - Alert)) and value added services (VAS) in New York. Plus, the network is incorporating a WiMax network for additional connectivity throughout the city.

Andy Silberstein, senior vice president and general manager of services at Globecomm, said that the company’s hosted mobile core switch continues to help wireless carriers profitably introduce wireless technologies in developing markets without a major capital or operational investment.

“It also demonstrates Globecomm's value proposition by bringing our wireless managed services to Africa and addressing the strong data market for internet and private corporate VPN data networks,” Silberstein said.

Currently, the company’s hosted switch platform carries millions of minutes of voice traffic, hundreds of gigabytes of data traffic, for wireless operators from North America, to the Caribbean and now into Africa.

Company officials said that with full redundancy for all major components, the hosted switch platform provides a 100-percent IP-based soft-switch architecture with a forward path to 4G/LTE (News - Alert).

Globecomm maintains a dedicated power system in its Hauppauge, N.Y.-based Network Operations Center in support of the switch platforms.

Last month, the company received a contract from a major media & entertainment company valued at $3.8 million.