Nokia is upgrading much of Orange’s African footprint to LTE using its SingleRAN architecture, in one of the continent’s largest 4G roll-outs, covering 60m subscribers in seven countries. SingleRAN replaces legacy 2G and 3G systems with a unified 2G/3G/4G network that also comes with Nokia NetAct network management software plus services, designed to streamline overall network operations. To support this three-year modernization project, Nokia has set up a dedicated West and Central Africa Support Center for Orange in Ivorian capital, Abidjan. It will modernize about 11,000 radio sites in Egypt, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Senegal, Mali, Guinea-Bissau and Niger. Orange says it has already lowered operational costs and started to offer 4G services in all the countries except Niger, and it…