Sunday, March 23, 2014

NSN strengthens presence in Nigeria with Lagos office

Nokia Solutions and Networks (NSN) has said that its presence in the most populace black nation, Nigeria has been strengthened with the opening of office in the commercial nerve center, Lagos, reports DigitalSENSE Business News.

This, the company also confirmed to DigitalSENSE Business News is a reiteration of their commitment to help operators in the Middle East and Africa region build world-class mobile broadband infrastructure, even as the company also renovated its existing office in the capital city Abuja.

DigitalSENSE Business News recalls that Nigeria is a priority country in the Africa region for NSN, and these modern offices aim to enhance the company’s operational agility for delivery of its mobile broadband infrastructure for all operators in the country.

The inaugurated was performed by Igor Leprince, Senior Vice President of Middle East & Africa region, Salvatore Maisano, Head of Central East & West Africa and Sam Nwosu, Country Director for Nigeria, NSN, in the company of Dr. Okechukwu Itanyi, Executive Commissioner, Stakeholder Management, Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC); Mr. Johnson Salako, the chief executive officer (CEO), MobiTel; Olu Raheem, Head of Trade Center, Finland Trade Center, West Africa; and representatives from Nigeria telecom operators including Etisalat, Airtel and Intercellular.

Addressing the occasion, NSN’s Igor Leprince affirmed the commitment, saying it further strengthens the company focus on Nigeria and helping telecom operators build a reliable, superior mobile broadband network across the country including mid-size cities and rural areas.

“With two modern offices and expanded operations in the country, we are ready to deliver large-scale mobile broadband rollouts in Nigeria. As the world’s specialist in mobile broadband as well as with the expertise and experience gained from the most advanced telecom markets such as Japan and Korea, NSN will help operators in Nigeria become advanced mobile broadband providers on par with the world’s leading telecom services providers,” Leprince said.

In his remarks, Dr. Okechukwu Itanyi noted that the opening of the new office by NSN in Lagos, would be a benefit in terms of strengthening Nigeria’s mobile broadband infrastructure and economy.

“Our telecom market is fast growing with subscribers increasingly adopting smart devices and demanding high quality voice and data services,” he said, stressing that NSN’s advanced products and services, and strengthened quality of delivery will help operators ensure better broadband access to a large part of the country’s population for better education and development. In addition, it enhances the position of Nigeria as a technology hub, while improving knowledge transfer toward our country.


NSN is also committed to training Nigerian telecom engineers to become mobile broadband practitioners, helping create more employment opportunities.

Correspondent/GEE
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