ipNX plans N12.8bn broadband scheme
Jonah Iboma
ipNX Nigeria Limited is to invest about $100m (about N12.8bn) to implement a broadband network over the next two years.
The company would also invest in recruitment and training of of technical personnel as well as setting up of a customer contact centres to aid its service delivery.
According to the Group Managing Director of ipNX, Mr. Ejovi Aror, after three years of research and development, the firm introduced a wireless broadband solution designed to offer residential and small office subscribers access to the Internet.
Called iWireless, the new broadband solution would be made commercially available from the first week of April this year. Aror said that ipNX developed the solution in partnership with SOMA Networks, a member of the WiMAX Forum, a body that promotes the use of Wimax for telecoms services.
He added that the solution marks the entry of ipNX into the mass data market having spent years servicing multinationals firms mainly.
He explained that a lot of research efforts had gone into the new solution and that it would be affordable by most people. He noted the technology behind the product was similar in architecture to GSM and was upgradeable depending on the requirement of the users.
The company, he added, had an aggresive roll out plan to provide Internet services within Lagos and other parts of the country over the next three years.
Aror noted that the beauty of the product was that it is a plug-and-play solution.
"It can be installed in ten minutes, no mast, no pole, no technician, you can do it yourself. It is cost effective and can make local and international calls,"he said.
Aror added that 24/7 call centres for technical after sales support would be available across the country. On quality of the service, Aror disclosed that it has an enhanced indoor reception. "We would rather stop selling new systems than make our customers suffer from poor service. We are selling customer service."
The company said it will introduce a pay-as-you-go option in future for those who would want to buy in time in bits.
Currently, Marina and Victoria Island base stations are running and by the firm’s plans, eight more are coming up and over 200 would be installed in the next 18 months.
The firm plans to cover a good portion of Lagos metropolis including Lekki, Victoria Island, Ikoyi, Apapa, Ikeja, Opebi, Maryland and Marina by April.
ipNX Nigeria Limited is to invest about $100m (about N12.8bn) to implement a broadband network over the next two years.
The company would also invest in recruitment and training of of technical personnel as well as setting up of a customer contact centres to aid its service delivery.
According to the Group Managing Director of ipNX, Mr. Ejovi Aror, after three years of research and development, the firm introduced a wireless broadband solution designed to offer residential and small office subscribers access to the Internet.
Called iWireless, the new broadband solution would be made commercially available from the first week of April this year. Aror said that ipNX developed the solution in partnership with SOMA Networks, a member of the WiMAX Forum, a body that promotes the use of Wimax for telecoms services.
He added that the solution marks the entry of ipNX into the mass data market having spent years servicing multinationals firms mainly.
He explained that a lot of research efforts had gone into the new solution and that it would be affordable by most people. He noted the technology behind the product was similar in architecture to GSM and was upgradeable depending on the requirement of the users.
The company, he added, had an aggresive roll out plan to provide Internet services within Lagos and other parts of the country over the next three years.
Aror noted that the beauty of the product was that it is a plug-and-play solution.
"It can be installed in ten minutes, no mast, no pole, no technician, you can do it yourself. It is cost effective and can make local and international calls,"he said.
Aror added that 24/7 call centres for technical after sales support would be available across the country. On quality of the service, Aror disclosed that it has an enhanced indoor reception. "We would rather stop selling new systems than make our customers suffer from poor service. We are selling customer service."
The company said it will introduce a pay-as-you-go option in future for those who would want to buy in time in bits.
Currently, Marina and Victoria Island base stations are running and by the firm’s plans, eight more are coming up and over 200 would be installed in the next 18 months.
The firm plans to cover a good portion of Lagos metropolis including Lekki, Victoria Island, Ikoyi, Apapa, Ikeja, Opebi, Maryland and Marina by April.
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