Netcom Africa and KOOCHI Communications announces strategic partnership to offer enterprise class KU BandBSAT solutions in Western Africa
28/11/05 — Netcom Africa and KOOCHI Communications announces strategic partnership to offer enterprise class KU BandBSAT solutions in Western Africa
November 28, 2005, LAGOS-NIGERIA -- Netcom Africa Limited a leading wireless broadband service provider in West Africa, announced today that it has formed a strategic partnership with KOOCHI Communications to offer enterprise class KU Band VSAT solutions on the iDirect Technology platform to customers in western Africa.
“We are very pleased to announce this strategic partnership to the Nigerian market. It is based on a long term commitment of services to KOOCHI for reliable and quality services spanning across not only Nigeria but continental Africa.” said Sean Hsu, Managing Director of Netcom.
“From day one, when Netcom entered the African marketplace, Netcom recognized KOOCHI Communications for having entrepreneurial vision and an aggressive marketing plan. KOOCHI is now a strategic partner and will get full cross departmental support from Netcom to ensure their success and to ensure that KOOCHI customer's experience a superior and reliable quality of service. Furthermore, the partnership between Netcom and KOOCHI validates Netcom's vision and corporate mandate of becoming the leading wholesale operator of broadband services in Africa.”
According to KOOCHI Communication's CEO, Mr. Kelly N. Kanu, “the emerging partnership with Netcom Africa reflects KOOCHI's belief in attaining the best relationship support structure suited for our unique business environment. It perhaps exceeds this by matching both Netcom's, and KOOCHI's desired market positions'. Netcom has demonstrated that it understands the need to hedge its relationships with the Nigerian market, by presence-building – they have fortified KOOCHI's ability to effect drastic improvements in how we deliver solutions to the market. Netcom's selection of the iDirect network technology platform provides KOOCHI an uncompromising ability to exceed expectations of efficiency and reliability. The market in turn stands to gain immensely from our re-invigorated competitive spirit, which is certain to drive down the cost of VSAT Broadband access even further than KOOCHI has been able to do in the past. KOOCHI stands to intensify its aggressive marketing posture, in largely reflection of the merits of our relationship with Netcom. This is a wonderful era for the market”.
About Netcom
Netcom Africa Ltd. is a leading IP infrastructure provider of satellite and wireless broadband solutions in Africa. Netcom's product suite is best in class using the latest generation technologies in satellite communications and supported 24/7 by some of the most experienced customer support and technical engineers in the industry.
NetcomVSAT is a robust, multi-tiered business solution and is ideal for organizations of all sizes from the small business operator to the multi- business process intensive multinational corporation. MyNetcom is the first to market and affordable true non-line-of-sight mobile broadband solution for the single PC user.
Headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, Netcom is licensed by the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission and the Nigerian Communications Commission and is backed by shareholders and a seasoned management team who have extensive knowledge and experience in satellite communications, ERP/CRM enterprise applications, international banking, international airline and manufacturing industries.
Chiekezi Dozie
Senior Marketing & PR Officer
Tel: +234-1-271-8888, 0803.555.1525
Fax: +234-1-461-1235
c.dozie@netcomng.com
About KOOCHI Communications Ltd.
KOOCHI is a Virtual Satellite Network Provider, providing Satellite terminal equipment, broadband access and a broad range of voice, data/fax and voiceover telephony services created to suit a broad spectrum of client needs across West Africa. KOOCHI is also prided as an ICT business & service activist group, set up with the aim of challenging the traditional service models in the Information and Communications technology market in West Africa. KOOCHI's pricing structure is highly scalable; as its network service needs can be scaled according to customer's requirements with very competitive incremental costs. This is especially important to the regions rapidly growing SME and business sectors of these economies.
Kelly N Kanu
CEO
Tel: +234-1-4619151, 0805.261.0523
kelly@koochicommunications.com
www.koochicommunications.com