Main One win awards at Ghana Telecoms Awards...moves into manufacturing sector with enhanced solutions

Main One, West Africa’s leading wholesale communications services company has for the second consecutive year, received the Telecom Wholesale Provider of the Year award at the 2013 Ghana Telecom Awards. Main One beat Vodafone Wholesale and Glo 1 to emerge Wholesale Carrier at the 3rd Ghana Telecoms Awards 2013 organised by Mobile World magazine, which held at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel, Accra.

In a statement from Main One, Ghana Country Manager, Joseph Odoi, said “Receiving the Telecom Wholesale Carrier of the Year award is truly an honor. It means a great deal to us that Main One continues to be recognized for our innovation and leadership in the telecommunications industry, as we make strategic investments to enhance our network infrastructure and extend our capabilities and reach across West Africa.”

The Chief Executive Officer of Main One, Funke Opeke, was also awarded “African Telecom Personality of the Year”, in recognition of her vision to improve telecoms infrastructure on the continent and Main One’s consistent efforts in extending broadband connectivity across West Africa.

The Telecommunications Award, which began in 2011, celebrates and recognizes the enormous contributions and achievements made by service providers and individuals in the Ghanaian telecom sector.  The awards which had 22 different award categories, is annually organized by Mobile World, a magazine with special focus on telecommunications, and seeks to reward excellence in the industry.

Main One is a wholesale communications services company delivering connectivity services to institutions across West Africa. Since its market launch in 2010, the company has grown to become the largest wholesale Internet provider in West Africa and has deployed a world class IP NGN backbone network that is peered with major Internet exchanges globally.

Main One delivers communication services to Telecom Operators, Internet Service Providers, Governments, Large Enterprises and Educational institutions with requirements across the region.  Leveraging on a growing regional terrestrial network, world class data centre facilities, a partnership with Tier 1 upstream carriers and various Internet exchanges, Main One ensures reliability and affordability of its services and has become the preferred wholesale communications service provider in West Africa.

Also Main One, recently announced its strategic entry into the nation’s manufacturing sector with bespoke connectivity offerings targeted at FMCGs, manufacturing companies and other businesses resident in the Ikeja, Agbara and Apapa industrial locations in Lagos and its environs.

Main One’s expansion into the manufacturing industry is driven by the sector’s growing demand for reliable connectivity solutions, increased need for virtual private networks between company branches, as well as increased security challenges faced by conglomerates, a trend that affords huge market opportunities.

At various breakfast seminars organized for Heads of IT and IT Managers in Agbara Industrial Estate, Ogun State, and Ikeja and Apapa business zones, Main One showcased the value that its world-class broadband solutions and innovative product offerings brings to manufacturing concerns in driving down costs and increasing productivity and output .

Speaking at one of the Breakfast sessions, Main One’s Head, Enterprise Sales, Olubunmi Ogun said “High capacity and reliable connectivity solutions are essential for any successful business in Nigeria today. This is the reason we have sought to distribute more of our capacity inland in order for our enterprise customers to have better access to our superior connectivity solutions. ” Ms. Ogun added that the session was in line with Main One’s commitment to assisting enterprises in their stride for growth, and expediting the speed of broadband penetration across Nigeria.

“Our product offering now includes high speed and highly secure lease circuits based on Metro Ethernet technology   for creating virtual networks between two or more customer locations ”, she said.

Main One continues to expand its network in Nigeria and throughout West Africa both organically and through strategic alliances.  Main One currently has a growing list of major customers in Nigeria, Ghana and other parts of West Africa which cuts across various industries.