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Information Connectivity Solutions Ltd
Corporate Profile
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONTACT INFORMATION.............................................................................................................................................3
ABOUT US....................................................................................................................................................................5
OUR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES...................................................................................................................................6
SERVICE FEATURES.......................................................................................................................................................7
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT .........................................................................................................................................7
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Please direct all inquiries regarding this document to:
Information Connectivity Solutions Limited
JC Mollett
Chief Operating Officer
: [email protected] +234 703 000 0141
Hannes Hattingh
Chief Technical Officer
: [email protected] +234 813 1900 007
Okechukwu Eze
Chief Information Officer
: [email protected] +234-1-7654096
Registered Office & Earth Station
83B, Younis Bashorun
Off Ajose Adeogun
Victoria Island
Lagos
+234 1 271 3527–29
Administrative Office
3rd Floor, Katia Gardens
Oladele Olashore
Off Sanusi Fafunwa
Victoria Island
Lagos
+234 1 761 6911 Website http://www.ic-sol.ne t
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ABOUT US
ICSL is a product of a leveraged buyout of the non-oil and gas business of Omnes Communications
Limited. Omnes Communications is a subsidiary of the Schlumberger Information Solutions Limited.
We are a provider of premium managed network services. Our core competence is the provision of
stable and highly available WAN and internet solutions. We combine satellite, Wireless Radio Frequency,
Microwave and Fiber to deliver a solution that is tailored to meet client needs.
We have a diversified client base ranging from Corporate Companies in most sectors, State
Governments, Education, etc. We are the technical partner to the Lagos State Government E-Revenue
project in which we supplied and built and still maintain and operate the network infrastructure.
Some of our customers include Access Bank, Afribank, ETB, Fidelity Bank, GTBank, Spring Bank, UBN,
UBA, Wema, Zenith Bank, Oceanic Bank, Sky Bank, DWC Drilling Ltd, First Bank, FCMB,
intercontinental Bank, Eco Bank, BankPHB, AJH Towers, CIMS, Lagos State University and Alpha Beta
Consulting.
Our service delivery and support is driven by the customer need and expectation. This means that apart
from our general services we also tailor our service to meet the uniqueness of our clients in form of
customized services.
ICSL has a robust and well equipped service desk that operates 24/7/365 with well qualified staff that
can effectively do both first and second level troubleshooting.
Our national presence includes a Teleport in VI, Offices in VI, Ikeja, Abuja and Port Harcourt and
Engineering presence in Kano, Sokoto, Kaduna, Maiduguri, Enugu and Akure.
In 2008 we built a 16 High Site metropolitan wireless network infrastructure with greater than 2/3
coverage of Lagos State with inbuilt mesh and redundancy for high availability and scaled throughput
capacity. This infrastructure is currently used to service the Lagos State e-pay strategy, provide
broadband wireless radio Internet and data connectivity for Banks and other institutions within Lagos
metropolis.
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OUR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
CONNECTIVTY SOLUTIONS
The trend in the provision of WAN is the integration of all types of connectivity technologies into the
corporate network. We consider your business and technology objectives in designing a suitable and
cost effective solution that maximizes your investment in connectivity technology. Our solutions are
designed to ensure that intelligence can be distributed throughout the enterprise in such a way that
employees, suppliers, business partners and users are seamlessly connected.
INTERNET SOLUTIONS
Our internet access service comes in different shapes and sizes, offering Single Channel Per Carrier
(SCPC) and contended iDirect on Satellite from two separate co-location Teleports in the UK and USA.
We also offer ICON Wireless Broadband Internet™ throughout Lagos State.
LAN CONSULTING, DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES
ICSL LAN support services are structured to allow us to begin a working relationship with you at any
stage of your Local Area Networking requirements. Our services range from design and implementation
of LANs to complete outsourcing of your LAN support needs.
ESTATECONNECT SOLUTION
Estate Connect is a high speed, proven, viable alternative to wired network with impractical or
inaccessible infrastructures. A wireless broadband solution designed to solve the challenges of providing
cost effective wireless internet access, it allows for enhancement of the quality of life for residents. It
also offers flexibility to deliver different bandwidth needs of residential customers
CAMPUSCONNECT SOLUTION
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ICSL offers a next-generation wireless broadband solution that is earning high marks in helping
institutions of higher education quickly meet the growing demand for high-speed services on-and-off
campus. The backbone of this solution is what we call Campus Connect, a wireless technology platform,
one of the fastest, most reliable, most affordable ways of bringing high-speed access and other learning
and communications solutions to higher education environments of all types and sizes.
GSM CELLULAR BACKHUAL USING TDMA
To expand the reach of the network, the interface between the BSC and multiple BTSs
must be extended in the most cost efficient manner possible. Terrestrial microwave
radio is adequate in areas that can be easily accessed over a single radio hop, but most
of the more remote areas are far beyond their reach or are not in the line of sight.
Satellite transmission, on the other hand, is an ideal candidate for these applications
that are sensitive to distance. SCPC (Single Channel Per Carrier) satellite connection has
historically bridged the gap where traditional terrestrial networks were not viable
options.
Wema Bank 4.6M antenna installation commissioned 2001.
While SCPC is suited to bridge the gap technologically, it is costly to operate. Because it
forces the network designer to allocate bandwidth for the remote site based on its peak
utilization, it frequently results in bandwidth inefficiencies and increased operational
expenses.
By utilizing TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) technology to dynamically allocate
bandwidth to remote sites based on actual utilization, a GSM network equipped with
iDirect iNFINITI Series Modems can recognize significant savings over a traditional SCPC
connection.
ICSL can also optimize GPRS over satellite, a technology that has been successfully
implemented by Cybercom group. Cybercomm Group of Sweden is our technical
partners. They have operations in over 100 countries.
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SERVICE FEATURES
The features of all our service are as follows:
1. 24×7 customer support service center including public holidays
2. Dedicated field support services team for site intervention and fault resolution
3. Dedicated IP team
4. Regional offices at Port-Harcourt &Abuja
5. 4hrs maximum site intervention
6. 99% link availability
7. Proactive networking monitoring
8. Collaborative approach to network challenges
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EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT
JC Mollett – Chief Operating Officer
With more than nineteen years experience in the Telecommunications and Information Technology
industries, JC has extensively traveled and worked in Africa since 1994 including all Southern African
countries bordering South Africa and Kenya, DRC, Republic of Congo, Ghana, Nigeria and Morocco. His
professional career spans from Technical offices including Operations, Engineering and Project
Management and Management offices including Sales and Marketing, Management Consulting and
Director Portfolios. These experiences were accomplished and nurtured through multiple business
interests, in most of whom he was a shareholder and Director. Previously JC was the Managing Director
of GS Telecom (now Gateway) Southern Africa.
Funmi Adesida – Chief Financial Officer
Funmi joined ICSL in January 2009 as an expatriate Senior Finance Manager. Her subsequent
appointment as Chief Financial Officer in August 2009 is based on her qualifications and hard work.
Funmi has worked with MTN in Nigeria and Ernst and Young in the United Kingdom amongst others and
her wealth of international and local experience serves us well.
Hannes Hatttingh – Chief Technical Officer
Hannes has over 19 years of experience in the ICT. He has worked in many industries but has always
been part of the service delivery sector thus understanding customer needs. Some of his prior positions
held were Manager of the Telecommunication and Networks department for a large International
provider. He has a broad technical experience covering software integration, server infrastructure, Cisco
systems, fiber, microwave and vast satellite communications experience. His last position held before
he decided to join ICSL on the 1st of September 2009 was as a Senior Pre-Sales System Engineer with
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iDirect, the supplier of our main VSAT system. He has been tasked to review our core network and will
be working to constantly improve our core services and enhance customer experience.
Okechukwu Eze – Chief Information Officer
Okechukwu has 7 years working experience. He started with then Standard Trust Bank group where
he served as a regional IT engineer. After then he has worked in the following reputable firms, Telnet
Nigeria Limited as IP Network Solutions and Design Specialist, Then Zain (Vmobile Nigeria) as Network
Support specialist, Starcomms Nigeria Limited as ISP infrastructure Engineer. He has various professional
certifications on Cisco platform include Voice, Network Security, Network Design, and CCIE (written). He
is also a member of Mike Sisco’s IT managers Forum (IT Business Manager Certified) and currently he is
doing the senior Management Program at Lagos Business School.
Lagos Earth Station 7.6m antenna facing Panamsat and 7.3m antenna facing
Intelsat commissioned September 1999.
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