The management team of Huawei Technologies, China’s global telecommunication equipment manufacturing giant has held a first technical session with Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade on the state’s the Calabar Smart City project.
Under the smart city project, Huawei would provide 3G and 4G network connectivity to Calabar, Cross River capital, and fiber to home, which will afford residents fast speed internet connection, with the opportunity to download music, news, movies and even research materials.
Governor Ayade was accompanied by on some of his commissioners and special advisers. They met with the Huawei team at their global headquarters in China.
The agenda of the meeting centered on the design of the Calabar Smart City project.
It will be recalled that the state recently signed a contract with the Chinese ICT firm, to make Calabar the first smart city in Nigeria.
Information from the special assistant, media to Governor Ayade and chief press secretary, Christian Ita, during the signing of the contract, Ayade stated that the project will ensure that for the first time in Nigeria, “data would be provided from the cloud. With this digital cloud, it will offer opportunity to get information with ease and comfort, including boosting research and academic works.”
The project is in partnership with Huawei Technologies of China, the equipment manufacturer, with Sino Infrastructure Development Company Limited as the technical partner in Nigeria for the project.
Ayade maintained that the partnership would provide cheap access to connectivity; Cross Riverians will know that Huawei is bringing the best technology to us. They are a known name in the world, and a pacesetter in the industry, he added.
The governor stated that Cross River deserved only the best which they have to offer. The whole state is going digital as the Cross River 260 km super highway will have super-connectivity, where all the best internet and technology services will be offered to users of the super highway.
If achieved, the Calabar Smart City will be the first fully smart city in Nigeria. Cross River will be the model for Africa, and we are proud to be associated with this,” Governor Ayade stated.
He reminded the firm that part of its responsibility was not only providing 3G and 4G network connectivity, but also fiber to home, which will afford the opportunity to download music, news, movies and even research materials.
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