Vodacom infrastructure size boosts firm’s position in market

With core infrastructure connecting over 580 million people across more than 40 African countries and over 50 satellite transponders, 24 dedicated teleports and access to multiple sub-sea cable landing ports, Vodacom Business Nigeria has earned market recognition above peers.

The firm’s outstanding contribution to connecting and enabling enterprise was recently recognised at the Beacon of ICT (BoICT) Awards ceremony held in Lagos. Vodacom emerged winners in Enterprise Solutions Provider of the Year and the Cloud Service Provider of the Year categories.

The BoICT Awards is an annual ceremony that recognises stakeholders, contributions and commitments to the growth of the Nigerian ICT industry. This year, over 250,307 Nigerians voted in different categories with Vodacom Business Nigeria emerging as the clear winner of the Enterprise Solutions Provider of the Year category for the second year running. In addition, Vodacom emerged as the winner of the Cloud Service Provider of the year.

Vodacom Business’ core infrastructure connects over 580 million people across more than 40 African countries and includes over 50 satellite transponders, 24 dedicated teleports and access to multiple sub-sea cable landing ports. By utilising on-the-ground support, Vodacom Business provides system integration and maintenance, broadband internet, dedicated hosted services, cloud services, International and Pan-African data networks, Enterprise Voice and a host of other value added services to its customers.

“We are honoured to receive this award, as a customer centric organisation, we are passionate about our customers’ business and we will continue to support them with enterprise-class communications solutions to help them grow their businesses. What makes this award special to us is that we are receiving recognition not only from the telecoms industry but from businesses that have come to realise the benefits of using our solutions.

“We have continuously provided tailor-made solutions that fit customer’s needs backed by excellent customer services. Our aim is to enable and empower Nigerian businesses through cutting edge solutions for Small, Medium and Large Enterprises in Nigeria,” said Guy Clarke, managing director of Vodacom Business Nigeria

Dignitaries from the industry and regulators, which include Ernest Ndukwe, chairman, Open Media Group, among others, were in attendance to celebrate the winners of the BoICT Award recently in Lagos.

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