21st Century, Telenor in pact

One of Nigeria's leading telecommunication operators 21^st Century Technologies limited is fine-tuning its partnership deal with Telenor, Norwegian telecom giant.

The deal was struck recently, IT Edge learnt and details are still sketchy. Telenor is sending down a chief technical officer (CTO), chief financial officer (CFO) and other critical workforce to consolidate on the new strategic partnership.

The deal opens a major drive by 21^st Century to strengthen its grip in the highly competitive market. The network operator opened shop over five years ago as an Internet Service Providers (ISP), creating a niche as a provider of high bandwidth for corporate players.

In a bandwidth hungry market notorious for providers’ tendency to undercut customers with insufficient bandwidth supply, 21^st Century sold Internet services successfully to become a major player in only a short time.

It has since grown to become a voice operator delivering service through a steadily increasing network of fiber optic in Lagos.

From its former base in highbrow Victoria Island, it has extended services to Ikoyi, Lagos Island and Ikeja, capital of Lagos State with a heavy cosmopolitan population of 15 million or about ten percent of the country's population.

21^st Century has strategic relationship with Siemens for equipment vendor to provide the operator with switches. A pact with Intelsat is helping to drive video and audio streams for a market waking up to some levels of sophistication.

CEO Wale Ajisebutu could not be reached for comment on the new deal. 

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