Industry Telecommunications Key people Stanley Jegede (CEO) Founded October 2003 Key person Stanley Jegede | Headquarters Abuja Nigeria Website www.phase3telecom.com Type of business Private | |
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Services Transmission, Broadband & Converged Services | ||
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Phase 3 Telecom is an aerial fiber optic network infrastructure provider, providing connectivity, network management and data storage services to wholesale, enterprise and retail customers across West Africa.The company was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Abuja, Nigeria. In 2014, the company added over 1000 km to its existing 6000 km coverage area with footprint expansion of its MPLS network and fixed broadband services. They now operate a 7,000 kilometres (4,300 mi) open-access aerial fibre optic network. The company has been vital to growth in Africa's growing ICT market, implementing the Wire Nigeria Project—conceived by the Nigerian Communications Commission to help provide broadband communications access to rural communities.Phase 3 has a broad range of wholesale and enterprise clients which include: Glo, MTN, EMTS, Smile Communications, Starcomms, Airtel, GTB, Adam Smith, Afren and more.Some of the African countries where the company currently has operations include Benin, Togo and Republic of Niger.
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History
In 2009, Phase3 investments cull in the Nigerian telecommunications space hit US$100 million with fiber optic building projects centesring on transmission services. Further expansion saw the commencement of the US$200 million cross-country optic fiber coverage project for carrier-grade international voice services to PSTN, GSM, and Pan-European calling card operators, as well as Tier 1 traffic Carriers to interconnect' riding on their international connectivity through SAT3 in Lagos, where a Gateway provides a link to their POP in London, thus giving it connectivity with over 370 carriers. In September of that year, the company signed an exclusive right of way Concession Agreement with theCommunautéé Electrique du Benin (CEB), the authority responsible for the operation of High Voltage Power lines in both Benin and Togo Republics; a development that gained them the longest regional terrestrial fiber network linking Nigeria to the Republic of Benin and Togo, with potentials for connections to Ghana and Burkina Faso from Togo; making them about the first regional fiber optic cable network provider in West Africa to operate national fiber optic cable backbone interconnecting six (6) West African countries.
Regional Connectivity
In March 2015, Phase 3 Telecom announced that it would be deploying aerial fiber optic infrastructure from Kano in Nigeria to Gazaoua in the Republic of Niger on a project facilitated by the Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) through the extension of the Backbone Transmission Infrastructure Program (BTRAIN) programme to Niger under the authorization of Ministry of Communication Technology for the Federal Republic of Nigeria to deliver key infrastructure to connect the neighbours to the rest of the world and establish strong and sustainable partnerships across the sub-region. The network will be 228 km long and will give Niger the opportunity to leverage on the bandwidth capacity available at the Nigerian coast, through Phase 3 telecom's aerial fiber network which is critical to the acceleration of sustainable socio-economic inclusion and growth for the Republic of Niger. Niger is a landlocked country that borders seven countries, namely Algeria, Republic of Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Libya, Mali, and Nigeria. The lack of backbone infrastructure between the Republic of Niger and its neighbours leaves Niger unable to take full advantage of broadband. With one of the lowest internet penetration rates in West Africa at 1.7% in 2013, Niger will have the opportunity to use the large bandwidth capacity which is available at the Nigerian coast in Lagos through the Phase3 telecom aerial fibre network. This will also widen the market for under-sea cable owners in Nigeria thus enhancing the objectives of the Nigeria - Niger Joint Commission (NNJC) and the partnership between the two countries.
Global Partnerships
Connecting these areas means that businesses in these locations get to enjoy increasing network access in view of recent network expansion as well as the global partnership with PCCW Global, the Hong Kong-headquartered international operating division of HKT, Hong Kong's premier telecom service provider