Speaking at the interactive session with journalists at the
Lagos office, the Head, Africa Region, Nokia Siemens Networks, Mr. Dimitri
Diliani, said that NSN has a vision in Africa of ‘Internet for every African’
and Nigeria is an important country in achieving this vision.
As part of the company’s renewed focus on the African
continent, he said, Nokia Siemens Networks restructured and separated its
Africa operations at the beginning of 2011.
The African market, he said, no doubt has continued to grow
at a strong pace and NSN felt the need to provide additional focus to support
this growth, hence the office in Nigeria.
“Our new office in Lagos will serve as an integral part of
our strategy to strengthen our operations in the continent and deliver superior
services to our customers,” Dimitri said.
He also proclaimed the appointment of the former Head of
Sales at MTN Group in Africa, Mr. Raphael Udeogu, as the new country director
for Nigeria.
Dimitri noted that Mr. Udeogu is a Nigerian national with
over 23 years experience and a holder of Master’s Degree in Electrical
Engineering and Business Administration from the United States.
He added that Udeogu joined Nokia Siemens Networks as part
of the company’s acquisition of the wireless network infrastructure assets of
Motorola Solutions in April 2011, stressing that at Motorola Networks, he
served as the Senior Director for Motorola sales for Sub-Sahara Africa region
and held multiple leadership positions in sales across the African continent
and in the United States of America.
Head, Communication and Marketing, Nokia Siemens Networks in
the country, Ms Ify Isinguzo said that the opening of new office was witnessed
by Mrs. Lolia Emakpore, Director, Policy & Competition, Nigeria Communication
Commission; Mr. Adebiyi F. Mabadeje, Honourable Commissioner, Science &
Technology; Mr. Tokunbo Fashola, Consultant to the Governor, ICT; Mr. Walter L.
von den Driesch, Consul General, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany;
Ms. Arja Koski Representative of Ambassador of Finland; among other dignitaries
and company executives.
For the head, Corporate Communications – Africa, Mr. Carlyle
Fernandez who was accompanied by the Director of Corporate Communications, Mr.
Azizi, Nokia Siemens Networks is focused on innovation and sustainability,
adding that the company provides a complete portfolio of mobile, fixed and
converged network technology, as well as professional services including
consultancy and systems integration, deployment, maintenance and managed
services.
NSN, he said, is one of the largest telecommunications
hardware, software and professional services companies in the world, operating
in 150 countries with its headquarters are in Espoo, Finland.
Remmy Nweke
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