One of Africa’s leading Internet Services and communications providers, Internet Solutions, has revealed that its investment in the Nigerian communications industry has reached the $11 million mark cumulatively.

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Stating that the company remains committed to investing even more to grow the Nigerian communications sector, Mr. Derek Wilcocks, Managing Director of the company, also revealed that a new technology “S-curve” is now on the cards and available for both public and private sectors to take advantage of.

“From 2010 and beyond we will really begin to see rapid and simultaneous incremental developments coming and businesses have to adjust to take advantage of these.

“Key dimensions that will affect how businesses manage their information are areas like content where the sheer volume and incredible richness of information is changing the shape of the Internet itself, forcing organisations to rethink everything; collaboration and community which involves blogging and social media, companies have to take online communities more seriously; commerce on the internet has exploded with Africa and Nigeria leading the world in areas like mobile banking and cloud providing infrastructures, platforms and applications in a flexible and on-demand manner is at the heart of the future business strategies of giants and start-ups alike” he added.

Speaking in the same vein, Steve Herridge, Managing Director of Internet Solutions West Africa, indicated that Internet Solutions is already responding to these trends in order to more effectively meet clients’ requirements by investing even more in the Nigerian and West African market.

“We are very keen to introduce innovative and relevant services to the Nigerian market that are already being deployed in other parts of the world.  Our MPLS VPN (Virtual Private Network) service using our cloud capabilities are already available to the Nigerian business and other services like the WebEx a unified conferencing and content sharing collaboration tool are already well on their way to being deployed later this year.’

Herridge added that all of these investments demonstrate Internet Solutions commitment to the Nigerian and West African market and most importantly to assisting local Clients to take advantage of the global trends stemming from digital content, online collaboration, online communities, electronic commerce, and cloud computing.

“It is our belief that the Nigerian market offers a lot of value to the investor looking to operate within the African telecommunications market. We know that the market penetration of Internet Access in Nigeria will continue to grow and we are positioning ourselves to be prepared for the world beyond just mere connectivity,” Herridge added.

Internet Solutions West Africa is a joint venture between Nigerian Shareholders BSML and Dimension Data. After 27 years as an independent company, culminating in operations in over 50 countries worldwide and with more than 11,000 staff, Dimension Data was acquired in 2010 by NTT of Japan for US$ 3.2 Billion and delisted from the London Stock Exchange.

NTT is the second largest telecommunications operator worldwide, employs more than 200,000 people and has revenues exceeding US$ 110 Billion per annum. NTT’s investment in Dimension Data represents a major capital inflow for Africa and demonstrates a strong commitment to the future of the information and communication technology market in Africa.

Internet Solutions was founded in South Africa in 1993. Today Internet Solutions is a Pan-African Internet Protocol-Based Communications Service Provider offering a superior client service experience for client and partner organisations. Internet Solutions differentiates itself through its value added services, its ability to source and manage underlying infrastructure from multiple carriers to best meet client needs, its presence throughout Africa, and its close working relationships with Dimension Data and more recently NTT. NTT has one of the world’s largest first tier Internet backbones with a network spanning 159 countries and data centres in 20 countries and on five continents