larez:

Y'all should confirm this topic first before running with it. The submarine fibre-optics cable that I am aware of was not a Glo project. Glo may just be the local Nigerian partner subscriber. I'll dig my files and post the info that I have.

Mike adenuga is far from a role model for anyone please,

This Guys idea of internet and telecommunication have been shot around Nigeria for YEARS. he is late AND IS SIMPLY EATING OFF OTHERS IDEAS.

please when i hear the names of otedola, adenuga and dangote i simply feel like throwing up. They aren't doing shit but creating types of monopolies.
Exploiting Nigeria for personal gain. Only for the fact they have money to influence the government, which is the reason why their billionaires.

larez:

Y'all should confirm this topic first before running with it. The submarine fibre-optics cable that I am aware of was not a Glo project. Glo may just be the local Nigerian partner subscriber. I'll dig my files and post the info that I have.

sjeezy8:

Mike adenuga is far from a role model for anyone please,

This Guys idea of internet and telecommunication have been shot around Nigeria for [b]YEARS. he is late AND IS SIMPLY EATING OFF OTHERS IDEAS.[/b]

please when i hear the names of otedola, adenuga and dangote i simply feel like throwing up. They aren't doing shit but creating types of monopolies.
Exploiting Nigeria for personal gain. Only for the fact they have money to influence the government, which is the reason why their billionaires.

larez:

I believe Glo is just trying to brand. There is no way that another submarine cable system will have been built and completed without me knowing about it. I subscribe to too many informational sources not to have heard. Why are Nigerians so gullible? Do you guys think we are all illiterates?

The idea may have been shot around, but the key word is EXECUTION, he got it done! I think you need to unsubscribe from the hater mentality

larez:

@Kobojunkie, Great job. You obviously keep up with developmental things relating to Africa as well. Stay sharp Bro.

larez:

I believe Glo is just trying to brand. There is no way that another submarine cable system will have been built and completed without me knowing about it. I subscribe to too many informational sources not to have heard. Why are Nigerians so gullible? Do you guys think we are all illiterates?

LAGOS – The much awaited Glo submarine cable system Glo 1, weekend, made a historic landing in Alfa Beach, Lagos, Nigeria. The landing is expected to mark the beginning of cheap bandwidth which in itself would translate into many possibilities in the Information and Communications sector of the Nigerian economy.


The project jointly executed by Globacom and its partners, Alcatel Lucent may give Nigeria lead in telemedicine, eCommerce and egovernance among other practices that transform economies.

Speaking at the scene of the landing, Globacom’s Executive Director, Human Resources, Mr Adewale Shangowawa, noted that with the landing of the Glo1 submarine cable, Globacom has scored another first and as well has taken a  bold step to give Nigeria the lead in the magical broadband revolution in Africa.

Glo One Submarine Cable Debuts in Lagos
September 8, 2009 in Broadband, Mobile and Telecoms


Globacom cable reaches LagosThe $800 million Glo 1 undersea cable has landed in Lagos. The landing of the submarine cable in Lagos makes Globacom the first single operator to successfully link submarine cable from the United Kingdom to Nigeria, a project that is designed to crash telecom prices and make bandwidth abundantly available.

This event is historical because it is the 1st time that a single company has embarked on such a projoct on the continent. The trend in the global telecommunication industry is for a consortium of companies or even nations to combine resources to build submarine cables as was the case with the SAT submarine 3 cable which was built by a consortium of 36 countries.

With the successful landing of the submarine cable in Lagos, Globacom says it will likely commence commercial operation after the commercial launch in 6 weeks time

larez:

I get tired of you paid agents of Nigerian politicians and primma donnas. Why must there be any hate involved? What da hell? Do you think a submarine fibre-optic cabling venture is a small thing that noone would have heard about it? Do you know how many hundreds of millions it costs in Dollars? Until I read it from a reputable global Networking or communication magazine, I will not believe it. It is a mere arrangement to ride off the other one while branding as theirs.

And by the way, it is crazy for anyone to say that they will by pass countries along the way where they could land and do their splicing. Do you know how many nautical miles it is from UK to Nigeria and how many countries they go past? Do you know that they go past all the other West African countries to get to Nigeria? Do you know how many feet of cabling can be run in a month? Or did you think it was a project that could be done in 2 weeks?

I won't even try arguing with you guys on this. I undertsand the logistics and infrastructure necessary to embark on such a project. Y'all better go for some geography lessons. One other note,  How many submarine cable laying vessels do you think are available in the whole world? D\o you also think submarine capable fibre-optic cables are just sitting at Alaba market waiting to be bought? Even the contract for the cable alone will have been major news in the industry.

(From BBC Monitoring International Reports)

Excerpt from unattributed report entitled "Ministry, BPE disagree over sale of NITEL submarine cable" by Nigerian newspaper The Guardian website on 10 October

A trans-continental cable, SAT 3, is now threatening the ongoing privatization of the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (Nitel).

The Ministry of Communications and the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) have sharply disagreed over the sale of the SAT 3 cable which belongs to Nitel.

The cable, on which Nitel allegedly spent over 45m dollars in 2002 to co-own with other international consortium of owner-operators, runs through the ,

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Dis Guy:

Glo 1 is real, theres also a competitor coming up by next year Main One cable

Glo1 was meant to be delivered march 2009 but its here now thankfully

I pity Hollywood, Microsoft sha 100m+ people with broadband 

larez:

I was laughing at the picture of guys in suits pulling a cable ashore,  [/b]Why has Nigeria decided to be the laughing stock of the world? Was this supposed to authenticate the fact that a cable came ashore? If this project was in the process in 2002 and was owned by Nitel,  How was is sold to Adenuga and when?

saw that too one ait,  


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[b]Short cuts

However, available information indicate that the company might have indulged in short cuts to get the cables down to Nigeria.

A reliable source in Globacom, told NEXT yesterday that, "although the cable has landed here in Nigeria straight from the UK, but the cable has not cut across to the other West African countries (as expected)."

The cable was supposed to have been routed through west coast countries, including Ghana and Senegal among others, but, "the company, because of pressure and high expectation from people and the players involved, had to bring the cable first to Nigeria, then redirect it to Ghana, Senegal and others," the source said.

Dis Guy:

saw that too one ait,  


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In West Africa next year, the Glo-1 Cable will link Nigeria and Ghana to Europe, and the Main One cable will link Nigeria and Ghana to Portugal.

However, it could still be several years before access to less expensive broadband connections becomes widely available to individual consumers, said Étienne Lafougère, the general manager for submarine network activity for Alcatel-Lucent, which has been contracted to build the majority of the submarine cables in Africa, including those for the East Africa Submarine Cable System and Teams. He said access depended on local Internet service providers updating technology and adding cables to the main system to reach more isolated areas.

Am i lost?, Whts the Topic?

larez:

Do your own search about the project, and see if you can get any news about the deal and who supplied the cable,  What ship was used to lay the cable, when the submarine geological survey was done, when it was decided it was a feasible project, where divers and survey UAVs were contracted. I know the logistics that it takes to embark on a project like this as well as the infrastructure requirement it takes.

It can never be done without world scrutiny. Now do a search or the media cable one project, and you will find the details that I described.

It is unfortunate the Yorubas presented a spent force as their presidential candidate in 1999, now the SW is awash with examplry leaders like Fashola, Mike Adenuga and a few others who can take Nigeria to the promise land but these up and coming young men would not be giving the chance.

But then no other Yoruba leader would have being accepted back in 1999, OBJ was the only consensus candidate that could have being accepted nationwide by virtue of his earlier stint in power.[ As a Yoruba man I feel embarass by what his regime acheive.