Nigeria is rated among the fastest growing global telecom markets; unfortunately, this high growth is not matched by good quality of service. Services disruption has been attributed to several factors including weather variables like rainstorm and lightening storm. Nigeria CommunicationsWeek can now report that available technology could help telecom firms stem growing incidents of lightning knock-out of equipment leading to system failures that result in poor QoS. Mayokun Ilo, CEO, ATNIG lightning protection technologies said the new system has the capacity to protect equipment against lightning storm. “What the lightning protection system does is that it conducts lightning discharges to earth through a safe path to avoid damages. It disperses lightning current into the ground quickly and safely and avoids secondary effect lightning on the environment in the form of over-voltages which causes the destruction of electrical appliances,” said Ilo. He noted that the traditional method of burying earth rods, salt and charcoal on the ground could nolonger hold in view of advancement in technology and new applications. Ilo stated that the technology his company was introducing was produced in accordance with relevant international standards. “We are coming into the Nigerian market with five critical anti lightning systems – external lightning interceptors and accessories, overvoltage protection, earthing, exothermic welding and preventive protection (storm detectors),” said Ilo. Babalola Olusanya, managing director of ATNIG noted that the new technology was obviously the answer to Nigeria’s perennial poor mobile QoS standard. “Most times when there is a drop in the telecom QoS it is a result of lightning storm, but unfortunately people are not aware of this phenomenon. Our solution is aimed at taking care of this natural occurrence,” Olusanyan stated. “We are aware that most corporate, government and private buildings may have earth rods buried in the ground with salt and charcoal. What we want is merely an opportunity to access your building/facility, which will enable our company and (the) client to know the level of risk of your structure, electrical facility to lightning discharges from lightning storms.” Experts opined that lightning is a natural phenomenon but extremely dangerous. Rapid technological advancement is opening up several electronic devices to lightning storm attacks. ATNING boss observed that these equipment are sensible to any transient over voltages discharges by lightning, the result is equipment is failure or complete destruction. “The highest priority of ATNIG and our partners – applicaciones technologicas of Spain – is to supply efficient and safe products, with innovative technologies that offer the highest quality and meeting the national and international standard requirements, achieving the maximum guarantee and the bet solution for our customers,” said Ilo.
ATNIG Brings Anti Lightning Solution to Improve Mobile QoS – Ilo
