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Mitsumi Pledges Topnotch Technical Support to DellEMC Customers
Mitsumi Distributions has pledged to bring top of the range service delivery to DellEMC customers in Nigeria and Ghana.
Speaking at the event that herald the partnership in Lagos, Sujal Desal, Regional Product Manager, Mitsumi Distributions, said that, what they intend to bring to DellEMC portfolio is technical support that no other competitor in the market could bring, adding that the partnership made them distributors of DellEMC whole portfolio in Nigeria as well as in Ghana.
“There are a lot of distributors, who are our competitor in this market, what we are bring in this particular market is the technical support because other distributors do not have this kind of facility, where they will provide pre-sales services as well as technical support to the market.
“so there are so many partners here in Nigeria, they want to do the business of EMC, they want to supply EMC portfolio but they don’t have particularly the support on the sales side, on the service side and on the pre-sales side.
“So Mitsumi is covering the whole complete portfolio with the support and after sales services as well .
“We have the pre-sales team, they are basically around Nigeria only, as well, we have the technical team here in Lagos also, they can provide after sales also.” He stated
Desal, noted that the event was to help their partners to configure the EMC solutions, and assist them to even close the opportunity with the end users, and also assist them to get the price quoted budget from EMC team.
He said also, that they will be helping their partners to deploy the solution in Nigeria as well as supplying it to Ghana.
He stated that their customers are government sectors, oil and gas sectors, financing and banking sectors.
He added that their work is to help these customers to understand the requirements and show them that going forward for another five or ten years, if they are stick with DellEMC technology, how the technology will give them success, not only with these requirements that they are having at the moment but going forward from five to ten years more, how they will succeed with the solution.
“Our company is located only in Lagos, all our expatriates and all our local staff sits in Lagos but we provide remote area support as well.
“If our customers require onsite support, we have engineers who can fly or go by road to provide them support, apart from that, we have a team who sits in Lagos but they remotely assist on any kind of requirement our customers may need actually”. Desal added
He noted, that the difference between Mitsumi and other competitors is that, they try to give very expensive solutions, top of the range solution to customers without giving the basic solutions, adding that what is required is starting with basic solution and then upscale it, whenever the customer required.
Desal, added that the beauty of EMC technology, is that you can start with the minimum requirement and you don’t need to change the technology, you can only upgrade the technology as at when required
“For our SME’s customers, we suggest our partners to go to them with the technology needs, if there is a storage requirement specifically, they can start with unity 300 and they can upscale it up to unity 500, there is no issue or harm in doing it because this kind of technology they really have to fulfill the requirement of what they have at present and if they have future requirements the same technology will help them.
“So they will pay as at when require, they don’t need to pay everything upfront at the moment and then they have to wait for another four to five years when the requirement will come their way.”
He stated that they are successful in Nigeria since they close the partnership deal with DellEMC.
Nigeria’s telecom operators recorded 155, 397 fibre-cut incidents between April and May 2026, and these they blame on why internet or calls suddenly stop working.
Data from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) showed fibre-cut incidents increased from 74 276 in April to a record 79 121 in May, bringing the two-month total to the highest level recorded by the industry.
This represents a 2 428% increase from the 5 934 incidents reported during the first quarter of 2026.
Vandalism remained the leading cause of fibre cuts, accounting for more than 54 000 incidents despite telecom infrastructure being designated as Critical National Information Infrastructure, a classification intended to strengthen protection of key digital assets.
Also road construction constantly damages fiber where iggers and machines tear up buried cables during road repairs or construction.
Even with all these, some state governments make it hard for companies to fix cables quickly across different areas with all manners of fees and levies.
The NCC designation provides for penalties of up to 10 years’ imprisonment for offenders, but operators continue to face widespread infrastructure damage.
Proposed solutions, including Nigeria’s Dig-Once policy and AI-powered fibre sensing technologies, have yet to achieve widespread adoption.
The NCC is developing a cost-based framework for shared underground duct infrastructure, while operators are exploring AI-powered fibre sensing technologies that can detect cable damage in real time and improve network resilience.
Nigeria is pursuing ambitious broadband targets under its National Broadband Plan and has expanded fibre deployment to about 35 000 kilometres.
However, infrastructure protection has not kept pace with network expansion, leaving subscribers vulnerable to unreliable connectivity despite continued operator investment.
Standard Bank has partnered with Helios Towers to provide a $29 million Social Documentary Credit Facility. According to the financial services company, this transaction marks Standard Bank’s first Documentary Credit Facility structured in a Sustainable Finance format.
It notes that the facility will support the procurement and importation of telecommunications infrastructure and related services across Africa.
It will also provide payment certainty to suppliers, while supporting Helios Towers’ working capital requirements and infrastructure expansion programme, the bank adds.
Structured in accordance with the Loan Market Association’s Social Loan Principles, the financing is designed to promote digital connectivity and telecommunications infrastructure development in underserved markets.
This will help Helios Towers further expand its footprint and enhance mobile network coverage and connectivity across the continent.
Helios Towers operates one of Africa’s independent telecommunications tower platforms, enabling mobile network operators to extend coverage across multiple markets.
Standard Bank notes that the facility supports the expansion of tower infrastructure and services, increased network densification and improved connectivity in underserved markets and remote regions across the African continent.
It will also drive digital inclusion and tackle the digital divide while supporting economic growth and socio-economic development.
“This transaction demonstrates the power of innovation in trade finance. By combining a first-to-market Social Documentary Credit Facility with a cross-border funding solution, Standard Bank has supported Helios Towers’ growth ambitions while helping extend digital connectivity to underserved communities across Africa,” says Benoit Samouilhan, global transaction banker at Standard Bank Corporate and Investment Banking.
According to the bank, this facility enables positive social impact by increasing and improving network coverage and connectivity in some of the world’s most remote regions.
“Reliable digital infrastructure is fundamental to Africa’s future growth and development,” says Alex Carter, group finance director at Helios Towers.
“This facility provides us with the flexibility and certainty needed to support our ongoing infrastructure investments while advancing our mission of expanding connectivity across the continent. We value our longstanding relationship with Standard Bank and look forward to building on this partnership.”
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) will on Thursday convene a stakeholders’ consultative forum to review the draft business rules for Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) in Nigeria.
NCC
The forum, scheduled to hold at 10 a.m. at the NCC Annex Office, Mbora, Abuja, is expected to bring together telecommunications operators, industry associations and other stakeholders to provide input on the proposed regulatory framework before its finalisation.
The commission announced the event on its official social media platforms, inviting interested stakeholders to participate in the consultation process.
The engagement is part of the NCC’s efforts to strengthen the regulatory framework for MVNO operations and promote greater competition, innovation and consumer choice in Nigeria’s telecommunications sector.
Mobile Virtual Network Operators are telecommunications service providers that offer mobile services by leasing network capacity from licensed Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), rather than owning spectrum licences or telecommunications infrastructure.
The NCC has identified the MVNO licensing framework as one of its initiatives aimed at deepening competition, expanding access to telecommunications services and driving digital inclusion across the country.
The consultative forum is expected to provide stakeholders with the opportunity to review the draft business rules, make recommendations and contribute to the development of a robust operational framework for the emerging MVNO segment.
The commission is expected to issue further details on the outcome of the consultation after the meeting.
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