Galaxy Backbone eyes countrywide service roll out; trains Interra Networks

As part of Galaxy Backbone (GBB)’s expansion plans to provide services leveraging its fibre roll out across the country, the organization has partnered with Interra Networks to ensure that Small Businesses and State Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies across the South East and South South part of the nation can benefit from this service.

In preparing the Staff of Interra Networks, a Network Communications and services company to help in selling GBB services across that region, GBB organized one-day training on Tuesday, March 24, 2021, aimed at equipping the Staff on the GBB Digital Services that are specific to Public sector companies and to Small & Medium Enterprises respectively.

Professor Muhammad Bello Abubakar is the Managing Director/Chief Executive of Galaxy Backbone Limited.

MD/CEO, Galaxy Backbone, Prof. Mohammed Abubakar

“Capacity Building is a core aspect of GBB’s evolution as an organization providing digital services across the country in line with the directive of the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy which is the supervising Ministry of Galaxy Backbone”, the GBB said.

The training with Interra, covered High Speed Fibre Connectivity Services, Metropolitan & Wide Area Networks, Email, Hosting & Unified Communication services, Customer Support and Incident Management. GBB is committed to ensuring that its channel partners are fully equipped with the technical and services support & knowledge that will enable them perform at optimum levels.

The training took place in Enugu where Galaxy Backbone has its Disaster Recovery Datacentre that supports its Uptime certified Tier III Datacentre in Abuja.

Galaxy Backbone service offerings

With this fibre connectivity in two geopolitical zones in Nigeria, GBB is deepening broadband penetration across the country and widening the digital transformation drive of the federal government.

“GBB will continue to deepen it partnerships with local ICT companies across the country in ensuring that more organizations at the state and local levels benefit from this fibre roll out”, the statement from GBB reads.