Today in Lagos, MTN Nigeria launched the first centralized Network Management Centre in Sub- Saharan Africa. This state of the art complex will give MTN complete visibility of its entire Nigerian Network from a single control centre. From here MTN will be able to manage everything from system failures to all its peripheral infrastructure across the country. With this development MTN has raised the stakes in Network management in the Telecoms space and is confident that this will translate into more improved customer service enabling MTN to further differentiate itself from its competitors in a fiercely competitive market space. The Centre would add value to MTN's customers by providing constant proactive maintenance of all key elements within MTN's Network. Additionally, the new facility would assist in the reduction of network outages and, ensure speedier airtime loads, improved voice quality and minimize delays in sms delivery.

To help MTN achieve this - T3 Communications Ltd - as the official Plantronics Distributor for Nigeria- was able to recommend and supply the CS60 Wireless Headsets for the NMC operatives. The CS60 was chosen because of the fact that it provides wireless connection to the telephone system and gives the NMC operatives the ability to take calls hands-free and with added flexibility of mobility around the office, upto 50m from their desk, without dropping or putting a call on hold. The Network Management Centre Manager, Bolaji Olojede said " We are excited about our relationship with T3 communications Ltd. We were looking for a company that could understand our business and provide the right solutions and services for us. T3 has really taken its time to do exactly this with us. Something else that is very important to us is after sales support and service and T3 has been able to demonstrate to us that they are serious about this aspect too. They have provided our users with initial training and committed to support us over the coming weeks with appropriate training to ensure that our staff understand how to use and care for their headsets." Celestine Ononye, Chief Operating Officer T3 Communications, added - " Here at T3 we pride ourselves in providing unrivaled service to our customers. Our focus is to help our customers differentiate themselves in the market space- so whether we are supplying headset solutions or helping to design and deploy Call Centres (Customer Service Centres) - our focus is to ensure that the ultimate result for our customers is improved productivity and profitability. T3 is committed to developing this relationship with MTN".

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About MTN Nigeria

MTN Nigeria is part of the MTN Group, Africa's leading cellular telecommunications company. On May 16, 2001, MTN became the first GSM network to make a call following the globally lauded Nigerian GSM auction conducted by the Nigerian Communications Commission earlier in the year. Thereafter the company launched full commercial operations beginning with Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt. MTN paid $285m for one of four GSM licenses in Nigeria in January 2001. To date, in excess of US$1.8 billion has been invested building mobile telecommunications infrastructure in Nigeria. Since launch in August 2001, MTN has steadily deployed its services across Nigeria. It now provides services in 223 cities and towns, more than 10,000 villages and communities and a growing number of highways across the country, spanning the 36 states of the Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Many of these villages and communities are being connected to the world of telecommunications for the first time ever. The company's digital microwave transmission backbone, the 3,400 Kilometre Y'elloBahn was commissioned by President Olusegun Obasanjo in January 2003 and is reputed to be the most extensive digital microwave transmission infrastructure in all of Africa. The Y'elloBahn has significantly helped to enhance call quality on MTN network. The company subsists on the core brand values of leadership, relationship, integrity, innovation and "can-do". It prides itself on its ability to make the impossible possible, connecting people with friends, family and opportunities.

About T3 Communications Ltd

T3 communications Ltd is a telecommunications solutions enabler. Established since 2002, T3 has established significant partnerships with equipment and software providers. Through these partnerships T3 has developed Network based solutions for enterprises and value added services for Network Operators. Operating in three main areas, Contact Centre Solutions, Network Solutions and SMS & IVR Solutions. T3 has established a network of Resellers across Nigeria delivering Contact Centre Solutions, through our SmartVita product suite, including Plantronics Headset solutions to enterprises. Our Network Solution Product suite include our OpenZone Corporate Solutions delivering 10Mb and above broadband connections directly into companies. OpenZone Corporate provides Triple play capability for organizations - Voice, Internet and Video (video conferencing) over the same network. Our SMS and IVR Platform - IGNITE- is a carrier grade value added platform providing innovative solutions directly or through third party organizations to enterprises. Our focus is to deliver innovative networking solutions and value added services to our customers. We are dedicated to developing our staff with all the tools they need to provide a great service to our customers