INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Mobile Technology
Partnership agreement
to offer new services and
expand business in Nigeria
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network, enabling PCL to aggregate voice
traffic from over 300 active network
operators worldwide and establish direct
connectivity to all the mobile operators
in Nigeria. Annecto Telecom will also
provide PCL with switching, routing, billing,
reporting and network management for
these new services.
“Despite lower volumes and margins of
traditional telco services, voice, messaging,
data and VAS services are alive and well
and still represent attractive business
opportunities,” said VJ Odedra, Group CEO at
Annecto Telecom.
“We are excited to be working with PCL, led
by Ademola Seriki and are looking forward
to playing an important role in PCL’s service
and business expansion starting in Nigeria
and later across Africa.”
Ademola Seriki (left)
with VJ Odedra
P
erpetual Communications Limited,
a leading telecommunications
company in Nigeria, has selected
global VOIP network operator and carrier-
grade service infrastructure provider,
Annecto Telecom, as its exclusive technical
and trading partner to provide voice, data,
SMS and VAS aggregation services.
PCL currently provides a range of VAS
services, including caller ID, mobile content,
messaging and other services to mobile
network operators and service providers in
Nigeria and Ghana.
The company is in the process of obtaining
licences to provide International Data Access
for voice, data and SMS services and act as
a VAS aggregator in Nigeria for VAS licence
holders. These new licences will enable PCL
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to provide call and messaging termination
services in Nigeria and establish a data
interconnect network for network operators
and service providers in the country.
PCL has selected Annecto Telecom to
be its exclusive technical partner and
provide commercial trading services to
grow its business. Annecto Telecom will
also provide PCL with VAS products and
services, including multichannel messaging,
content delivery platforms and Fintech VAS
services, such as biometric authentication
and identification, QR code and NFC
contactless payments.
As part of the agreement between the
two companies, PCL will provide these new
services exclusively over Annecto Telecom’s
state-of-the-art telecommunications
PCL and Annecto Telecom are also planning
to provide the mobile operators and service
providers in Nigeria with the technology
and infrastructure to offer finance-related
VAS, including eWallets, full interoperability
mobile money transfers, instant international
remittances, micro insurance, micro loans,
micro savings, government services, such
as social welfare disbursement, biometric
authentication and identification, QR
code and NFC contactless payments, over
Annecto Telecom’s new venture VYZYO.
“The opportunities in the telecommunications
market in Nigeria are growing rapidly and
hold a lot of untapped potential,” added PCL
Chairman Ademola Seriki.
“We are confident that VJ Odedra’s vision
combined with his industry expertise and
C-level relationships, make the Annecto team
the ideal partner for PCL to capitalise on the
opportunities we are pursuing.” n
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