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Local firm introduces equipment for IT, telecommunications
By
Esan Sunday
Senior Finance Correspondent,
Lagos
An
indigenous company, Samtechs Nigeria Limited, has introduced a special external
antenna system for all IT equipment as well as fixed wireless phones and GSM
handsets. The company also manufactures battery back-ups and power packs.
According
to the company’s Managing Director, Mr. Sola Adediran, the idea of
manufacturing the items locally followed the discovery that the imported ones
could not meet the needs and aspirations of Nigerians. Besides, he added, the
imported ones do not last due to the disparity in electric voltage between
Nigeria and the countries from where the items are imported as well as due to
the weather condition in Nigeria, which is also different from what obtains
abroad.
Noting
that it is for these reasons that “most fixed wireless telephone
companies in the country rely on us mostly for these accessories to their
systems," Adediran maintained that his company has "rescued many
fixed wireless telephone (FWT) operators from major network problems."
The
managing director noted that the cardinal motive behind the local manufacture
of the products is to reduce the problem faced by the users of the back-up
equipment in getting replacements or spares for their abnormal or malfunctioning
ones as well as drastically reduce the cost of purchasing imported, but
non-durable ones.
He
said one benefit of the Samtechs products is that they are tropicalised, to
suit Nigeria and the African continent in general as he argued that most imported
products were not tropicalised, which is why they don't last long.
While
urging Nigerians to develop a taste for locally made goods, Adediran argued
that most home made products were better than imported ones.
The
company's array of products includes power packs, battery pack and the back-up
charger. The power packs, which supply energy to telephones, come in the range
of 9.6, 12.5, 14 volts. The battery pack, according to Adediran, can energise
phones for up to two to three days when there is power outage. He referred to
his company’s back up charger as unique because it is the only one in the
market. Noting that the company was the sole producer of the product, he
explained that telephone manufacturers do not make product obviously because
they do not encounter power outages abroad. For users having problems of
poor networks, reception or visibility and accessibility, the Samtechs boss
said his company’s external antenna could be helpful.
“Apart
from manufacturing it, we also install for interested customers", he said,
adding that the antennae "are compatible with all the fixed wireless
phones like Starcomms, Intercellular, MTS and Reltel."
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