Press Releases 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Linkserve is Broadband Service Provider of the Year Released on 29 Aug 2009 Linkserve Limited has emerged Nigerian's Broadband Service Provider of the Year at the Nigerian Telecoms Awards on August 7, 2009 at the prestigious Oriental Hotel in Lagos. The event was attended by many dignitaries, included Ex-President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah of Sierra Leone, the Esama of Benin Kingdom, Chief Gabriel Igbinedion, Ambassador Shehu Malami, Ex-Governor Olusegun Osoba and Chief Alex Akinyele amongst others. The Ex-President of Sierra Leone, Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, was the Chairman of the occasion and he said in his speech that the Nigerian Telecom Awards has become a truly continental event that African leaders should not only be proud of but should also endeavour to identify with and to give their full support. He said,this event has become an undisputed milestone in the global telecom market and is Africa’s contribution to the annual telecom agenda. Linkserve Limited won the highly coveted Broadband Service Provider of the Year award. The Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Johnson, who received the award on behalf of the company, said that the company's inception till date, Linkserve has been at the forefront of delivering top quality network solution to Nigerians and is one of the first to invest in the broadband technology. He said, ‘our role as Nigeria’s pioneering and leading internet service provider is one that we take very seriously and indeed proof of this are in the massive investments we have made in the industry in recent times. The COO also said that Linkserve had recently commissioned a Data Network Centre HUB in Lagos as well as a Teleport HUB in Germany. Both facilities are state-of-art employing the very best in technology and equipment in order to deliver maximised network solutions to corporate organisations and private users. He added that the company's clients were not affected by the recent loss of internet integrity suffered nationwide when the SAT3 cable suffered some damage. Linkserve has a longstanding partnership with various satellite and equipment providers in order to provide superior satellite technologies in the African region towards increasing the quality of network connection as well as the broadband and date services penetration. The company’s data services are very popular among corporate organisations in various industries and its innovative approach to delivering network solutions has been highly acclaimed in many quarters as well as in the many awards it has won in the past. The Nigerian Telecom Awards is an event bred in Nigeria designed to add value to the telecommunications revolution in Africa. It seeks to identify and celebrate excellence and breakthroughs in the African telecom sphere. This edition, the fifth, was marked with an evening of pomp and pageantry as leading organisations in the telecommunications industry as well as other top organisations in various industries gathered together to acknowledge the recipients of the awards which were presented in various categories. Back