DETECON International (www.detecon.com):
Detecon International GmbH is one of the world’s leading consultancies in the field of information technology and communications (ICT). Our consulting expertise is based on a comprehensive understanding of markets, business transactions and technologies that has been proven worldwide. Detecon International emerged in July 2002 from the merger of the two consulting firms Diebold and Detecon. This means that today, we pool the knowledge that was developed over several decades of successful domestic and international consulting work. Detecon is a fully owned subsidiary of T-Systems International GmbH, one of the four divisions of Deutsche Telekom.
Hughes Network Systems, HNS (www.hns.com):
Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HNS), is the world’s leading provider of broadband satellite network solutions for businesses and consumers, with more than 800,000 systems ordered or shipped to customers in 85 countries. HNS pioneered the development of high-speed satellite Internet access services and IP-based networks, which it markets globally under the DIRECWAY® brand. DIRECWAY terminals are based on the IPoS (IP over Satellite) global standard, approved by both TIA and ETSI standards organizations.
FERMA (www.ferma.fr):
Is a leading global provider of Value Added Solutions for the telecommunications industry. FERMA has been helping telecommunication operators to generate ARPU for close to 20 years.With 2 sites in France, a branch in Romania, offices in China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Singapore and facilities in over 40 countries in Africa, South America, Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
STRATEX Networks Inc. (www.stratexnet.com):
Stratex Networks, Inc. is an industry leader in the development, manufacture and marketing of microwave radio solutions for point-to-point applications in licensed frequency bands, enabling the development of complex communications networks worldwide. Since its founding in 1984, the company has achieved international recognition for quality, innovation, and technical superiority in delivering wireless transmission systems for the transport of data, voice and video communication systems, including comprehensive service and support.
TECH INVEST Group: (www.telnetng.com):
Tech Invest is the holding company to Nigeria’s foremost Information and Communications Technology company TELNET Nigeria Limited. There are about five companies in the TELNET Group among which are iTECO Ltd., TNS Limited, TES Limited, iProsit Limited and Softworks Nigeria Limited providing services in all facets of information and communications technology. Other companies under the Tech Invest umbrella are ipNX Limited (Network Infrastructure).
Interswitch (www.interswitchng.com) a Payment solutions provider.
INFOTAIN: www.citltd.net/infotain
Infotain™ is the summation of all the value added services a subscriber would require from his wireless terminal and the pleasure/satisfaction derived from it. It is a combination of Information, Entertainment, Personalization and other not-so-obvious content services.
The watchword for the Infotain™ brand will be “Any network, Any Terminal, Any Content” thus providing universal access to localized and useful content. All our technical and business models are based customer-centric design principles where we always place the user first.
INFOTAIN LTD. is in the process of deploying a state-of-the-art platform that will connect to all four GSM providers and the PTOs as well in Nigeria so as to provide their subscribers access to its pool of content. The INFOTAIN service to subscribers of the GSM companies will receive this service on a multi mode level. In other words they will be able to access INFOTAIN services by Voice, SMS, MMS and WAP (where the mobile operator is MMS/WAP enabled)
Infotain is the resultant company from a Joint Venture between CIT (Communications and Information Technologies), a communications and IT consultancy and Tech Invest Group the umbrella company for the TELNET Group, IPNX, Interswitch and a host of other companies. The company was setup to provide Value Added Services and Wireless Application Services to Mobile Networks and PTOs.
Infotain aggregates content and deploy the platforms to provision such content through Content Download Platforms, SMS and WAP Gateways, Voice Browsers, and other equipment to deliver and sustain such content.
All these companies are independent companies with their own management and ownership structure.