Seneesie Kallon, Dr. Joseph Agyepong and NATCOM’s Momoh Konte after the signing of the deal.
Subah Infosolutions Ghana Limited has won a contract in Sierra Leone after a rigorous international bidding which pitched it against 11 other bidders.
The International Gateway Monitoring System (GWMS) contract was awarded by the National Telecommunications Commission (NATCOM) of Sierra Leone.
Subah Infosolutions, the only West Africa-based international company in the race, is reputed for its outstanding management of the monitoring of International Gateway Traffic Systems in both Ghana and Guinea.
NATCOM is mandated to regulate the telecommunications sector in Sierra Leone and to ensure the growth and sustainable development of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in that country.
It is charged with managing capital investments for the purpose of acquiring telecommunications equipment and services and other necessities to enable effective regulation of the telecommunications sector in line with international best practice for sustainable growth and development of the sector in Sierra Leone.
The procurement of telecommunications management and monitoring services in the sector is very important for the commission in achieving the essential services and deliverables for which it was established as contained in its statutory functions.
NATCOM requested for bids for purposes of engaging a service provider to provide International Gateway Monitoring Services and Ghana’s Subah Infosolutions entered and won.
Under the terms, it is expected to effectively monitor quality of service in real time on international voice and data traffic between Sierra Leone and overseas destinations.
It is also expected to build and operate a non-intrusive telecommunications monitoring platform to monitor and report on all international terminating (incoming) and originating (outgoing) voice and data traffic into and out of the Republic of Sierra Leone respectively, all domestic voice and data traffic within the territory of the Republic of Sierra Leone, including but not limited to traffic, between GSM operators/carriers, Internet service providers and any other organization and/or institution that utilizes VSAT and/or fiber optic cable services.
The Chairman of NATCOM Momoh Konte, at the signing ceremony, said Subah’s bid was “the most responsive” in the list of bidders.
He explained that the evaluation process was very transparent and accessible.
“Management of NATCOM is working very hard with Subah and very soon, we will see the presence of monitoring in the country’s communication system,” he stressed.
The Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group, of which Subah is a subsidiary, Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong, who was present at the signing ceremony, mentioned that the goal of the ICT firm is to be number one in its sphere of operations in Africa and that gives Subah the motivation not only to do more but also excel.
He revealed that the successes chalked in Ghana and Guinea in monitoring such activities which lead to a tremendous increase in revenue for the two countries is enough proof of Subah’s capacity and capabilities which the company hopes to successfully deliver outside Ghana.
He gave firm assurances that the company, which is wholly Ghanaian owned, would not only deploy the same business model and technology in developing local capacity in the various African countries where it operates, but also transfer technology to them as well.