Press Release

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Main One and Regus promote Feel the Impact Campaign

Press Release - Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Lagos (Nigeria), October 26, 2011 – Main One Cable Company, Nigeria’s premier broadband capacity provider, is partnering with Regus, the world’s largest provider of outsourced virtual workplaces for companies, to provide tenants of Regus and others at Mulliner Towers, Lagos, access to free internet service for a one week period. The promotional campaign which starts on October 31 and ends on November 11, 2011 will afford the companies the opportunity to feel the impact of Main One’s unmatched broadband capacity.  This event is being made possible in part by Sims Nigeria Limited, distributors of Samsung Electronics in Nigeria, who are Main One’s strategic partners.

“Main One is driving this campaign, in collaboration with Regus and Sims Nigeria, to enable the enterprise tenants at Mulliner Towers try out the fast connectivity to the internet made possible by our broadband capacity”, says Adebayo Oyewole, Head, Marketing and Strategy, Main One. He added that the campaign is in line with Main One’s commitment to assisting enterprises in their stride for growth. This is done by ensuring their access to efficient and reliable data service through their partners, one of the key enablers to business success.

Mr. Oyewole further stated that during the period, Regus and other tenants at Mulliner Towers will be able to download apps, documents and music, conduct Skype calls via WiFi enabled laptops, view videos, via YouTube, on Samsung Smart TVs provided by Sims Nigeria Limited, or leverage existing video conferencing equipment at Regus which operates with the internet.

Mr. Ayo Akinmade, Managing Director of Regus, said the company was delighted with the partnership with Main One. “This is a relationship between two companies committed to providing success to businesses through cutting edge services. We are optimistic that this campaign will be of huge benefit to not only Regus but other enterprise customers at Mulliner Towers in terms of enhancing their operations, service quality and improved profitability”, he said.

The Main One Cable network continues to innovate with its open access platform and offers wholesale broadband connectivity, IP product offerings (Global Internet Access and Global IP Transit) and collocation services to service providers and enterprise customers. Main One currently has a growing list of major customers in Nigeria including MTN, Etisalat, Starcomms, Swift Networks, Mobitel, Netcom, IPNX, Visafone, e-Tranzact, GT Bank, ExxonMobil among others.

About Main One

Main One Cable is the first submarine cable company offering open access, wholesale broadband capacity in West Africa.

This objective is being realized through a submarine cable system which commenced operations in July 2010 linking West Africa to the rest of the world via Portugal and the United Kingdom.

Main One Cable’s vision is to be the most reliable, scalable and professionally managed international telecommunications service provider on the African continent. The company’s high capacity fibre ensures that reliable, affordable and first class service delivery of much needed broadband capacity is easily available and accessible within West Africa for regional and international operators as well as service providers.  Main One Cable remains steadfast in the pursuit of its mission to eradicate the communication challenges which limit African businesses from being truly global. It is achieving this mission by providing the infrastructural platform to help make their businesses available and reachable from anywhere in the world.

About Regus

Regus provides serviced offices, virtual offices, meeting rooms and video conferencing to clients on contract basis. The company operates in 85 countries with 1,100 business centres, making it the world’s largest provider of outsourced workspace. Regus is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 index.