GALAXY BACKBONE IMPLEMENTS GOVT'S ICT POLICY

Firm implements govt's ICT policy Galaxy Backbone has begun the deployment of 5000 VSAT nodes across the country to implement the National Information, Communication and Education Programme (NICEP). An ICT policy intervention by the Federal Government, NICEP is targeted at the realization of its e-governance and Millennium Development Goals' objectives. A statement issued by the organisation in Abuja said that Federal Government ministries, departments and agencies, the 36 state capitals and 774 local government areas would benefit from the deployment.
The statement said the VSAT project was based on its mandate to provide a common platform for the provision of connectivity and transversal services. The NICEP project would provide the benefits of ICT to all areas of the country, particularly hard-to-reach areas and under-served communities.
The NICEP infrastructure, which is based on IP Technology, would support the entire spectrum of ICT services. It would focus especially on such initiatives as e-Government, e-Education, e-Health, e-Commerce and would be connected directly to the Government Data Centre in Abuja. The pilot sites are spread across the six geo-political zones of the country with some in federal universities, post offices, unity schools and security agencies.