SIWES PROGRAMME AT GALAXY BACKBONE PLC, UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN

DESCRIPTION OF PLACE OF ESTABLISHMENT (GALAXY BACKBONE PLC)

Galaxy backbone is a public enterprise of the federal government incorporated in2006 with the primary mandate of setting up and operating a unified Information and Communication Technology (ICT), in formation platform that address the connectivity and other technical imperative for Ministries Department  Agencies (MDA) of the federal government. The co was also change with operating a nationwide network backbone to help to facilitate rural communities   toward the realization of their goal.

To fully achieve its mission and business objectives, galaxy is committed to operate as a commercial entity by leveraging it existing assets to extend product and services offering to the market place. Galaxy offers a full range and enhances quality of service designed to meet the challenges facing the various sector, public and private of the Nigeria economy.

VISSION

Our vision is to be the leading enabler of digital inclusion of the Nigeria economy.

MISSION

Our mission is to drive national development through the provision of pervasive ICT infrastructure and services to public institutions, under-served communities and other stakeholders.

VALUES

• Initiative and innovation

• Passion and commitment to excellent result

• Accountability and integrity

• Customer centric

• Team work.

SERVICES

Getting a reliable internet services at cost efficient prices have been difficult for most organisation, low-cost service providers have offered poor services both in quality of the link and in response to resolve customer(s) issues when they arise. Higher quality service providers are so costly that it has become uneconomical to secure more than a fraction of the desired internet bandwidth. Typically no more than 512k for a large capacity.

With this GALAXYBACKBONE Plc. have been able to sufficiently offer the following services at low cost effective prices;

• High quality internet services for both public and private sectors.

• Video conferencing

• Interactive distance learning

• Web hosting

• Mail services etc