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First class group limited From our humble beginnings in 2002, FCGL commenced operations within the telecoms industry with the sales, installation and maintenance of specialized high precision cooling units Today, we have evolved into a formidable enterprise with footprints in virtually all major telecoms operators and some other reputable institutions both in Nigeria and on the West coast of Africa, where we provide high quality installation and support service solutions to critical data and switch center infrastructure
The company recently completed is Long Term Evolution (LTE) trial operations in Lagos and taken a huge step forward in launching a service that will support faster data speeds on mobile networks. “At Airtel, we pride ourselves as leaders and we are passionate about continuously creating the next innovation to empower telecoms consumers and enrich the lives of our customers across the country,” says Ogunsanya. “Lagos is the commercial nerve centre of Nigeria and with the successful completion of the first 4G LTE trial we are ready for test in the other major cities across the country including the country’s capital, Abuja and Port Harcourt. “The Lagos trial threw up exciting results as data users could open up simultaneous HD Videos on Youtube without buffering. Download speed, under ideal conditions was 37 Megabits per Second (Mbps), while under non ideal conditions, was 32 Mbps; Upload speed was Continued
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These activities include but are not limited to site acquisitions, Turnkey deployment of (prefabs & permanent) data centers, Installation & maintenance support for high precision cooling units, DC power solutions such as inverters and Ups’s, power filtration equipment such as AVR’s, fire suppression systems such as (FM200) etc. In addition, FCGL provides data center monitoring and facility management in several Data Centers throughout Nigeria and beyond
We have a strong youth population. The uptake of trendy gadgets is on the rise and there is a huge demand for data just as there is demand for voice”
With over 160 dedicated staff with diverse expertise and ethnicity spread across 15 states in Nigeria and led by a very responsive and customer-centric management, FGCL is capable of responding very promptly to client’s requests and is recognized widely for its cooling, power, fire suppression and DC facility management capabilities which it can provide at very short notice To deliver prompt and efficient services to it’s clients, FCGL partners either commercially or technically with strategic principals such as Emerson Network Power (SA) (PTY) Limited, LG, DAIKIN etc. FCGL has in recent times worked either as main or subcontractor with some of the following clients namely, Airtel, MTN, Glo, MainOne, GT Bank, Emerson, Ericsson, Lagos State Government and some Federal Parastatals etc. Email office@firstclassgrouplimited.com
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