Main One and Galaxy Backbone set to deliver Broadband services to the Public Sector at a lower cost

Press Release - Thursday, December 16, 2010 Main One Cable Company and Galaxy Backbone today announced their partnership to deliver superior Data and Voice services to the public sector. Main One provides the backbone infrastructure which provides superior and reliable access to broadband communication services while Galaxy will deliver superior Data, Internet, Voice and Video services to its customers via its integrated domestic networks. In addition, this partnership extends the footprint of Main One to the state capital and North Central region of Nigeria thus providing the opportunity for Abuja based ISPs to reap the cost savings, superior and reliable service that the undersea cable system brings. According to the Chief Executive Officer, Galaxy Backbone made the decision to go into service partnership with MainOne Cable after a diligent consideration of the obvious limitations of existing submarine cable services in the country and the opportunities that has been thrown up by the existence of the Main One Cable which links the West Africa to the rest of to the world. Mr. Gerald Ilukwe, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Galaxy Backbone says: Galaxy Backbone is really excited about the strategic partnership with Main One Cable because it is now better positioned to help the government achieve its ICT goals by delivering enhanced quality of data, internet,voice and video services . According to Ms Funke Opeke the Chief Executive Officer of Main One Through our partnership with Galaxy, we have further extended our footprint to the North Central region of Nigeria which allows us to bring our superior quality, reliable and affordable broadband communication to the Federal Government and ISPs within the region. The Main One partnership with Galaxy Backbone will deliver greatly enhanced connected services to the public sector via Galaxy's integrated infrastructure platform; 1-GOV.net.This partnership will have a significant positive impact on the attainment of the ICT sectoral objectives and by extension the overarching goals of the Nigerian Vision 20: 2020 strategy. She added. Main One offers access to a government eager to leverage Information Technology for the benefit of its citizens, but previously constrained by the limitations of the pipe available to drive the vision. Main One via its 1.92 Tbps submarine cable to Portugal offers broadband telecommunication services that connect Nigeria with operators around the world. NOTES TO EDITOR About Galaxy Backbone

Galaxy Backbone is a Government owned company whose primary mandate is the provision of ICT Infrastructure and other transversal services to Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the Government. Presently, the company has connected over 250 Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Government to its network, with over 2,500 remote sites across the country and rolling out a metro-wide fibre optic network within the FCT, Abuja. Galaxy offers solutions that include: Broadband, Hosting, Remote office connectivity and a host of other related solutions ENQUIRIES Galaxy Backbone: 61 Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent, Wuse 2, Abuja Tel: +234-9-4612481-2 Fax: +234-9-240010 E-mail: moc.enobkcabyxalag@eke-regnig.nylknarf URL: galaxybackbone.com

About Main One Main One Cable Company Limited (Main One) is the first submarine cable company offering open access, wholesale broadband capacity in West Africa. Main One is wholly African-owned with a vision to expand the much needed capacity on the African continent and reduce costs of broadband communications across the Continent. This vision has been realized with completion of a 7000km submarine cable system with capacity to transmit 1.92Tbps which was placed into service on July 1, 2010 with initial landing stations in Nigeria, Ghana and Portugal and the United Kingdom. Main One has built a state-of-the-art Network Operations Centre matching the best international standards and comparable to its global counterparts. We have a strong management and technical team in place to ensure system reliability and constant availability backed by Service Level Agreements. Our systems are monitored 24 x 7 x 365 every hour, every day, all year round to guarantee our customers minimum down time in service delivery. ENQUIRIES Main One Cable Company: 3B, Ligali Ayorinde Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria. Tel: +234 1 4489500 Fax: +234-1-2801349 E-mail: moc.elbacenoniam@ofni URL: www.mainonecable.com Jumoke Akande: +234 1 4489500 Bernard Logan: +44 1245 256 376