The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami will on Monday 22nd March 2021 Flag-off Capacity Development Programme on VSAT Installation Skills and TVRO Systems for 600 Youths across the country.
According to a report from the Ministry, Batch 1 of the trainings will be held in the following Geopolitical Zones/ States:
1. North West: Kano & Katsina;
2. South West: Ekiti & Lagos;
3. North East: Gombe & Bauchi;
4. South East: Abia & Anambra;
5. North Central: Niger & Plateau;
6. South South: Rivers & Akwa-Ibom.
The Capacity Development Programme is a program of NIGCOMSAT. The Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited is a company under the supervision of the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy.
A very-small-aperture terminal (VSAT) is a two-way satellite ground station with a dish antenna that is smaller than 3.8 meters. VSATs are used to transmit narrowband data (e.g., point-of-sale transactions using credit cards, polling or RFID data, or SCADA), or broadband data (for the provision of satellite Internet access to remote locations, VoIP or video). VSATs are also used for transportable, on-the-move (utilising phased array antennas) or mobile maritime communications.
Television receive-only (TVRO) is a term used to refer to the reception of satellite television from FSS-type satellites, generally on C-band analog; free-to-air and unconnected to a commercial DBS provider. The term is also used to refer to receiving digital television “backhaul” feeds from FSS-type satellites.
NIGCOMSAT Ltd is the First African satellite Communications Company. We are responsible for the operation and management of NigComSat-1R.
It vision is to be the leading satellite communication solutions provider in Nigeria and Africa while its mission is to provide seamless connectivity and satellite communication solutions through innovation.
