ATCON, NiRA & Ui To Host Int’l Workshop On IPv6

The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) and University of Ibadan (UI) in partnership with Africa Network Information Center (AfriNIC), have concluded plans to organize a 4day International Workshop on “Internet Number Resources Management (INRM) and  IPv6  Planning and Deployment” in Lagos.

According to a press release jointly signed by Ajibola Olude, executive secretary (ATCON), Edith Udeagu, chief operating officer of NiRA and Dr. Seyi Osunade, director (ITeMS), UI, the workshop shall hold from August 23 to 26, 2016.

The workshop the trio said is part of AFRINIC annual free extensive training program for over 600 network engineers, with priority given to AFRINIC members.

“Participation at the workshop is targeted at Network Engineers in the Nigerian ICT ecosystem including the academics. “Resource persons for this workshop are international experts coming from outside Nigeria. For more details, visit AFRINIC dedicated training portal at http://learn.afrinic.net”, the statement read.

The workshop is expected to “provide impetus for Nigerian Network operators to migrate from IPV4 to IPV6 with its attendant advantages; provide qualitative training for those engineers that managed our networks which would help, as we tackle the problem of quality of service in the telecommunication industry Provide Nigerian Network Engineers with the required knowledge to compete favourably with their counterpart in the global market.

“Enhance, as well upgrade, the performance of our Network Engineers on network management with the ultimate goal of ensuring the sustainable growth of the Nigerian ICT ecosystem. Boost the productivity level of our network engineers”, as contained in the press release.