911 = USA as 7411 = Nigeria ~ Nigeria gets 1st 24/7 Help/Information Services

The first and only 24-hour national bureau of directory and information services, a typical national emergency call number with links to Federal Road Safety Corps, police and fire service has been launched in Nigeria.

Named  “7411 bureau of information”, the service also has businesses listings, people finders, driving directions, tax advices, address finders, health histories, record back-up, weather forecasts, reverse phone tracker, and jobs finder.

To have easy access into information and life saving tips just dial 7411 on any phone in Nigeria and +2347411 from outside Nigeria.

411ng.com, the technical company in charge of the project quoted Dr. B.M Sani Adamu, director of engineering at the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) as saying that the “commission is committed to building information rich Nigeria”

 He enjoined Nigerians to embrace the use of the services to aid information knowledge level, business development and contribute to progressing the Nigeria we all desire.

“The need to correctly find and be found in Nigeria cannot be overlooked or pushed to the back in the development process of any serious country wishing to make proper development. Gone are the days when life changing information and tips are prized above money, we must not forget the role of information accessibilities in human per capita development” Adamu added.

When fully operational, the national directory number can comfortably handle 670,000 callers at a time.

This is made possible by advanced simulative telecommunication technology, similar to that presently deployed in Israel, United States, Britain and Dubai.

Matt Howard, chief technical officer, said that the data centre is an advanced one of a kind, built with over 13 million different software used in B2B directory tracking, global positioning, 24-hour traffic surveillance people finders, stock market analysis reporting, finger print readers, facial recognition software, vehicle tracking, crime scene reporting, CCTV Data records and backup, cross marketing and emergency response call forwarding to police and trained authorities.

He said that “The centre will presently receive in – bound enquiry calls from over 3,000 Nigerians at a time for now, and about 27 million enquiries can be processed every day as we speak” http://nigeriacommunicationsweek.com.ng/news/history-as-nigeria-s-7411-emergency-number-goes-live