21st Century plans new products @ W.Afri.Tel expo

One of the leading telecom-munications company, 21st Century Technologies Limited, has advanced plans to unveil a new set of products and services at the 10th West African International Telecommunications and Information Technology exhibition (W.Afri.Tel 2010).

The company also said that it sees W.Afri.Tel as a vantage option to launch a new direction for the company.

Chief Executive Officer, 21st Century Technologies, Mr. Wale Ajisebutu noted that W.Afri.Tel provides his firm the ample opportunity to create the necessary awareness and showcase its products and services, which the company has taken some years to develop.

The event scheduled to take place at the new modern Eko Expo Hall, from June 1-3, W.Afri.Tel 2010 would provide a platform for the sub-region’s leading mobile, telecom and ICT operators as well as equipment manufacturers, networks solutions providers, computers and computing companies, among others, to put their best and latest products and services on display.

“We see W.Afri.Tel as the ultimate technology exhibition for the West African sub-region, for any leading telecom company to demonstrate its capabilities and showcase what it has for the market. This is why we are going to the event, with products and services that the public has never seen in this region before,” he said.

Mr. Ajisebutu, pointed out that 21st Century Technologies, which has a long history as a fixed line telephone operator and an international carrier –of-carriers, has been crucially involve in serving corporate market in the country with advanced technological telephone services.

Presently, he said, the firm has seen the need to further its offerings, based on market readiness for new products and services.

“Some people think that the growth in the Nigerian telecom market is slowing down. But, I tell you, with new and innovative ideas, there is hardly any limit to the growth in this market,” he declared, stressing that is why his firm decided to storm W.Afri.Tel 2010 to showcase some of the most innovative and exciting products and services that have been packaged for this market.

Confirming 21st Century Technologies booking for W.Afri.Tel 2010, Mr. Mkpe Abang, Editor-in-Chief of IT & Telecom Digest, sole Nigeria agent to Exhibition Management Services, organisers of the event, said they recognize 21st Century Technologies as a leading telecom powerhouse in Africa; and their participation in W.Afri.Tel means a great offering for the sub-region, which has great needs for new products, new technologies, new services and new ideas.

“As W.Afri.Tel celebrates 10 years of providing the ultimate platform for existing operators, new entrants and innovators to bring to the West African market the latest and the best available anywhere in the world, we are confident that 21st Century Technologies will bring to the event many exciting additions to what they already have, thereby also helping the exhibition to fulfill part of its aim, which is to help the sub-region’s telecom market to grow,” Abang said.

Noting that 21st Century Technologies is one of the first companies to not only book their participation at this year’s show, but one of the earliest to fully pay for their space.

“Because spaces are limited, it is quite competitive getting a space and having it confirmed. But 21st Century Technologies is one of the lucky companies, whose spaces have been fully confirmed because they have paid in full for it,” Abang said.


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