The largest telecommunications company in the country, MTN
Nigeria is backing the 2011 edition of the West Africa Information and
Communications Technology (WAFICT) Congress which is on its third year.
The congress scheduled to hold next month in Lagos between
October 18 and 20, according to the chief host and Editor-in-Chief, IT &
Telecom Digest, Mr. Mkpe Joseph Abang.
He also disclosed that MTN has said supporting the WAFICT
Congress is a testimonial to its commitment to helping to ensure the Nigerian,
and indeed, African telecommunications industry continues to experience growth.
He noted in a press statement made available to ITRealms Online that MTN Nigeria is the largest subsidiary in the MTN Group.
“The Group has operations in 21 countries in Africa and the
Middle East with a combined subscriber base of over 150 million,” he said.
Abang said that top management experts of MTN Nigeria, would
join indigenous and foreign information and communications technology experts
as well as speakers to West Africa’s leading sub-regional conference on ICT
sector organised by Africa’s foremost ICT magazine, IT & Telecom Digest, in
conjunction with the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO).
MTN Nigeria, he said, joins Airtel, Visafone and Phase 3
Telecom, as confirmed sponsors of this year’s edition of the West Africa’s
largest gathering of ICT regulators, operators, industry players, telecom
lawyers, ICT Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), Government agencies and
ICT consumers, while many others have been indicating interest to participate
in one way or the other.
“The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO)
would lead ICT ministers from West Africa to the sub-region’s top-of-the-table
showpiece,” Abang said.
He further said that this year’s WAFICT Congress and
Exhibition is set to open new horizons, introduce new technologies and provide
greater insights for governments and regulators in the sub-region to benefit
from new trends and potentials in the technological arena.
Abang went on to stated that with the theme “An Emerging New
Frontier: Opportunities and Potentials for Deployment of Broadband Services”,
WAFICT Congress 2011 has been designed to expose the sub-region to the many
challenges that must be surmounted if the sub-region is to enjoy the full
benefits of a robust policy direction, firm and transparent regulatory
environment and technology acceptability in line with changing global trends,
with broadband being at the core of discussions.
He emphasised that WAFICT is already attracting national and
international endorsements, interests and a star-studded speaker line up.
Speakers and participants from within West Africa and beyond will grace the
event, while leading ICT ministers across the sub-region are also on the
line-up of lead speakers.
Participants for the conference will be drawn from operating
ICT and telecom companies, GSM and CDMA operators, the banking sector, the
legal profession, the oil and gas sector, government agencies, regulatory
bodies, consumer advocacy groups, the academia, value added service providers
and Internet Service Providers, among others.
Remmy Nweke
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