One of Nigeria’s telecommunications companies, 21st Century Technologies Limited, has perfected plans to unveil a bouquet of new products and services, which it has packaged for the Nigeria market, at the 10th West African International Telecommunications and Information Technology exhibition (W.Afri.Tel 2010).
21st Century Technologies, which just secured a vantage place at W.Afri.Tel, West Africa’s leading and most sought after exhibition, said it is set to take the African telecom market by storm going forward, and that W.Afri.Tel provides it the ample opportunity to create the necessary awareness and showcase its products and services, which the company has taken some years to develop.
Scheduled to take place at the $44 million new ultramodern, purpose built Eko Expo Hall, from June 1-3, W.Afri.Tel 2010 will 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.
Mr. Wale Ajisebutu, chief executive officer of 21st Century Technologies, said: “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.”
According to him, 21st Century Technologies, which has a long and cherished history as a fixed line telephone operator and an international carrier of carriers, has been playing a crucial and key role serving the corporate market in Nigeria with cutting edge technological telephone services and now sees a great need to further its offerings, because the market is ready 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. And that is why we are storming W.Afri.Tel to showcase some of the most innovative and exciting products and services that we have packaged for this market,” he added.
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: “We recognise 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 fulfil part of its aim, which is to help the sub-region’s telecom market to grow,” Abang stated.
He also noted 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 added.
