Quality of Service tops agenda @ATCON with regulators, CEOs

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Quality of service (QoS) is on the top of the one-day meeting between the telecom executives and regulators being put together by the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON).

Executive Secretary, Mr. Ajibola Olude, said the event is slated for Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at the Golden Gate Paradise, Ikoyi, Lagos.

He revealed that the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Eugene Juwah, would present a keynote address expected to cover, amongst other things, Quality of Service issue; Number Portability; Open Access to Broadband Infrastructure; Provision of Frequency Spectrum for Service delivery as well as Mainstreaming Local Content in the Nigerian Telecoms development. 

President of ATCON, Mr. Lanre Ajayi was quoted in a press statement made available to DigitalSENSE Business News, as saying they would set the stage for the day’s discussion through a welcome address.

He said, the forum which is open to all operators in the telecoms sector in Nigeria, is designed to create an opportunity for key industry players to interact with the regulator, with the aim of building a continual good working relationship. It is also aimed at creating a platform for the regulator to update the industry on the regulator’s directions and plans for the industry in the coming years.

Further, he said, the forum is designed as a veritable avenue for the regulator to receive feedback from the industry with a view to understanding the challenges and prospects industry players have to grapple with and explore to ensure sustained growth of the industry.

Also, participants, he said, are expected to brainstorm on measures that would accelerate the expansion of telecommunications services across the federation in the years ahead.

The forum, according to Ajayi would include a panel discussion sessions to allow elaborate and judicious deliberations on the various sub-themes.

“Participation in this forum is restricted to top executives of telecom operating companies. As the name of the event implies, participation is strictly for high level management personnel of operating companies,” he said, stressing that delegates to the forum must consist of decision makers in the participating organizations, so as to ensure that issues are discussed with seriousness of purpose.

ATCON, he said, has also indicated that there are a few sponsorship opportunities for companies wishing to take advantage of the highly executive networking platform to gain heighten public relations mileage for their organizations.

“Some of the benefits of sponsoring the event include opportunity to make commercial presentations, products exhibitions, profile listing and advert placement in event brochure as well as advert placement on ATCON website for a whole 90 days,” he said.

 

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