Cyberschuulnews.com
The positive of the internet

 

WiMAXForum 2010 in Lagos

 
 
 

Now Available

  
 

 
 

The telecom business networking document

 

Content

Humble Beginnings
Post independence P&T Days
Hon Ministers of Communications
Who is doing what in the industry
A Roll Call
Beyond 2010
Resources & Investment Opportunities
The Resource Centre
Players in their sectors

A Compendium of Nigeria’s telecommunications Industry and its Players is now out. 

It is available for N2,000 at

TELECOM ANSWERS ASSOCIATES
26, Ajuwon Road, Olopa Junction, Iju
Ogun State. 

Delivery by Courier to Lagos Locations
Please make additional payment of N2,000 (to cover cost of courier delivery) into  

Account of
TELECOM ANSWERS ASSOCIATES:
First Bank Nigeria Plc
Account No 2412010025166 

And send confirmation and delivery address details to titi@cyberschuulnews.com

For enquiries: Kayode Yussuf 0802 973 0059

Free copies are available for

  • All delegates to WimaxForum 2010 and Launch of Compendium (Already delivered)
  • All Players listed in the Compendium
  • All Commercial Departments of Foreign Embassies
  • All Federal Government ICT Agencies/Institutions
  • All Professional Associations
  • All Trade Associations
  • All libraries
     
  • Please contact titi@cyberschuulnews for details

 

 

  
     

At the WiMAXForum 2010 & Compendium Launch

WiMAXForum 2010 – a good day had by all in Lagos

 

The Lagos edition of WiMAXForum 2010 hosted by the Nigerian Communications Commission and Telecom Answers Associates Lagos rose with  a clear consensus that investment in the emerging technologies are necessarily cautious and thoughtful processes.

 

Prof Raymond Akwule President, Digital Bridge Institute argued in a lead paper the importance of concluding regulatory unification in the information and communications industry. He noted that with increasing convergence of technologies and service providers, regulatory bodies will also, perhaps more than industry players, need to converge as well. Nigeria is only in the early stage of accomplishing this.

 

The proposed unification of the functions of the NCC and the NBC was the subject of mild controversy last year, but industry players at the forum all agreed on the need to accomplish this, to streamline the allocation of broadcast and telecommunications frequency spectrum. ‘We live in a converging world but our regulatory institutions are very unconverged,’ the Professor observed.

 

He ran through the emerging responsibilities the NCC will be faced with via the adoption of Next Generation Networks like Wimax and LTE, including, very importantly, social objectives like interoperability and quality of service.

 

Prof Akwule also asserted that regulation in Nigeria has been transparent from both perspectives of reality and investor perception. He admonished that contributions to universal service funds should respect the trend towards convergence of networks and services, just as he also suggested that the manner of the funding be reviewed. 

Please click here to access Prof Raymond Akwule's paper
 
 

 

 

WiMAXForum 2010 in Lagos
June 15 & 16, 2010
 

PLAN OF EVENT

Arrival of delegates                                                   8.30am
Video Documentary on Telecom industry - Nigeria        9.30am
Commencement of Proceedings                                  10.00am

  • Welcome address
  • Keynote address
Presentation 1
Presentation 2
Presentation 3

 
Regulatory
Imperatives
Lean Model
Critical Issues		  

Opening of Exhibition
Delegates Open Discussion
Presentation of THE COMPENDIUM
Closing Remarks

Venue             The Lagoon Restaurant, Victoria Island, Lagos
Admission       by Invitation
Uninvited         N50,000

Telephones     Kayode (0802 973 0059); Rachael (0807 825 4885) 

                                    hosted by

 

 

    

 

  
 

 

About WiMAXForum 2010 in Lagos
June 15 & 16, 2010

 

 

Given the fast pace and intensity of development in telecommunications, if we were to make an appraisal, we can highlight the following irreducible facts.

What are they?

 

  • Mobile networks have augmented basic telephony, while laying the foundation for more effective and comprehensive ICT infrastructure.

 

  • Despite inadequate infrastructure, the unprecedented and unanticipated growth of mobile telephony in Nigeria has exceeded (and continues to exceed) virtually all forecasts thus attesting the latent demand.

 

 

  • The next logical progression, which will undoubtedly have a more profound impact on Nigeria’s overall development, is the proliferation and advancement in the use of the Internet.

 

  • But in order for the Internet to achieve its potential in Nigeria, next generation intercontinental fibre optic bandwidth is urgently needed.

 

With the imminent launch of the Glo1 and MainOne submarine cables incorporating traffic to and from Nigeria, the prospect of broadband provision and access edges ever closer to reality as we become inter-connected to countries in West Africa and the rest of the world.

 

What does this really mean?

This privately funded colossal project assists communication carriers in West Africa through the sale of wholesale international capacity to global networks via India and Europe. The fibre optic cable system provides African retail carriers with equal and open access to inexpensive bandwidth, removing the infrastructural bottleneck thus supporting Nigerian economic growth.

Where next from here?

By bringing the submarine cable to Lagos, Glo1 and MainOne have done their bit.  The hard task of taking this ‘roadshow’ to the rest of the country and making the case that it is integral to our socio-political and economic development must be shouldered by all of us. Whether it is the laying of a new cable system, defining requirements, implementation, testing or indeed recognising the business opportunities that will undoubtedly follow, there is a role for all of us – enough to keep us all busy for quite a while

But work must begin in earnest to exploit the available opportunities. However these investments must be guided.

 

This is the prime objective of  WiMAXForum 2010 seeks to achieve, namely:

To guide investment decisions which players in the telecommunications industry in manner that will precipitate its rapid transformation into digital industries; foster greater regional and economic cooperation and; increased foreign investment in Nigeria

 

Delegates to WIMAXForum 2010 

WIMAXForum 2010 is open to delegates and official guests appointed by Participating Firms ONLY

 

To be a Participating Firm is by being at least one of the following:

 

         Sponsor                                                             Reserved

         Exhibitor                                                            N2,500,000

         Presenter                                                          N2,500,000

         Advertiser in Event Brochure                               N200,000

         Owner of One Roller Banner at the Event Gallery  N50,000

 

Every Participating Firm will, after payment and accreditation, forward a list of its appointed DELEGATES and OFFICIAL GUESTS to titi@cyberschuulnews.com complete with their individual courier delivery addresses and expect to receive Invitation Cards delivered by Courier to the delegates’ addresses in the week of June 7 - 12, 2010.

 

Journalists are advised to obtain ACCREDITATION as condition to receiving Invitation Card by expressing the desire to cover the event to titi@cyberschuulnews.com

It is ONLY persons with valid invitation cards who will be allowed into the Forum.

 

Uninvited           N50,000 (Not payable at the venue but to the bank as condition to obtain an Invitaion Card)

 

Attendance at Exhibition is free

 

All enquiries to titi@cyberschuulnews.com

Telephone Kayode (0802 973 0059); Rachael (0807 825 4885)

 Is your firm listed at http://cyberschuulnews.com/telecom_players_profiles.html
If No, then your firm is not a player in the Nigerian Telecom Industry. Contact titi@cyberschuulnews.com for advice.

 

Please see Guardian newspaper of Friday June 4, 2010 for more information.

 

TELECOM ANSWERS ASSOCIATES
…..serving since 1991

 
 
 

About WiMAXForum 2010 in Lagos
June 15 & 16, 2010

 

The two major submarine cables which will, very shortly, open to traffic to and from Nigeria have their landing points only in Lagos. Foreign and Local initiatives and investments will be required to take traffic from all over Nigeria to the major cables in Lagos.

 

There may still be more than 120million Nigerians who are yet to have direct access to telecommunication services. There is, therefore huge business to do and big investments to make.

 

These investments are best protected when they are guided.

 

That is what WiMAXForum 2010 seeks to achieve, namely:

  • To guide investment decisions which players in the telecommunications industry must take, and
  • To provide enduring networking platform for businesses so that they run smoother and better.

 

Delegates to WIMAXForum 2010 

WIMAXForum 2010 is open to delegates and official guests appointed by Participating Firms ONLY

 

To be a Participating Firm is by being at least one of the following:

 

·         Sponsor                                                               Reserved

·         Exhibitor                                                               N2,500,000

·         Presenter                                                              N2,500,000

·         Advertiser in Event Brochure                                   N200,000

·         Owner of One Roller Banner at the Event Gallery       N50,000

 

Every Participating Firm will, after payment and accreditation, forward a list of its appointed DELEGATES and OFFICIAL GUESTS to titi@cyberschuulnews.com complete with their individual courier delivery addresses and expect to receive Invitation Cards delivered by Courier to the delegates’ addresses in the week of June 7 - 12, 2010.

 

Media practitioners who desire to cover the event are advised to express their intent to titi@cyberschuulnews.com and obtain accreditation as condition to receiving Invitation Card.

 

 

Attendance at Forum      Only by Invitation

Uninvited                       N50,000

 

All enquiries to titi@cyberschuulnews.com

Telephone Kayode (0802 973 0059); Rachael (0807 825 4885)

See Guardian Friday June 4, 2010 for more information

Please visit  http://cyberschuulnews.com/telecom_players_profiles.html

 

 

 

TELECOM ANSWERS ASSOCIATES

…..serving since 1991

 
 
 
 

About WiMAXForum 2010 in Lagos

 
 

June 15 & 16, 2010

 

Look at it this way:

The Glo1 and MainOne submarine cables which will, very shortly, open their mouths to traffic to and from Nigeria have their landing point only in Lagos.

Who takes the traffic from all over Nigeria to the cables in Lagos?

Nigerian businessmen and women of course!

 

How much business is there to do?

You do not know?

How many Nigerians have telephones?

You do not know?

I do not know either.

 

Let us do a crude estimation.

We are told there are 78million SIM cards that have been sold to telephone users.

How many telephone USERS are in the market?

If every USER has two SIM Cards to himself then there cannot be more than 37 million users.

The figure may be far less than that.

 

Use any figure you like

There will be more than 120million Nigerians who do not have telephones.

 

What does that tell us?

 

It tells us there is still big business available to do.

Nigerians talk a lot

Nigerians have talks to do

Nigerians must talk

Their Talking translates to business.

 

And Nigerians have to do this business to exploit the available opportunities.

 

These investments must be guided.

 

That is what WiMAXForum 2010 seeks to achieve, namely.

To guide investment decisions which players in the telecommunications industry must take and to provide networking platforms for business so that they run smoother and better.

 

Delegates to WIMAXForum 2010 

WIMAXForum 2010 is open to delegates and official guests appointed by Participating Firms ONLY

 

To be a Participating Firm is by being at least one of the following:

 

·         Sponsor                                                             Reserved

·         Exhibitor                                                            N2,500,000

·         Presenter                                                          N2,500,000

·         Advertiser in Event Brochure                               N200,000

·         Owner of One Roller Banner at the Event Gallery  N50,000

 

Every Participating Firm will, after payment and accreditation, forward a list of its appointed DELEGATES and OFFICIAL GUESTS to titi@cyberschuulnews.com complete with their individual courier delivery addresses and expect to receive Invitation Cards delivered by Courier to the delegates’ addresses in the week of June 7 - 12, 2010.

 

Journalists are advised to obtain ACCREDITATION as condition to receiving Invitation Card by expressing the desire to cover the event to titi@cyberschuulnews.com

It is ONLY persons with valid invitation cards who will be allowed into the Forum.

 

Uninvited           N50,000

 

Attendance at Exhibition is free

 

All enquiries to titi@cyberschuulnews.com

Telephone Kayode (0802 973 0059); Rachael (0807 825 4885)

 

 

Please see Guardian newspaper of Friday June 4, 2010 for more information.

 

 

TELECOM ANSWERS ASSOCIATES

…..serving since 1991

 

  
 

 

 


In recent weeks, CyberschuulNews has been providing publicity for the forthcoming WIMaxForum2010 to be held in Lagos in June - publicity which, in various guises, has raised awareness about the aims and objectives of the forum. As the event draws nearer and in an email interview, I asked Mr. Titi Omo-Ettu, my publisher, and CEO of TELECOM ANSWERS ASSOCIATES that is hosting the event for his take on its timing and significance, his expectations, participation and perceived benefits.
 

 

 

 

 

AB: Why WiMAXForum 2010 and why now?

 

TOE: Wimax primarily because it is undeniably the ‘now and future’ of mobile systems and broadband solution. Its timing is now because it coincides with Nigeria putting itself on the broadband map via the investiture of two major Trans Atlantic submarine cables which will incorporate  traffic to and from Nigeria. Unfortunately they land only in Lagos. We therefore must shoulder the responsibility to ensure that this encompasses the whole country. Rather than be passive or merely mouth its benefits and allow external forces to tell us of its huge commercial benefits, we must demand proper counseling to avoid the decimation of investment, in both infrastructure and human capital, as a result of an inability and/or unwillingness to properly manage technology for business.

 

AB: Word has it that the participation cost is steep.

 

TOE: Well perhaps, but only for those who have no business being there. Those who recognize the potential and full benefits unsurprisingly do not think so. For them, the cost of participation represents good value for their money.

 

AB: The budding entrepreneurs you talked to last week feel they have been excluded.

 

TOE: They might well do but it is a clear case of ‘horses for causes’. Last week’s event was to motivate these budding entrepreneurs of the boundless opportunities of the future and the challenges underutilization will pose. They represent potential.  The WiMAXForum 2010, however is for fully fledged entrepreneurs. It is an assembly and network of World-class managers, investors, business men, consultants and solution providers This is a capital-intensive business and we are talking of building systems and infrastructure – usually beyond the expertise and financial capabilities of up and coming entrepreneurs. Without being disparaging this ‘separates the men from the boys’ . Mark you, we are not planning a training Program.

 

AB: Is it a combination of a Conference and exhibition?

 

TOE: Yes there is the Summit component which is the major item of the Agenda. A few solution providers who would want patronage when we eventually make up our minds to invest will just have to showcase their products and commence a networking of contacts, solutions and opportunity chase. We are also launching the Compendium of Nigeria’s Telecommunications Industry and its Players which is a document the likes of which we have never had before and will be given free for participants. It is an encyclopedia any potential investor anywhere in the world would need if they want to invest in Nigeria. And we hope it reaches all parts of the world.  For example I will expect you to market it for a fee there in the UK after the event. Your counterpart in America will also do same.

 

AB: What next after WiMAXForum 2010?

 

TOE: Convergence. Not only of the separate sectors that should constitute a true ICT industry, but also of ideas, agenda as well as the pooling of talent and resources thus making it a campaign issue - something that is well due if not long overdue.

 

I am Abi Bilesanmi, Editor of Cyberschuulnews

abi@cyberschuulnews.com

 

For news update, please click here

 

  
 


WiMAXForum 2010 in Lagos
A Technology/Business Networking Event
 June 15 & 16, 2010
&
Launch of A Compendium of Nigeria’s Telecommunications
Industry and Its Players

 
   

 

Important Notice to Participating Firms

 

Our attention has been drawn to the reality that Monday May 31, 2010 is a public holiday in Nigeria. The following information is therefore made to amend our earlier publications.

 

1.       Deadline for submission of Artwork for CORPORATE ADVERTS MATERIALS in the COMPENDIUM is hereby extended to close of business on Tuesday June 1, 2010.

 

2.       Participating Firms who have paid either as Sponsors, Co-Sponsors, Exhibitors, Presenters or Participating Firms are hereby advised to please send in all CORPORATE ADVERT MATERIALS for inclusion in the Compendium. The Compendium will go to Press on June 2, 2010 and its distribution will commence with the delegates at the WimaxForum 2010 on June 15 and 16. Distribution is planned to last 3 months.

 

3.       Participating Firms who have written to make firm commitment that payment for their participation will come within the week of June 1- June 4, 2010 are hereby advised to send in their CORPORATE ADVERT MATERIALS not later than close of business on Tuesday June 1, 2010 for the purpose of THE COMPENDIUM and not later than June 4 for the purpose of WimaxForum Event Brochure.

 

4.       Exhibitors are hereby advised to communicate the amount of pavilion space they require to titi@cyberschuulnews.com and are free to pay an inspection visit to the Venue of the forum to facilitate their plans.

 

5.       Confirmed PRESENTERS of Technologies/Services/Solutions need not send their Presentations Materials ahead of the Forum as it is not intended to vet such presentations. It is however important that their CORPORATE ADVERT MATERIALS for both the WimaxForum Events Brochure and the Compendium be sent in not later than close of business on Tuesday June 1, 2010.

 

6.       Invitation cards for delegates are ready. They will be delivered by courier service to accredited delegates in the Second Week of June 2010. Participating firms who have made full payment are required to forward list of their Delegates and Official Guests complete with individual courier delivery addresses of every delegate to titi@cyberschuulnews.com

 

7.       Interested individuals whose firms are not participants will pay N50,000 to obtain an invitation card. Payment is to be made into the following account:

 

TELECOM ANSWERS ASSOCIATES:

First Bank Nigeria Plc

Account No 2412010025166

 

and inform titi@cyberschuulnews.com for Invitations card to be delivered via courier

 

8.       Invitation cards will NOT be sold at the Venue of the WimaxForum 2010.

 

For further enquires Kayode (0802 973 0059); Rachael (0807 825 4885)

 

 

Deadlines Latest by
Submission of INDUSTRY PLAYERS SURVEY FORM  June 1
Submission of Advert Material for COMPENDIUM June 1
Submission of Advert material for WimaxForum Brochure June 4
Payment for Exhibition/Presentation/Advert June 4
Submission of Exhibition Plan June 10
Confirmation of Presentation Plan June 10
   

Participation Platforms

  
Sponsor  
Exhibition  
Presentation  
Advert in Compendium  
Advert in Event Brochure  
Uninvited delegate  

 

TELECOM ANSWERS ASSOCIATES
Lagos
May 28, 2010
 

 

 

WiMAXForum 2010 Update 

 

2 days of Technology/Business/Solutions Summit and Exhibition. 

 

Tuesday June 15, 2010
A.

  • Keynote address by Executive Vice-Chairman, NCC          
  • Technology/Business/Solutions Summit
  • Intending Presenters of Technology//Services/Solutions to contact titi@cyberschuulnews.com
  • Attendance by Special Invitation
    • Participating Companies are advised to submit List of their official guests and delegates complete with Courier delivery addresses to  titi@cyberschuulnews.com

B

  • Exhibition of Genuine, world-class, proven and available Technologies/solutions
  • Guided visit of Exhibition Pavilions by Top Officials, Investors & Trade Missions

 

Wednesday June 16, 2010 

·         Exhibition of genuine, world-class, proven and available technologies/service/solutions
·         Intending Exhibitors to contact titi@cyberschuulnews.com 

 

Important Industry Documentation 

  • Participating firms to request for the MiWAXForum Kit available at the Event
  • Delegates are advised to complete and submit the WiMAXForum Resource Survey Form available on registration
  • Registered delegates to sign for and collect one copy each of “A Compendium of Nigeria Telecommunications industry and its players”

 

Venue                                       The Lagoon Restaurant, Victoria Island, Lagos 

Admission to Exhibition               Free

Admission to Summit                  By Special Invitation

Uninvited (To Summit)                N50,000.00 

For enquires                              titi@cyberschuulnews.com  

Telephones                                Kayode (0802 973 0059); Rachael (0807 825 4885) 

 

TELECOM ANSWERS ASSOCIATES
Issued May 29, 2010.