Aviat, MainOne, Surfline sponsor 2015 West Africa Telecom Summit & Expo

As preparations for the 2015 edition of the West Africa Telecom Summit & Expo set to hold on 21st May at the prestigious Movenpick Hotel gears up, Key ICT players, Aviat Networks and MainOne have given their unflinching support to the summit.

Aviat Networks, the global wireless solutions and leading microwave networking specialist, have recently signed on as sponsors of 2015 WATSEA, while MainOne, the leading provider of innovative telecom services and network solutions for businesses in West Africa have signed on as well.

Ahmed Adama, country manager for Aviat Networks said that sponsoring WATSE 2015, is an opportunity for the company to push the industry to its next frontiers.

In his comments, MainOne's Business Executive responsible for Ghana and West Africa, Kazeem Oladepo said, "Our sponsorship of the West African Telecoms Summit provides us the opportunity to directly support a platform to exchange ideas on strategies for increased internet penetration in West Africa; share insights with industry players and identify dynamics, future trends and expected developments in the industry".

Ghanaian-owned telecommunications network providing super-fast and reliable 4G LTE services, Surfline is also pushing the frontiers of West Africa’s ICT as the company recently signed on as a sponsor for 2015 WATSE.

Akin Naphtal CEO of Instinct Wave, organisers of the award expressed his delight at the support from industry players. He commended the companies for recognising the need to invest in gathering of stakeholders to discussing challenges and opportunities in moving the industry to the next level of growth expected.

The Summit which has been themed Broadband: Driving Economic Growth In West Africa will address some topical issues across the region. There will be focus on dynamics, forecasts, future trends & expected developments in the industry.

Now in its second year, WATSE, a gathering of stakeholders interested in pushing the frontiers of the dynamic telecom market in the West Africa region, forward, is also bound to provide the much needed platform to discuss solutions that will facilitate social and economic development.

According to Mr. Naphtal, while sub-Saharan Africa has been very successful in increasing access to basic voice communications, and Africa’s rapid adoption of the mobile phone is quickly closing the ’digital divide’ in voice services, the broadband access gap between the region and the rest of the world is getting wider. WATS 2015 will provide a compelling environment to discuss broadband as the new frontier for economic growth in West Africa” he said.

Seasoned speakers and experts will at this year’s summit deliberate on the landscape of the telecommunications industry and critical industry related topics and trends currently affecting the telecommunications development.

The summit will also deliver thought-provoking insights from the prime movers of the industry and give delegates the opportunity to hear and network with them in a structured atmosphere of panel discussion.