NewCom WAFSAT will feature a highly detailed and focused programme designed to examine mission critical issues in the global satellite telecommunications product and service marketplace as they impact the deployment of satellite and satellite hybrid-based communications solutions across the West Africa region.
Confirmed speakers from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, Shell Exploration & Production, and Chevron Texaco, will address issues relating to the use of Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) satellite technology in meeting the essential communications connectivity needs of the exploration, production and distribution modes of the oil sector.
Similarly, representatives from Cadbury Nigeria and Nestlé Africa will examine how satellite-based technologies satisfy the key communication applications requirements of the food industry in terms of both its production and distribution phases.
Key trends in the policy and regulatory arena within individual national administrations, and across the administrations which collaborate and
National administrations within WATRA have recently engaged
in the development of a series of draft satellite regulatory guidelines
which seek to promote the harmonisation of regulatory reform throughout the
West African region.
The regulatory dialogue will greatly benefit from the confirmed
participation of the Chief Executive and Executive Vice-Chairman of the
Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), Ernest C. A. Ndukwe, who will
deliver the NewCom WAFSAT Opening Address. Under his leadership the NCC has
become recognised in the international regulatory community as one of the
most progressive African regulatory administrations, having developed and
introduced a series of significant regulatory reforms.
NewCom WAFSAT Conference sessions over the two days will reflect these moves
towards West Africa’s own empowerment, and will include a Regulators’
Roundtable; an examination of liberalisation of satellite service markets;
analysis of the voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) over satellite
application; an evaluation of the satellite communications marketplace in
terms of service profitability and state-of-the-art technologies; and,
appraisal of the application of satellite communications to the connectivity
needs of the public and private sectors. Speakers will also be asked to
address the all important question of the moment: Does broadband satellite
make sense for West Africa?
For further details, see the NewCom WAFSAT pages of the
GVF web site
African delegates qualify for a 50% discount on delegate fees, using
the
registration
form (182k WORD document).
Kindly contact the undersigned for more details.
Best regards, John Mwangi, Sales Co-ordinator, AITEC Kenya, P.O. Box
13891-00800, Nairobi, Kenya
Tel/Fax: +254 20 3749771
Cell: +254 721 860 228
Email: john@aitecafrica.com
Email2: johnmwangi1@yahoo.com
Web site: www.aitecafrica.com
One of Eric's pictures below. Zimbabwe art
Hippopotamus.