[AfriNIC-announce] Egypt to host ITU TELECOM AFRICA 2008 - ITU TELECOM to focus on Africa's growing ICT sector

[Hisham R Rojoa]

Dear Colleagues and Members

Geneva, 5 July 2007 - ITU TELECOM AFRICA 2008, the world class Exhibition
and Forum and a major networking platform for ICT players from across the
African region, will take place in Cairo, Egypt, 12-15 May 2008. The venue
will be the Cairo International Convention and Exhibition Centre (CICC).

The African ICT sector has grown steadily in a number of core areas such as
mobile, which has increased at twice the global rate over the past five
years. Mobile phones have now surpassed fixed line telephone access on the
continent; the growth fuelled by factors such as market liberalization and
increased levels of national and international competition. Broadband,
although still in its infancy, is expected to make the connectivity leap
across Africa, leading to increased convergence and migration to
next-generation networks.

For full text see: http://www.itu.int/newsroom/press_releases/2007/16.html

Best Regards
Hisham