Etisalat Advocates Standardization at 2013 CTO Forum

(L-R): Director, Government and Regulatory Affairs, Etisalat Nigeria, Ibrahim Dikko;  Director, Policy and Competition in charge of International Affairs of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Lolia Emakpore; and the Honorable Minister of Communication Technology, Omobola Johnson at the 11th Annual Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization (CTO) Forum sponsored by Etisalat, held at Transcorp Hilton in Abuja...recently.

Nigeria’s innovative telecommunications company, Etisalat, has posited that great economies of scale can be achieved through standardization in the industry and this can be obtained when there is cooperation across stakeholders.

The company’s Director of Regulatory and Government Affairs, Mr. Ibrahim Dikko made this assertion at the 11th Annual Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization (CTO) Forum held at Transcorp Hilton in Abuja last week.

The Forum with the theme, ‘Innovation Through Broadband’, was organized by the CTO in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Communication Technology and co-sponsored by Etisalat. The one-week forum served as a hub of communication technology experts from Nigeria, other commonwealth African nations as well as their international counterparts who deliberated on critical issues bordering on the deployment of a broadband strategy and policy for Nigeria.

He disclosed that Etisalat has always focused on customer-centricity to endear itself to its subscribers in Nigeria. “The level of growth we have experienced at Etisalat is traceable to our customer-centric and innovative approach to business,” he said.