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Headline Sponsor

Founded in 2001, PCCI has emerged as the leader in customer relationship management with a production centre based in Senegal.

PCCI provides fully integrated customer care and back office processing services that focus on value creation through cost reduction, customer retention and increasing revenue per customer. We serve the Francophone, Anglophone and various African local languages

Senegal has attractive competitive advantages such as the telecommunications infrastructure with fiber-optic cables connecting the country to the rest of the world, talented and well educated human resources with a business climate under continuous improvement thanks to the of authorities commitment to increase investment.

With its offices in United Kingdom, France and Senegal, PCCI solutions and services are used by major companies like Orange France Telecom, Neuf Cegetel, MTN Ivory Coast, Procter & Gamble, Telecom Italia (Alice), Deutsch Telecom (Club Internet), etc.

Strong from its experience, PCCI today affirms its will to accompany the Telco operators, leaders of the African continent, in the development of their Customers Relationship.

Sponsor

Ericsson Region sub-Saharan Africa (RSSA), is the leading supplier of telecommunications equipment and services to mobile and fixed network operators in sub-Saharan Africa. The company currently holds more than 50 percent market share in the GSM space, covering 43 African countries with close to 90 mobile and over 10 fixed-operators as customers over the continent.

Ericsson’s involvement in the regions spans the full spectrum of telecoms - from network equipment, mobile broadband and services that make telecommunications possible. By driving the development of third-generation mobile networks, Ericsson aims to put the Internet within reach of many Africans for the first time.

Over 1,000 networks in more than 175 countries utilise Ericsson network equipment and 40 percent of all mobile calls are made through Ericsson systems – making the company one of the few companies worldwide that can offer end-to-end solutions for all major mobile communication standards.

Ericsson has accomplished a long list of African telecommunication firsts, including the first WCDMA phone call, HSDPA deployment, full business case for a new GSM/GPRS network operator, and implementation of managed services for a 3G network.

Locally the company is headquartered in Woodmead, Johannesburg, South Africa and supported by regional hubs in Nigeria, Senegal and Kenya,

Ericsson, shaping worlds and changing lives, for more information please visit:
www.ericsson.com

Seminar Sponsor

Corning invented the first low-loss optical fiber in 1970, which helped launch the age of optical communications.  Corning is the worldwide market leader and is the most widely deployed brand of fiber. 

Corning offers a full line of single-mode and multimode optical fibers for all network applications. Corning's entire family of optical fiber boasts industry-leading geometrical properties for low splice loss and high splice yields, supported by an unparalleled, proprietary manufacturing process designed to produce the highest quality products. Corning fibers are recognized in the industry for their excellence and innovation. Learn more at www.corning.com/opticalfiber

Associate Sponsor

Belgacom International Carrier Services S.A./NV (Belgacom ICS) is a leading global carrier of voice, data and value added services to over 500 wireless, wireline and service providers through sales offices in Brussels, Bern, Dubai, Singapore and New York.
Belgacom ICS is at the forefront of the international communications industry, acting as a catalyst for growth, both in terms of traffic and reach. The company aims to enable global interworking across all networks, technologies and services. As a result of this approach and the joint venture with Swisscom ICS, Belgacom International Carrier Services is now one of the largest wholesale voice carrier and a world leader in data transit services.
For more information, please visit www.belgacom-ics.com

d innovation. Learn more at www.corning.com/opticalfiber

Associate Sponsor

Qualcomm Incorporated is a leader in developing and delivering innovative digital wireless communications products and services based on CDMA and other advanced technologies. Qualcomm serves the global wireless industry with breakthrough technologies that enable the convergence of mobile communications and consumer electronics, making next-generation wireless devices and services more personal, affordable and accessible to people everywhere.