Chief executive officer/managing director of Airtel Nigeria Carl Cruz will on August 29, 2023 speak about the company’s 5G and how the high-speed mobile and complementary services will continue to promote Nigeria’s socio-economic progress.
Mr Cruz will give his speech at a thought leadership session on Technology Times Live, an interactive TV experience that will attract attendees across Nigeria, Africa and beyond.
The Airtel Nigeria boss has been chosen among select industry, government and thought leaders that are analysing yesterday, today and tomorrow of mobile telephony revolution in Nigeria as part of the Technology Times special focus on “Nigeria Mobile Revolution: 22 Years On in Era of 5G” that will refocus the rapid socio-economic transformation witnessed from the August 2001 commercial rollout of digital mobile telephony service across the country.
The interactive session is scheduled for 2.00 p.m. – 3.00 p.m. on the Technology Times Live YouTube channel.
“The revolution, driven by launch of service by Airtel Nigeria (then Econet Wireless Nigeria) and other mobile network operators (MNOs), has seen the country’s mobile phone lines grow from over 500,000 lines in 2001 to over 220 million lines in June 2023, and has also become an innovation enabler across several sectors of the Nigerian economy,” founder of Technology Times Shina Badaru announced in a statement.
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“We are pleased to be hosting Mr Carl Cruz, Airtel Nigeria CEO/Managing Director, who will be featuring on Technology Times Live, a virtual interactive TV session to analyse the role that the leading MNO continues to play in shaping and defining the mobile revolution in the country, and also refocus the positive impact that its new Airtel 5G service will have for consumers and businesses across the country,” Mr Badaru added.
At the session, the Airtel Nigeria CEO will refocus on the last 22 years of mobile revolutions in the country and how his company continues to lead the charge as mobile technology continues to enable the development of innovative solutions across diverse sectors of the economy, beyond communication.
He will also speak on the ongoing mobile revolution and the advent of 5G, and how Airtel Nigeria, which has launched commercial 5G service, plans to unlock the benefits and opportunities of the advanced speed mobile technology for Nigerian consumers and businesses, and what exciting developments can they anticipate in the coming years.
Cruz assumed the leadership of Airtel Nigeria in May 2023.
