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A French journalist with African Intelligence, Mr. Antoine Galindo has been released by the authorities in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, reports ITREALMS.

Galindo, ITREALMS gathered, was arrested on 22 February while on assignment for Africa Intelligence in Ethiopia.

Alcatel-Lucent hails Technology week

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The French Telecommunications equipment company Alcatel-Lucent has, after self assessment, commended her just concluded Technology week which was held in Nigeria, reports ITRealms.

The Country Senior Officer and Managing Director of Alcatel-Lucent in Nigeria, Richard Edet, said, “The Alcatel-Lucent Technology Week was an excellent occasion to exchange, share, and build up together the next innovation framework that will help our customers innovate to unleash their values within their networks. I really look forward to the next session coming up soon,” he said.

He explained the idea behind hosting Alcatel-Lucent Technology Week.“With a population of 170 million, Nigeria is considered as Africa’s biggest economy and one of the largest and fastest growing telecom markets on the continent,” ITRealms reports. 

The three-day event that held in both Lagos and Abuja.was well attended by over a hundred professionals from Nigeria ICT ecosystem.

The Alcatel-Lucent Technology Week in Nigeria, ITRealms learnt, hosted professionals from the ICT sector, including those involved in strategic planning, network design, new service implementation and network management.

The Technology week  came as communications service providers, and regulatory body in Nigeria, engage in the process of evolving their networks toward ultra-broadband and internet protocol (IP) networking technologies which aligns closely with Alcatel-Lucent’s areas of specialization under The Shift Plan which is meant to refocus the company as an IP Networking and Ultra-Broadband specialist, the technologies at the heart of next-generation networks, and to deliver innovation that shapes the future of ICT industry.

In attendance, ITRealms gathered, were Airtel, EMTS, GLO, MTN, NATCOM, Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) and UBC Services.

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