Editorial News of Monday, 15 February 1999

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High Street Journal

In a front page story headlined: "World Telecom Conference attracts 20 big firms and 200 delegates to Accra, March 2", the High Street Journal reports that from March 2-4, Ghana will host 200 telecommunications experts from all parts of the world, the occasion being an African Telecommunication Summit to be held at the Accra International Conference Centre. The paper says this will be the first time in Ghana's telecommunications history when more than 20 of the world's leading telecommunications operators and companies as well as key experts from over 25 countries will gather to discuss the way forward for African telecommunications. Leading telecom suppliers and operators who will be exhibiting and participating in the conference include: AT&T, ICO Global Communications, Celltel, Startec Global Communications, Scancom and Network Computer Systems (NCS).