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New acting CEO for Gamtel / Gamcel

Reports reaching the Daily Observer have revealed that Phoday Sisay has been appointed the new acting chief executive officer of the Gambia Telecommunications Company (Gamtel) and the Gambia Cellular GSM Company (Gamcel). Mr Sisay’s appointment comes on the heels of the recent termination of the partnership between The Gambia government and Spectrum International Holding. Contacted on the development, Phoday Sisay confirmed the story, adding that he received his appointment letter last Tuesday,...

Police Award Africell Personalities

The Gambia Police Force (GPF) last Wednesday awardedcertificates of appreciation to two personalities Mr. Serge .C. Khaki, chieftechnical officer and Ebrima Barry director of administration and logisticsfrom Africell one of the leading GSM telecommunication company in The Gambia.The award was meant to cement the already existing cordial relationship betweenthe Gambiapolice and Affricell as a company. The ceremony was held to at the policeheadquarters in Banjul. In his handed over remarks,...

Digital Watch-Are GSM operators violating your privacy?

A cell phone is a pretty private thing. It travels with you everywhere. For some, their mobile is their alter ego. They even sleep with their mobiles. Take their mobiles away and they feel disconnected. Losing their phone, for many people, is a horrendous nightmare. Contacts are lost and a lack of communication ensues. Since cell phones keep one in contact with the rest of the world, they tend to become an extension of the individual. Anything done with or through a cell phone is usually...

Digital Watch-How to stop unsolicited messages

If you have a phone like Samsung SGH – E250 or similar, then you don’t need to receive all those annoying texts. Simply use the facility which allows you to block all texts from a particular number. Just go to Messages, Settings, Text Messages, Block Number. Enter the number that you would like to block, select Options, Save, and voila! No more annoying messages. For some phones which have this facility, the process might be a bit different. Read your phone’s manual or if you don’t have it,...

Gamcel winners receive prices

As part its grand promotion, Gamcel, the national GSM provider yesterday held a prize award ceremony at its head office in Kanifing. The ceremony was basically to hand over to those lucky winners of their various prizes, which included, ten hajj tickets, twenty scholarship packages of D10, 000 each, 521 TV sets and 52.2 KVA generator sets. Almamy Kassama, director of Customer Services said this is the sixth presentation in a series of price presentations and many other activities for 2008.  The...

The Rising Sunrise Clears The Way

Sunrise GSM, a shinning example of GSM repairs and provider of original mobile phones and accessories from overseas especially from Germany has come to help the society by solving problems concerning phones with their fantastic machines found no where else in the sub-region. Lamin Jallow, the owner and manager of the Sunrise GSM talks about how he started, the struggles and how he is helping to create employment for Gambians in line with the Millennium goal or Vision 2020, above all his plans...

Comium Feeds More People

Thesurprise was a superb Iftar (fast breaking) all paid for by Comium. The meal,the second of its kind to be organised by the GSM operator, was held at Bambojunction in Serre Kunda.Speaking toThe Point at the occasion, Ya SaineGaye Comium’s Communication Officer, expressed her company’s pleasure in cateringfor the needy. “We at Comium assures that we are here for everybody as you cansee we are not only serving our customers but everybody irrespective of thecompany they subscribe to,” she said....

Comium Organise Fast Breaking

Comium, one of the country’s leading GSM operators, has once again taken an edge over their counterparts by providing food free to not only their customers but to the general public in respect of the holy month of Ramadan. The feeding program was provided in a form of IFTAR (fast breaking) at West Field junction just in front of AGIB bank. Speaking to this reporter on the occasion, Mr. Ismaila Cham, co-ordinator of the Ramadan Campaign, justified the gesture. He said that the programme is the...

Gamcel’s Ramadam Campaign Deserves Commendation

The current promotional campaigns of The Gambia Cellular Company (Gamcel), the country’s national GSM operator, of the 100 bags of rice offer to their subscribers is indeed commedable. The national GSM operator is offering 100 bags of rice weekly totalling 400 bags of rice for the whole month of Ramadan. Gamcel didn’t just stop at that, but last week also donated 1,000 bags of sugar to the Muslims in the country through the Islamic Council. In fact donating sugar to Muslims during this Ramadam...

New GSM company born

A licence has been granted to a new indigenous GSM company, which will bring the total number of GSM operators in the country to four. The company is called QCELL and will provide 3G mobile services, such as voice, data and video. The company is owned by Mr Muhammed Jah, the chief executive officer of QuantumNet. According to a dispatch from the Department of State for Communications, Information and Information Technology (DOSCIIT), the decision to grant the licence is in line with universal...