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New interim board for GAMTEL

The Secretary of State for Communications, Information and Information Technology, Mrs Fatim Badjie-Janneh, yesterday, presided over the inauguration of a new interim board of directors of the Gambia Telecommunication Company (GAMTEL), at a ceremony held at DoSCIIT building. The nine-member Board comprises of Katim Touray, former managing director of Gamtel as chairman and Mr Mustapha Njie (TAF), as vice chairman of the new board. Other members of the new board include Foday Ceesay, acting...

Vodafone purchases 70% of Ghana's telecommunications.

Cellphone giant Vodafone said it had completed the purchase of a 70% stake in state-run Ghana Telecommunications.

Gamtel/Gamcel sets records straight

The management of Gamtel and Gamcel has denied reports suggesting an apparent breakaway between the national telecommunication giant and Spectrum Group, which holds 50 per cent of shares. Below is the full text of the press release: We would like to inform the public in reference to the article mentioned in The Point [newspaper] on Monday and Tuesday that the information stated in it is completely misleading to the public. And as far as the Gamtel and Gamcel Management is concerned, business...

Bridging the telecommunication divide Africa, a continent on the move

The increasing success registered by African countries in the area of telecommunication has received no less recognition from the expert community. This has in fact been the focus at the just concluded annual telecommunication conference, held in Cairo, Egypt. With the participation of member states of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the official organizers, the conference seeks to address core issues concerning telecommunications. Participants are middle level mangers who work...

St. John’s Schools for the Deaf Gets New Computer Lab

As part of the activities marking the international telecommunication day, a new computer lab for St. John’s school for the deaf was inaugurated at the school grounds in Kanifing. In his welcoming remarks at the launch, Mr. Daniel Mendy, Principal of the school, gave a brief history of the project. According to him, it all started in 2007 when the Information Telecommunication Association of The Gambia (ITAG) provided a preliminary training for the deaf girls of the school. ITAG was impressed...

World Telecom Day observed

The Gambia, on Saturday May 17, 2008, joined the rest of the world in commemoration of the World Telecommunication Day. This year’s celebration, which started at the Gamtel Exchange, along Kairaba Avenue, took the form of a march past, with participants drawn from ICT related institutions such as Gamtel/Gamcel, Africell, Commit, Unique Solutions and ITAG. Led by the police band, the marching ended up at GRTS’ new building in Kanifing, where speeches were made, in observance of the day.   The...

Gambia-Senegal telecom sectors set new ties -as SoS Badjie visits Dakar

Fatim Badjie, the secretary of state for Communications, Information and Information Technology (DOSCIIT),  accompanied by some senior staff of her department and the Chief Executive Officer of GAMTEL with Senior Technical Experts, successfully concluded an official mission to Dakar, Senegal where they held bilateral meetings with their Senegalese counterparts, a press release from DOSCIIT indicated. Speaking at a meeting held with the Minister of Transport, infrastructure, ICT and...

Gamtel’s customer Service Director Speaks on Development

The Customer Service Director of Gamtel has reiterated the importance of telecommunications as driving force for the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s) in the second Republic. Alimamy Kassama, Director of Customer Services with Gamtel, in a recent interview with The Point said no modern economy can thrive without an integral information technology and telecommunications infrastructure in place. He said, “Access to telecommunications makes it possible for developing countries...

Comium new showroom opened in Sukuta

Comium Gambia limited, in its pursuit to expand and serve in the telecommunication sector in The Gambia at a greater capacity, on thursday opened a new customer care center in Sukuta, Kombo North, Western Region, at a colourfull inauguration ceremony held at the Village. Comium subscribers around the area are expected to enjoy from the company’s facilities such as prepaid services, direct customer care products and various other solutions that are also offered at its headquarters, along the...

Comium gets 100,000 subscribers

Barely six months after entering the telecommunications market, Comium Gambia Limited have reached a subscriber base of 100,000. This was confirmed yesterday by Amer Atwi, Managing Director of Comium during the launching of their new product called ‘Multi-messaging Services (MMS)’ at their headquarters along Kairaba Avenue. According to him, during the past months in the telecommunication industry in The Gambia, Comium have witnessed the lowering of international tariffs to their subscribers...