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Day One Tuesday 5 September 2006
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| 08.00 | Registration and refreshments
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| 08.30 | Opening remarks by chairperson
Hans van den Broeck
Senior Vice-President - Value Added Services - MEA
Siemens |
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| THE FUTURE OF THE AFRICAN TELECOMS MARKET |
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| 08.45 | Panel discussion: The future prospects of the African telecoms market - challenges and prospects in the 21st century
- Recent performance
- New players, the impacts of wireless technologies and the
latest strategies
- Carrier transformation: possible routes that can be taken
Gift Buthelezi
Chief Director - IGR & SM
Department of Communications, South Africa
David Pinto
Director
Skyband Corporation, Malawi
Mokgethi Magapa
Regulatory Commercial Specialist
BTC, Botswana
Wessel van der Vyfer
Namibia Telecoms, Namibia
Samuel Ainsoh
General Manager
Ghana Telecoms, Ghana |
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| 09.30 | The telecoms regulatory framework and its current effect
on the African region
- The role that regulation still plays in Africa
- Price regulation and the impact on competition
- The convergence of media and telecommunications
- The issue of spectrum policy
- Case study: South Africa
Dr Tracy Cohen
Councillor
ICASA, South Africa |
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| 10.00 | Panel discussion: Current market trends and
developments and the opportunities that can be
exploited
- Liberalisation and competition in the African market
- Customer service as the competitive advantage
- In what direction does future growth lie?
Lee-Ann Cassie
Licensing Division
ICASA, South Africa
Ahmed Mahjoub
President and Chief Executive Officer
Tunisia Telecom, Tunisia |
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| 10.45 | Morning refreshments and viewing of exhibition
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| BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND COMPETITION – INCREASING
YOUR BOTTOM LINE |
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| 11.15 | Business Models applicable to Africa
Samuel Ainsoh
General Manager
Ghana Telecoms, Ghana |
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| 12.00 | Interactive roundtable discussions
Table 1: The regulatory environment
Dr Tracy Cohen
Councillor
ICASA, South Africa
Table 2: Mobile content and digital entertainment
Dr Christoph Schetelich
Managing Consultant
Detecon Consulting, South Africa
Table 3: Disruptive technologies
Mike van den Bergh
Managing Director
Gateway Communications, South Africa
Table 4: Broadband and wireless technologies
Sadiq Malik
Business Development Director
BCT Global, South Africa |
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| 12.15 | Networking luncheon
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| 14.00 | The low cost, high value business model – can the
combination work and will it increase your profits?
- Opportunities that the bundling of services present
- Developing content-based businesses
- Competing on price
- Africa and the benefits of low cost models
Ahmed Mahjoub
President and Chief Executive Officer
Tunisia Telecom, Tunisia |
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| 14.30 | Challenges faced by the slow-down of organic growth on
the continent
- Deploying new business ideas
- Moving up the value chain
- The benefits and challenges of going into different carrier-vendor partnership models
Hans van den Broeck
Senior Vice-President
Siemens Communication / Carrier Services, Germany |
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| 15.00 | Case study: Has customer choice finally arrived? The entry
of the SNO into the SA market
Ajay Pandey
Managing Director
SNO Telecommunications (Pty) Ltd |
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| 15.30 | Speed networking – bring your
business cards
Speed networking is an exciting, quick and non-pressured way to meet fellow conference delegates and industry peers in one 30-minute session. This is where long-lasting and profitable business relationships begin.
- Exciting, quick, no pressure
- Meet … move on … meet … move on … meet … etc
- Form long-lasting and profitable business relationships
- Exchange business cards with fellow conference delegates and industry peers
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| 15.45 | Afternoon refreshments and viewing of exhibition
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| FINANCE AND INVESTMENT IN AFRICA |
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| 16.15 | Case study: RMB and the facilitation of V mobile Nigeria’s
next major network expansion
- Identification of investment opportunities
- Key steps in the facilitation process
Peter Maila
Vice President Structured Debt Africa
RMB, South Africa |
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| 16.45 | Panel discussion: Financing options in Africa
and emerging markets
- The risk / return profile of Africa
- Venture capital and Private Equity appetites
- The effects of liberalisation on investment possibilities
- Ensuring ROI from infrastructure investments
Peter Maila
Vice President Structured Debt Africa
RMB, South Africa
Josphat Kinyua
Manager - Project Finance
Standard Bank, South Africa
Nick Simmonds,
Head of Media & Telecoms Group London
Commerzbank |
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| 17.30 | Chairperson's closing remarks and close of day one
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| 17.30 | Official cocktail networking function
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Day Two Wednesday 6 September 2006
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| 08.30 | Opening remarks by chairperson
Craig Kilfoil
Director
JHI Commerce Group, South Africa |
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| DELIVERING MOBILE CONTENT AND DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT |
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| 08.45 | Generating revenues from non-voice services – mobile
content and data charging
- Investigating the business opportunity for mobile content and
data services
- The exploration of alternate services
Jurgen Thoelen
Vice President - Value Added Services - MEA
Siemens |
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| 09.15 | Panel discussion: Future opportunities for
mobile – games, music, TV and the impact of
these on revenues
- What are all the future opportunities for mobile?
- The impact of these on the telecoms industry
Fritz Milosevic
Detecon Consulting, South Africa
Jurgen Thoelen
Vice President - Value Added Services - MEA
Siemens |
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| 10.00 | Morning refreshments and viewing of the exhibition
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| 10.45 | Mobile TV – customers and programmes
- Introduction Mobile TV – the technologies involved
- Customers – their needs and how to satisfy these needs
- Programme and channels – how these will operate
Dieter Wendel
Detecon Consulting, South Africa |
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| 11.15 | Panel discussion: WiFi, WLAN, WiMAX and
VoIP – profit generators for incumbents and
new players in Africa
- Is fixed mobile convergence an issue in Africa?
- Extending the reach of GSM through the use of alternative
technologies
- WiMax – Maximising the reach of broadband access?
Sadiq Malik
Business Development Director
BCT Global, South Africa
Andy Singer
President
Radio Waves, United States of America
Winston Smith
Portfolio Manager – Wireless Broadband
Sentech |
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| BROADBAND AND WIRELESS OPPORTUNITIES |
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| 12.00 | The optimisation of microwave antenna systems
- Basic antenna specifications and optimisation of antenna systems
- Point-to-point and point-to-multipoint systems such as WiMAX
- Beam width and patterns and how these can affect network performance
- Specific applications and the selection of the appropriate antennae
Andy Singer
President
Radio Waves, United States of America |
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| 12.30 | Networking luncheon
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| 14.15 | Moving to mobility and WiMAX - Wireless broadband
- The potential impact of wireless broadband on the African market
- How WiMAX could change the competitive environment
- Standards and interoperability
Sadiq Malik
Business Development Director
BCT Global, South Africa |
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| 14.45 | Broadband access for Africa
Winston Smith
Portfolio Manager – Wireless Broadband
Sentech
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| DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY |
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| 15.15 | Afternoon refreshments and viewing of the exhibition
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| 15.45 | IP communications over GSM, 3G and WiFi networks
- The integration of features and services such as IMS, PoC, multimedia conferencing, MMS and presence with WiFi and cellular networks
- The evolution of SIP to support wireless and broadband mobile networks
- Ensuring seamless integration and transition from one network to another
Mike van den Bergh
Managing Director
Gateway Communications, South Africa |
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| 16.15 | Panel discussion: The impact of VoIP on traditional telephony and the race for interactive wireless VoIP access
- The affect of VoIP on traditional telcos
- VoIP as a threat to carriers
- Will mesh networks allow wireless VoIP to replace cellular networks?
- The implications and challenges of VoIP regulation
Mike van den Bergh
Managing Director
Gateway Communications, South Africa
George Salisbury
Detecon Consulting, South Africa
Shahar Steiff
Director - EMEA Business Development
PCCW Global, Hong Kong |
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| 17.00 | Chairperson's closing remarks and close of day two
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Day Three Thursday 7 September 2006
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| 08.30 | Opening remarks by chairperson
Hans van den Broeck
Senior Vice-President - Value Added Services - MEA
Siemens |
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| FIXED MOBILE CONVERGENCE |
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| 08.45 | Convergence – creating more opportunities
- What does convergence mean to the customer?
- What options exist for new and existing service providers?
- The future of convergence
Dr Angus Hay
Head – Corporate Strategy
SNO Telecommunications Pty Ltd, South Africa |
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| 09.15 | The role of IP Multimedia Subsystems as an enabler of true
fixed-mobile convergence
- The benefits and challenges posed by deploying IMS
- Does IMS really offer a credible solution?
John Slaighter Munsaka
COO
COMDEV, Zambia
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| TRIPLE PLAY / QUADRUPLE PLAY |
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| 09.45 | Triple Play / Quadruple Play – the implications of
convergence on your business
- How broadband technologies and packet communications come together to form the flexibility demanded by triple-/ quadruple play services
- The facilitation of tighter integration between service delivery and service management layers
- The implication of converging multiple applications on a single, unified network infrastructure
Anthony J Carter
COO
Econet, Zimbabwe |
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| 10.15 | Morning refreshments and viewing of exhibition
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| CUSTOMER LOYALTY AND THE BRAND |
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| 11.00 | "The Birth of a Brand"
Simon Camerer
Marketing Manager
Cell C, South Africa |
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| 11.30 | Panel discussion: The viability of transformation – from carrier to entertainment provider?
- Should the telecoms industry be looking to entertainment as a way to diversify?
- The viability of this strategy in the African market
- The route to success – branding and the customer
Anthony J Carter
COO
Econet, Zimbabwe
Dr Angus Hay
Head - Corporate Strategy
SNO Telecommunications Pty Ltd
Samuel Ainsoh
General Manager
Ghana Telecoms |
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| 12.30 | Networking luncheon
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| INNOVATION AND THE FUTURE OF TELECOMS IN AFRICA |
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| 14.15 | Technology and competition – bringing together telecommunications, entertainment / media companies and customers
Alphonzo Samuels
Executive Director – Broadband Services
Telkom |
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| 14.45 | Mobile Banking – taking off on the African continent
- M-Banking versus M-Commerce. Are they the same?
- A synopsis of M-Banking initiatives in the two leading African M-Banking markets, namely South Africa and Kenya
- What’s working and what's not.
- The Operator’s M-Banking dilemma: “Become a bank or facilitate banking?”
- The case for “banking facilitation” by adopting financial industry standards to achieve:
- Any phone, via any channel, for any customer from any bank
- Where is the M-Commerce market going?
Craig Kilfoil
Director
JHI Commerce Group, South Africa |
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| 15.15 | Afternoon refreshments and viewing of the exhibition
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| 15.45 | Panel discussion: The latest innovations and winning practices in the industry
- Opportunity identification
- The correct implementation of the latest technologies and achieving increased ROI
- New services – stimulating customer uptake
- Combining the old and the new to maximise profits
Simon Camerer
Marketing Manager
Cell C, South Africa
John Slaighter Munsaka
Chief Operations Officer
COMDEV, Zambia
Andrew Hadley
Executive - Technology Strategy & Integration
Telkom, South Africa |
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| 16.30 | Roundtables - Idea harvesting session
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| 17.00 | Chairperson's closing remarks and close of conference
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