“MTN may spend R1,3bn on 5 000-km optical-fibre network"- Engineering News

"MTN announced in June that it was considering entering the fixed-line business in South Africa, to keep up with the growth in data traffic and cut one of the company's biggest operational costs”

"Vodacom plans to build fixed-line network in SA"- Engineering News

Mobile operator Vodacom, which recorded double-digit growth in all key business areas in 2006/7, now plans to enter the fixed-line business in South Africa, CEO Alan Knott-Craig said on Wednesday"

The conference will debate policy, reform, business models and technologies, covering the key challenges in the industry, including:

• Accelerating Africa’s telecom infrastructure growth
• Implementing new business models and management frameworks for greater success
• Successfully integrating new technologies to create enhanced connectivity
• Broadband access technologies
• Exploiting converged access networks
• Managing next generation networks – delivering service assurance for new ip services
• Ensuring that your network can support voip and other future ip services
• Building an unrivalled mobility service portfolio
• Latest technologies & new infrastructure solutions being deployed across Africa
• Prospects for Africa’s mobile markets
• Impacts of market liberalization
• Challenges that still need to be overcome before Africa is truly connected
• City Carriers – Case Study
• Regional Panel Discussion – East Coast/West Coast Cables
  
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our speakers Chris Gabriel Chief Executive Officer: Africa Celtel International – Zain Group, Bahrain Ernest Ndukwe Chief Executive Officer Nigerian Communications Commission, Nigeria      Ajay Pandey Chief Executive Officer Neotel, South Africa         › Get your copy of the brochure › Have a look at the programme

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