Opportunity, investment and strategy for fixed and mobile operators and investors

Carriers World Africa Day: Monday, 27 June 2011

last modified: 10 June '11

08.00

Registration and welcome refreshments

08.50

Opening remarks from the Chairperson

21st Century Carriers

09.00

Keynote presentation: The carrier opportunity in Africa

Redefining the carrier business model in the African market
Managing growth in a declining voice market – where is the money now?
Value added services and content applications – how will this drive growth?
Capitalising on new opportunities

› Mr Steve Kelly,

Vice President of Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa, BT

09.30

Keynote presentation: The future of broadband – the interplay between mobile and fixed broadband

How do carriers profit from the interplay between mobile and fixed broadband?
Mobile broadband – changing the way customers access the internet
Achieving better quality IP services and applications across all networks
Embracing industry collaboration for enhanced network resilience and redundancy

› Mr Tarek Aboualam,

Vice President: International & Wholesale, Telecom Egypt

10.00

Keynote panel: Deploying subsea fibre cables to expand the reach of connectivity

The impact of telecom and media convergence on capacity demand
Jumping onto the global broadband wagon - expanding international fibre infrastructure to help connect Africa
Implications of new fibre cable systems on capacity pricing
Moving the fibre inland – investment and deployment costs for terrestrial fibre; how soon do we see this happening?

› Ms Funke Opeke,

Chief Executive Officer , Main One Cable

› Mr. Mahesh Jaishankar,

VP Investments (Special Projects), du

› Mr Leonardo Cerciello,

Regional Vice President: Africa, Telecom Italia Sparkle

10.40

Keynote presentation Delivering new broadband services through adoption of broadband standards

Driving broadband development in Africa: What is the potential and how can carriers accelerate adoption?
Utilising broadband standards to enable new services
Capitalising on the future developments of the broadband industry:
What are the new trends and technologies to invest in?

› Mr. Andrew Grenville,

EVP Investments, du

11.00

Morning refreshments

Model Business

11.50

Case study: Voice and pricing strategies in an emerging market

Positioning Africa as the gateway for global traffic exchange
Identifying and accessing the opportunities of voice, data and mobile in Africa
Extracting more value out of voice services through alternative business models
Sustaining profits amidst price erosion in the market

› Mr Gaurav Anand,

Vice President Middle East And Africa Global Voice Services, TATA COMMUNICATIONS

12.20

Case study: Strategies for optimisation of international revenues for African telecom operators

Identifying the hidden complexities of the international carrier business
Inventorising the different strategies for African telecom operators with regards to managing their international business
Maximising the value upside behind such strategies

› Mr Frederic Salmon,

Regional Vice President Africa, Belgacom

13.00

Networking Lunch

Expansion

14.30

Case study: Seamless mobility and convergence

The future of seamless mobile media, and mobile IP based services
The impact of IP transition on voice profit margins and managing price erosion
Pricing structures in the new era of converged services, multimedia
VAS, and real-time applications

› Mr Leonardo Cerciello,

Regional Vice President: Africa, Telecom Italia Sparkle

15.10

Panel Discussion: Prioritising your wholesale data service portfolio

Diversifying from the traditional voice business models in search of new revenue opportunities
Identifying winning services and applications that target specific customer segments
Managing increased data traffic whilst ensuring profitability of data services packages
Platform requirements to enable the delivery of quality content based services

› Mr Gaurav Anand,

Vice President Middle East And Africa Global Voice Services, TATA COMMUNICATIONS

› Mr Pankaj Pradhan,

Chief Operating Officer , Glo Gateway

› Ms Isabelle Lorin de Reure,

Vice President: Marketing Strategy and Development, International Carriers, Orange

16.00