Tel.Com Africa 2002
PROGRAMME
DAY ONE
PLENARYChairperson: Dr Andile Ngcaba, Director-General, Department of Communications
Top international communications industry specialists have been invited to join key representatives from SA's major operators to present their views and strategies for the future. Each representative from the operators will position their organisation's role in shaping the future of Southern African telecommunications amidst the key forces of change. Each will be asked to identify the single biggest challenge facing the industry and the country as a whole, and to put forward their organisation's approach to meeting this challenge head on.
07:30 /
REGISTRATION
08:30 / WelcomePeter Davies, Conference Chairperson
08:40 / Opening Address
Dr Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, Minister for Communications (via video due to cabinet obligations in CT)
09:00 / The Digital Bridge Initiative
Gerard Dega, VP Alcatel France & member Thabo Mbeki’s Presidential Task Force
09:40 / Effective Regulations: in a Developing Country
Andrew C Barrett, MD, Barrett Group Inc, USA & former US Federal Communications Commissioner, USA
10:00 / Effective Regulations: a Global User Perspective
Ewan Sutherland, Executive Director, INTUG, Belgium
10:20 / Overview of the SA Fixed Networks Market – will we see real competition?Dopek Pater, Business Unit Manager: Telecoms, BMI-TechKnowledge Group
10:35 /TEA
Future Plans, Strategies and Views of the Future from the Operators pending liberalization and Open Competition
Chairperson - Dr Erwin Schumann, MD, Grintek Telecom
11:00 /Telkom
Sizwe Nxasana, CEO, Telkom
11:30 /SNO
Dr Angus Hay, CTO, Transtel
12:00 /Sentech
Dr Sebiletso Mokone-Matabane, CEO, Sentech
12:30 /Panel Discussion – Stimulating growth & a stable competitive communications environment in Africa
13:00 /LUNCH
Future Plans, Strategies and Views of the Future from the Operators pending liberalization and Open Competition continued
Chairperson - Pete da Silva, CEO, Siemens Telecommunications
14:00 /Overview of the SA Cellular Market- Can the cellular operators still grow or is it time to diet ?
Dopek Pater, Business Unit Manager: Telecoms,, BMI-TechKnowledge Group
14:15 /Vodacom
Robert Pasley, Director: Strategy, Vodacom Group
14:45 /MTN
Dr Georges Bongi, Group Executive, Marketing and Strategies, MTN
15:15 /Cell C
Norman Ober, Head of Corporate Office Group, Cell C
15:45 / TEA16:15 / Panel Discussion – Stimulating growth & a stable competitive communications environment in Africa
16:45 /
Closing summary
19:30 / Gala Dinner – Sandton Convention Centre(Cocktail reception 19:30 – Dinner 20:00 to 23:00 )
DAY TWO
Revenue Management
Chairperson: Rex van Olst, WITS
The new technology platforms allow for a greater degree of granulation of information enabling today’s operators to understand more about their customers, their needs, habits and preferences. Today’s revenue management systems, incorporating traditional elements previously found only in billing systems and customer relationship management systems, are now moving into new spheres with new products and services creating payment platforms for boosting profitability. /Policy & Regulatory Issues
Chairperson: Mike van den Bergh, Gateway Communications
Policy formulation and the effective regulation of telecommunications havebeen identified as critical prerequisites for success if we are to derive the benefits promised by market liberalisation. The role of the government in policy formulation is well-defined – its role in regulation perhaps less so. Fixed-mobile convergence is creatingfresh challenges and increased complexity. This session will examine these and other issues, on boththe local and international fronts, and give valuable insight into theway ahead. / Skills Development ForumHosted by ISETT SETA
Chairperson:Thabo Mpama, Marconi Communications
South Africa along with most of the developed and developing world suffers from a shortage of ICT skills. A number of initiatives from government, quasi government and business are currently addressing this challenge. In this session we examine some of these initiatives and finish by debating; “ are we on the right track – are we succeeding – what more can we do”.
07:30 / REGISTRATION / REGISTRATION / REGISTRATION
08:30 / Effective Strategies for Active Revenue Management
Jeremy Deaner, VP Group Sales EMEA, Convergys, UK / Update on Current Status and What’s Ahead
Mandla Langa, Chairperson, ICASA
/ Developing ICT Skills in South Africa – from demand to deliveryMateli Mpuntsha, CEO, ISETT SETA
09:00 / New Realtime Payment Method for new services in fixed, mobile & converged networks - Madelein van den Berg, Technology Solutions Manager, Siemens Telecommunications / Policy or Policing – Government’s Role
Andrew C Barrett, MD, Barrett Group Inc, USA /
Building the School Infrastructure – Rodwyn Grewan, CEO, SchoolNet SA
09:30 / Techniques for Minimising Fraud LossesNick Dunlop, Director: Fraud Management Group, Alcatel UK / South Africa’s Investment in a Telecommunication Infrastructure – the truth behind this apparent liberalization
Edwin Thompson, Regulatory Director, UUNET SA / Youth Internship Programme – Developing ICT Skills
Alan Hirsch, General Manager: ICT/Electronics Industry, Trade & Investment South Africa, DTI
10:00 / From Network to Customer Centric Business – How can Telecoms leverage their customer assets
Kris Tokarzewski, CRM Solutions Manager, SAP / Mobile Telecommunications – Competition or career?
Ewan Sutherland, Executive Director, INTUG, Belgium / Business, Tertiary & THRIPS Partnerships – Developing SA’s Engineers for the Future
Thami Msimango, Executive, Technology Direction and Integration, Telkom
10:30 / TEA / TEA / TEA
Mobile Commerce
Hosted by the Swedish Trade Council
Chairperson:- Hans Josefsson, Trade Commissioner, Sweden
Having survived the dot com / dot gone era, many companies have learned much from the hype and disappointments of over stated promises and somewhat naive expectations. Companies are now buckling down to realistic developments combining traditional business approaches and infrastructure with the facilities and potential of the Internet. Here we look at some of the successes.
/Policy & Regulatory Issues continued
/Skills Development Forum continued
11:00 / Mobile Internet Applications – dot com to dot realityJan Lindgren, VP Mobile Internet, Ericsson, Sweden
/ Strengthening Developing Countries Participation in International Decision Making – the case of South Africa?Alison Gillwald, LINK Centre, WITS University
/ Skills Development & Job Creation in the Telecommunications and IT SectorLennox Tshwete, Director, Siemens
DAY TWO CONT…
TRACK A / TRACK B / TRACK C11:30 / The Stairway to e-Customs
Lars Karlsson, Director Development: Head Customs Future Centre, Swedish Customs
/The Information Security Implications of the Electronic Communications & Transactions Act - Prof Basie von Solms, Chairman, RAU-Standard Bank Academy for Information Technology, RAU
/ Advanced Skills Development & EntrepreneurshipDr Andile Ngcaba, Director General, Department of Communications
12:00 / GPRS for Mobile Corporate IT SolutionsMichael Franze, Senior Technical Solutions Manager, GSM Cellular Telecoms Networks, Siemens Telecommunications
/Panel Debate
/Panel Debate
12:30 /LUNCH
/LUNCH
/LUNCH
Leading Edge Applications Hosted by the Swedish Trade Council
Chairperson: Hans Josefsson, Trade Commissioner, SwedenMobile communication is one of Sweden’s most dynamic industries with a number of Swedish companies recognised as world leaders in pioneering new technologies and applications in their field. In this session we look at a number of leading edge applications and developments from Swedish companies and their global partners. / Internet Protocol
Chairperson: Thoko Mokgosi, Siemens
IP, or Internet Protocol, lies at the heart of modern communications. From Internet access to the growing field of IP telephony (including VoIP), IP is central to the explosive growth being experienced in telecommunications worldwide. Unfortunately, this rapid growth has notimpacted uponmuch of theAfrican continent in the same way that it has elsewhere, and so this session also focuseson the role that IP can and must play inextending cost-effective communications to the whole ofAfrica. /Access Solutions
Chairperson: Ian Braid, Altech SA
Variously regarded as the last mile, the first mile, the golden mile…, access solutions are the key to ownership of the customer. Much development has taken place in other areas to increase bandwidth capacity, but the access domain remains the bottleneck in terms of high-speed delivery to customers, especially residential customers. Incumbent operators throughout the world own this part of the network and are not going to give it up easily. New developments in access technologies will go along way to overcoming these issues.14:00 / Cost Effective Solutions for Rural Areas
Henrik Björendahl EMEA, Allgon Systems, Sweden
/ IP- Foundation of New Market Innovations in AfricaRob Strange, Market Development Manager, Cisco Systems / CDMA2000 Access Technology
Dr Rao Yallapragada, Director of Technology Marketing, Qualcomm, USA
14:30 / Communications for allPieter van der Westhuizen, Senior Manager: Mobile Systems, Ericsson
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VoIP and Internet Telephony – their role in opening telecommunications markets Mike van den Bergh, Regional Director, Gateway Communications
/ Supervised Public AccessEckart Zollner, Business Development Manager, PSITEK
15:00 /TEA
/TEA
/TEA
15:30 / Attracting and Managing Content Providers – providing customers with what they need on timeAnders Kinberg, Marketing Director, Blue Factory, Sweden
/ Public Telephone and Internet Services in Africa - the telecentre & cybercafe marketMike Jensen, Independent Consultant
/Making the Business Case for BWA at 3.5 GHz
Paul Alberts, Task Group Leader - Access, Siemens Telecommunications
16:00 / Revenue Assurance aligned for future technologiesStefan Robsen, Account Director, Visual Wireless AB / Quality of Service in the Converged Network
David Hill, Principal Systems Consultant, Alcatel SA / Migrating to IP – based in Business and Wireless Access Gideon van Zyl, Sales Engineering Consultant: SA, Tellabs
16:30 /
Creating a Wireless Society
Anita Jonsson, Director IT & Telecom, Global Projects, Swedish Trade Council / Negotiating the InternetProf Ernest Wilson III, Director: Centre for International Development and Conflict Management, University of Maryland, USA / The Access Paradigm Shift – wireless, wireline, broadband and fibre
George Debbo, Technical Director, Marconi Communications
17:00 / FINISH / FINISH / FINISH
DAY THREE
Multimedia
Chairperson: Peter Davies, CSSA
New licenses have recently been granted both in terms of value added content and multimedia services. Multimedia services today are being provided on a common IP Platform that has the potential to severely affect revenue streams of the traditional telecommunications providers. This session will give delegates the opportunity to learn about the options, both commercially and technically, emanating from the implementation of these new services in South Africa. /New & Emerging Technologies
Chairperson: Roger Dawes, EIF
This session looks first at some of the new and innovative developments taking place in South African universities and technikons followed by a look at emerging technologies about to be introduced into the global markets. These include high altitude transit solutions, integrating copper and fibre for delivery solutions, providing services in metropolitan areas, and a look at the new office environment at which communications originate and terminate. /New Routes and Services for Africa Chairperson; Hans van de Groenendaal, Telkom
With the NEPAD programme successfully launched, telecommunications will be one of the most important driving forces in developing the African economies. Many African countries are already striving to improve their internal landline and mobile service delivery and expand their Internet connectivity, hence the development of SAT3 / WASC / SAFE submarine cable project linking the continent with Europe and the East comes at a most appropriate time. These initiatives will undoubtedly boost the telecommunications industry and provide many opportunities.07:30 / REGISTRATION / REGISTRATION / REGISTRATION
08:30 / Interactive TV for Africa
Nolo Letele, CEO, MultiChoice
/ Telecon Learning: The Telkom Centre of Excellence – a model for Telecommunication Development and innovation Thami Msimago, Executive : Technology Technology Direction and Integration, TelkomReview of the best 5 papers from SATNAC 2002 by Post Graduate Students from Telkom Centre of Excellence at various Universities in South Africa
Designing Usable Applications for Mobile Computing - Darelle van Greunen
Delivering ATM-based video-on-demand Across Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Lines - Emile W Swanson
Progress Towards Copper Cable Identification - Martin Poole
Fast Packet Filtering Using N-Ary Decision Diagrams - Adi Attar
Evaluation of Speaker Identification Using GSM data - Lerato Lerato / Connecting Africa to leverage ICT for Economic Development Nombulelo Moholi, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer, Telkom
09:00 / Video over DSL
Herve Cloarec, General Manager, Thomsom Multimedia / NEPAD and its role in Developing Telecommunications in Africa
Dr Henry Chasia, Executive Deputy Chairman, e-Africa Commission
09:30 / Technical Challenges facing African Broadcasters - Rufus Andrew, Strategic Market Executive: Communications, arivia.kom / International Interconnectivity Services in AfricaRoger Chiume, Group Executive, Sentech
10:00 / Set Top Boxes – opportunities for innovation - Peter Griffiths, Marketing Manager, MediaVerge Solutions / SAT3/WASC/SAFE Sub Marine Cable and Beyond - Wally Beelders, Managing Executive: International and Special Markets, Telkom SA Ltd
10:30 / TEA / TEA / TEA
Next Generation Networks
Chairperson; Reuben September, Chief Technical Officer Telkom
A number of new services are being introduced into South Africa over next generation networks offering convergence of voice, data and video via intelligent high-speed network technology. This provides facilities for a host of new applications and cost savings for users, additional revenue streams and reduced operating costs for operators as well as new opportunities for innovative management.
/New & Emerging Technologies continued
/New Routes and Services for Africa continued
11:00 / Wireless Connection: end to end management of next generation services - Michael Marks, Director: Service Provider Product Marketing,, Concord Communications, USA /Replacing the traditional PABX In the new office environment Fred Maurus, Divisional Manager: Product & Technology Management, Siemens Telecommunications
/ VSAT- Data Connectivity in Rural Africa - Geoff Daniell, Director , Geoff Daniell Communications CC11:30 / Triple Play: Bundling of services in the access network - Segopotso Moshapo, Technology Solutions Manager, Siemens Telecommunications /
High-Altitude Telecommunications – the new horizon - Ronel Smith, Manager, Wireless Technologies, CSIR icomtek
/The role of softswitches in enabling new services and in the liberalization of TeleconNeta Weiss, Product Manager, VocalTec Communications, Israel