BUILDING AFRICA'S DIGITAL ECONOMY
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16TH ANNUAL<br />
12-14 NOVEMBER 2013<br />
CTICC CAPE TOWN<br />
SOUTH AFRICA<br />
8000+<br />
ATTENDEES<br />
300+<br />
VISIONARY SPEAKERS<br />
350+<br />
EXHIBITORS<br />
100+<br />
COUNTRIES REPRESENTED<br />
<strong>BUILDING</strong> AFRICA’S <strong>DIGITAL</strong> <strong>ECONOMY</strong><br />
TECHNOLOGIES, MODELS & SERVICES FOR A DATA-CENTRIC WORLD<br />
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HEAR FROM LEADERS FROM THE TELECOMS, MEDIA & ICT ECOSYSTEM<br />
Marc Rennard<br />
EVP, Africa, Middle<br />
East & Asia<br />
Orange<br />
Romeo Kumalo<br />
Chief Operating<br />
Officer: International<br />
Business<br />
Vodacom Group<br />
Lulama Mokhobo<br />
Group CEO<br />
SABC<br />
Jason Njoko<br />
CEO<br />
iROKOtv<br />
Essa Al Haddad<br />
Group CEO<br />
for Africa<br />
Etisalat Group<br />
Jason Bigler<br />
Director, Product<br />
Management<br />
Google, USA<br />
Irene Charnley<br />
Group CEO<br />
Smile<br />
Nicola D’Elia<br />
Growth Manager<br />
Africa<br />
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16TH<br />
ANNUAL<br />
12-14 NOVEMBER 2013<br />
CTICC CAPE TOWN<br />
SOUTH AFRICA<br />
AFRICA’S ALL-ENCOMPASSING EVENT ON ALL THINGS AFRICAN AND <strong>DIGITAL</strong>. HOSTING<br />
REPRESENTATION FROM THE ENTIRE TELECOMS, MEDIA AND ICT ECOSYSTEM THIS IS YOUR<br />
WINDOW ON THE FUTURE…<br />
MONDAY<br />
11TH<br />
NOVEMBER<br />
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DAY 1<br />
TUESDAY<br />
12TH NOVEMBER<br />
09.00-11.10<br />
DAY 1 TUESDAY 12TH NOVEMBER EXHIBITION OPENS 10.00 – 18.00<br />
ENSURING PROFITABILITY IN AFRICA’S <strong>DIGITAL</strong> MARKET<br />
• Where will revenues come from next?<br />
• Business transformation to promote data access in Africa<br />
• New Opportunities: How will MVNOs change Africa’s telecoms landscape?<br />
• Profitable strategies for the Internet of everything<br />
DAY 1<br />
TUESDAY<br />
12TH NOVEMBER<br />
11.00-18.00<br />
COST EFFICIENT<br />
NETWORKS<br />
MultiplatformFocus Day<br />
MASTER<br />
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DAY 2 WEDNESDAY 13TH NOVEMBER EXHIBITION OPENS 10.00 – 18.00<br />
DAY 2<br />
WEDNESDAY<br />
13TH NOVEMBER<br />
09.00-11.10<br />
INNOVATIVE SERVICES FOR <strong>DIGITAL</strong> CONSUMERS<br />
• Digital and Innovation Strategies for Operators<br />
• Content & Apps: Unleashing Africa’s Creativity for Digital Consumers<br />
• Making the most of Mobile Marketing & Advertising<br />
• Driving data usage through content services<br />
DAY 2<br />
WEDNESDAY<br />
13TH NOVEMBER<br />
11.00-18.00<br />
@<br />
MASTER<br />
CLASS<br />
• VAS & Content<br />
• M-health/education/<br />
government<br />
THE 6TH ANNUAL<br />
AFRICACOM AWARDS 2013<br />
DAY 3 THURSDAY 14TH NOVEMBER EXHIBITION OPENS 10.00 – 17.00<br />
DAY 3<br />
THURSDAY<br />
14TH NOVEMBER<br />
09.00-11.10<br />
NEXT STEPS TO CONNECT AFRICA<br />
• The next leap forward in African TMT: the role of fixed broadband networks and content<br />
• Connecting all Africans to reliable and affordable services<br />
• Handset & Devices: Delivering on the specific needs of African consumers<br />
DAY 3<br />
THURSDAY<br />
14TH NOVEMBER<br />
11.00-18.00<br />
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INFRASTRUCTURE<br />
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COME AND SEE THE FUTURE OF <strong>DIGITAL</strong> AFRICA<br />
AFRICACOM KEYNOTE SPEAKERS – FEATURING LEADERS<br />
FROM THE TELECOMS, MEDIA & ICT ECOSYSTEM<br />
OPERATOR<br />
Romeo Kumalo, Chief Operating Officer: International Business,<br />
Vodacom Group<br />
Romeo was appointed Chief Operating Officer: International<br />
Business at Vodacom Group in 2012. He has held many senior<br />
positions in media and broadcasting.<br />
OPERATOR<br />
Irene Charnley, Group CEO, Smile Telecoms<br />
Irene is founder and CEO of Smile, one of the first operators<br />
to launch LTE in Africa. She is a social entrepreneur and widely<br />
respected telecoms visionary.<br />
SOCIAL MEDIA<br />
Nicola D’Elia, Growth Manager Africa, facebook<br />
Nicola looks after Facebook growth strategy and mobile<br />
partnership for Africa. Prior to joining Facebook, he worked for<br />
the GSMA Development Fund, Accenture and with a humanitarian<br />
organisation in the Middle-East.<br />
OPERATOR<br />
Marc Rennard, EVP Middle East, Africa & Asia, Orange<br />
Marc joined France Telecom-Orange in 2003, and has been<br />
International Executive Vice-President in charge of Africa, Middle<br />
East & Asia since 2006.<br />
OTT<br />
Jason Bigler, Director, Product Management, Google, USA<br />
Jason drives the overall product strategy of Google’s display ads<br />
business in EMEA and is Advisory Board Member at the Telegraph<br />
group.<br />
BROADCASTER<br />
Lulama Mokhobo, Group CEO, SABC<br />
Lulama heads South Africa’s public broadcaster reaching over 20<br />
million people through 19 radio stations and 3 TV stations. She<br />
has extensive leadership experience in the private and public<br />
sectors.<br />
OTT<br />
Jason Njoko, CEO, iROKOtv, Nigeria<br />
Jason founded iRoko Partners, one of Africa’s leading<br />
entertainment companies, housing brands such as iROKOtv<br />
(dubbed the ‘Netflix’ of Africa) and online music platform iROKING.<br />
<strong>DIGITAL</strong> MARKETER<br />
Bonin Bough, Vice President of Global Media and Consumer<br />
Engagement, Mondeléz International (Kraft)<br />
Bonin is responsible for all media, including digital, TV, print and<br />
outdoors at Mondeléz International. He was previously at PepsiCo<br />
where he oversaw the company’s digital strategy.<br />
CONSUMER BRAND<br />
Guy Carter, Group Marketing Manager, Nandos International<br />
Guy is the Marketing Manager for Nando’s Worldwide Licensing<br />
division, managing all licensed Nando’s markets over 13 countries.<br />
He previously worked with Publicis Advertising Agency and City<br />
Lodge Hotels.<br />
TRIPLE PLAYER<br />
Richard Bell, Group CEO, Wananchi Group Holdings Ltd<br />
Richard is a seasoned ICT entrepreneur. He heads Wananchi Group<br />
Holdings (Wananchi), East Africa’s leading home entertainment<br />
operator established in 2008.<br />
OPERATOR<br />
Essa El Haddad, Group CEO for Africa, Etisalat Group<br />
Mr Essa has held a variety of senior leadership positions within<br />
Etisalat for 25 years including CMO UAE, Group CMO and latterly<br />
Group CCO.<br />
SOFTWARE<br />
Rick Fant, VP of Apps and Marketplace, Mozilla<br />
Rick leads the development of the ecosystem supporting<br />
developers, the Marketplace for discovery and distribution to<br />
end users, and the commerce platform within free software<br />
community Mozilla.<br />
MUSIC<br />
Cédric Diedrich, Head of Telecom Business Development,<br />
Deezer<br />
Cédric Diedrich joined Deezer in 2011. He overseas a team to<br />
develop new distribution partnerships with telecom carriers & ISPs<br />
in some of the world’s fastest growing digital music markets.<br />
OPERATOR<br />
Jose Henriques, Jose is Vice President for data and online<br />
services at Airtel Africa group. He previously held positions at<br />
Unitel Angola, Vodafone Group and Optimus Portugal.<br />
BIG DATA<br />
Jurgen Urbanski, Chief Technologist Big Data and Cloud,<br />
Deutsche Telekom Group<br />
Juergen is responsible for the development and application of<br />
innovative technologies for growth and profitability. He drives the<br />
transformation of ICT services delivery towards cloud-enabled<br />
business outcomes.<br />
TELCO CLOUD OPERATOR<br />
Adrian Cornelius, General Manager, MTN Business<br />
Adrian has worked in product development in both fixed and<br />
mobile industries. He is now responsible for securing the<br />
converged product offerings at MTN Business.<br />
BANK<br />
Yolande van Wyk, CEO of e-Wallet, First National Bank<br />
(South Africa)<br />
Yolande is the CEO of eWallet Solutions at FNB and played a large<br />
part in revolutionising mobile banking in SA. She’s also worked in<br />
consulting, telecoms, and software.<br />
OTT<br />
Axel Bringéus, Head of New Markets, Spotify<br />
Axel is Head of New Markets at Spotify, with overall responsibility<br />
for international expansion. Under Axel’s lead Spotify has been<br />
successfully launched in Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany,<br />
Ireland, Luxembourg, Italy, Portugal, Poland, Mexico, Malaysia,<br />
Singapore, Hong Kong, Iceland, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia.<br />
OPERATOR<br />
Zunaid Bulbulia, Chief Executive Officer, MTN SA<br />
Zunaid is a founding member of the MTN team. He has more than<br />
19 years of telecoms experience, which cuts across the areas of<br />
sales, finance, distribution, marketing, customer care and mergers<br />
and acquisitions. He was appointed CFO of MTN South Africa in<br />
2005 and took on the role of MTN SA CEO in 2013.<br />
NEWLY EXTENDED EXHIBITION<br />
NOW OPEN 3 DAYS:<br />
Tuesday 12th November 10.00 - 18.00<br />
Wednesday 13th November 10.00 - 18.00<br />
Thursday 14th November 10.00 - 17.00<br />
WHO WILL YOU<br />
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102 countries<br />
CxOs/Director Level<br />
81% increase<br />
Operator delegate<br />
attendance<br />
C-Level / Director / Head<br />
delegate attendance<br />
companies 52% increase<br />
of exhibitors rebooked<br />
onsite for 2013<br />
of AfricaCom attendees<br />
would recommend<br />
AfricaCom to a colleague<br />
AWESOME<br />
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AFRICACOM IS LIKE A<br />
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HEAR FROM THE WHO’S<br />
WHO OF AFRICA’S EMERGING<br />
<strong>DIGITAL</strong> ECOSYSTEM...<br />
O<br />
OPERATORS & CARRIERS<br />
Tom Allen<br />
Group COO<br />
Smile Telecoms<br />
Ntombizodwa Chinyenze<br />
Customer Operations Director<br />
Telecel, Zimbabwe<br />
Philippe Goabga<br />
Director of Regulation<br />
Telecel Faso<br />
Thierry Millet<br />
Head of Contactless Payment<br />
France Telecom Group<br />
Nic Rudnick<br />
CEO<br />
Liquid Telecom<br />
Johan Taute<br />
Manager – Financial Services<br />
and Security, Vodacom SA<br />
Richard Bell<br />
Group CEO, Wananchi Group<br />
Holdings Ltd<br />
Rodney Benn<br />
Regional VP Africa<br />
Eutelsat<br />
Arnauld Blondet<br />
VP marketing products Africa<br />
& Middle East, Orange<br />
Kebba Bojang<br />
Snr. Manager Customer<br />
service, Gamcel<br />
James Byaruhanga<br />
Chief Operations Officer<br />
Roke Telkom<br />
Uganda<br />
Mats Carrgard<br />
Chief Commercial Officer<br />
Virgin Mobile, South Africa<br />
Irene Charnley<br />
Group CEO<br />
Smile Telecoms<br />
Léon-Charles Ciss<br />
Head of Marketing AMEA<br />
Orange<br />
Moussa Dao<br />
Director of Orange Money<br />
Orange Botswana<br />
Jose Dos Santos<br />
Chief Commercial Officer<br />
Cell C<br />
Mutaz Elbadawi<br />
CTIO, Expresso Telecom<br />
Senegal<br />
Stephen Essien<br />
Head Customer and User<br />
Experience, Vodafone<br />
Matthew Wilsher<br />
CCO<br />
Etisalat Nigeria<br />
Miguel Geraldes<br />
Managing Director<br />
MTC, Namibia<br />
Fungai Mandiveyi, General<br />
Manager - Customer Services,<br />
Econet Wireless, Zimbabwe<br />
Deon Geyser<br />
Chief Operating Officer<br />
Millicom International<br />
Cellular (Tigo), Tanzania<br />
Hashim Hasabelrasoul<br />
Hashim<br />
Chief Technology Officer<br />
Canar Telecom, Sudan<br />
Jose Henriques<br />
Vice-President: Data and<br />
Online, Airtel Africa<br />
Bjørn Iversen<br />
CEO<br />
Telenor Global Services<br />
Dion Jerling<br />
CEO<br />
Connect Africa<br />
Romeo Kumalo<br />
COO Int’l Business<br />
Vodacom Group<br />
Essa Al Haddad<br />
Group CEO for Africa<br />
Etisalat Group<br />
Laurence Le Ny<br />
Director of Music and Cultural<br />
Partnerships, Orange<br />
Grant Marais<br />
RVP, Africa Sales<br />
Intelsat<br />
Mandla Msimang<br />
Regulatory Advisor<br />
Smile Communications<br />
Mamutse Munyaradzi<br />
VAS & Mobile Content<br />
Telecel Zimbabwe<br />
Nkosinathi Ncube<br />
Mobile Financial Services<br />
Director<br />
Telecel Zimbabwe<br />
Cyrille Nibigira<br />
General Manager -<br />
Business Development<br />
Econet Wireless Burundi<br />
Sunil Joshi<br />
CEO<br />
Neotel<br />
Adedipo Olagbegi<br />
Head IT Technical<br />
Infrastructure<br />
Etisalat, Nigeria<br />
Marc Rennard<br />
EVP, Africa, Middle East & Asia<br />
Orange<br />
Yves Ruggeri<br />
Chairman Management<br />
Committee<br />
ACE Consortium & Orange<br />
Osi Russell<br />
Chief Technical & Information<br />
Officer<br />
Millicom Tanzania (TIGO)<br />
Dr. Marten Scheffer<br />
GM of Network Engineering<br />
Neotel<br />
South Africa<br />
Tshepo Selokela<br />
Cell C<br />
Banding Sillah<br />
Chief Financial Officer<br />
Gamtel, Gambia<br />
Craig L. Smith<br />
Senior Information Systems<br />
Manager<br />
MTN<br />
Miguel Angelo Soares<br />
Chief Marketing Officer<br />
Unitel, Angola<br />
Wilgon Berthold Tsibo<br />
CTIO<br />
Equateur Telecom Congo<br />
Jurgen Urbanski<br />
Chief Technologist Big Data<br />
and Cloud<br />
Deutsche Telekom Group<br />
Jannie Van Zyl<br />
Executive Head: Consumer<br />
Data, Vodacom SA<br />
Thibaud Weick<br />
Group CCO<br />
Smile Telecoms<br />
Patrick Ananyi<br />
Founder & director<br />
Tizeti Network Limited<br />
Bjorn Flormann<br />
Chief Executive:<br />
Wholesale Business, Cell C<br />
Zunaid Bulbulia<br />
Chief Executive Officer<br />
MTN SA<br />
Pieter Verkade<br />
Group Chief Commercial<br />
Officer, MTN<br />
M<br />
MEDIA, OTT & CONTENT BRANDS<br />
Jason Bigler<br />
Director, Product<br />
Management<br />
Google, USA<br />
Nicola D’Elia<br />
Growth Manager Africa<br />
facebook<br />
Tomisin Fashina<br />
CEO<br />
Yookos<br />
Marc Herson<br />
Director<br />
2go<br />
John Karanja<br />
Founder<br />
Whive, Kenya<br />
Miles Keylock<br />
Editor-in-Chief<br />
Rolling Stone<br />
Magazine<br />
Rick Fant<br />
VP of Apps and<br />
Marketplace, Mozilla<br />
Yoel Kennan<br />
Founder and CEO<br />
AfriCori<br />
Vincent Lagoeyte<br />
Founding Member<br />
Africa Culture<br />
Technologies (ACT)<br />
Keith Lindsay<br />
Managing Producer<br />
TSV<br />
Brett Lindsay<br />
Director & Production<br />
Consultant, Big Brave<br />
Productions<br />
Vincent Maher<br />
Chief Marketing Officer<br />
Mxit<br />
Lulama Mokhobo<br />
Group CEO<br />
SABC<br />
Michael Ugwu<br />
CEO<br />
iRoking<br />
Neil Schwartzman<br />
CEO<br />
Spinlet Group<br />
Bradley Shaw<br />
Head of Business<br />
Development - Southern<br />
Africa, Spinlet<br />
Brett St Clair<br />
Head of New Products<br />
Sub Sahara<br />
Google, South Africa<br />
Ike Orizu, Founder &<br />
Chief Executive Officer<br />
TruSpot<br />
Axel Bringéus<br />
Head of New Markets<br />
Spotify<br />
Cédric Diedrich<br />
Head of Telecom<br />
Business Development<br />
Deezer<br />
Attila Narin, EMEA Sr.<br />
Manager for Solutions<br />
Architecture, Amazon<br />
Web Services (AWS)<br />
V<br />
VENDORS & SUPPLIERS<br />
Sven Beckman<br />
GM South and Sub-Saharan Africa<br />
(SSSA), Intel<br />
Gary Buchwald<br />
CCO<br />
Intersec<br />
Domenico Convertino<br />
Head of OSS Europe<br />
Middle East and Africa, HP<br />
Laurent Cruchant<br />
President EMEA<br />
RFS<br />
Mark Davis<br />
Sr. Director Product Marketing for<br />
Service Provider Platforms, Citrix<br />
Andres de Orleans-Borbon<br />
Chief Financial Officer<br />
Helios Towers<br />
Jabulani Dhliwayo<br />
Market Development Manager<br />
EMEA, Corning Optical Fibre<br />
Johan de Lange<br />
Executive Vice President: Enterprise<br />
and AfricaClickatell<br />
Steven Glapa<br />
Senior Director - Field Marketing<br />
Ruckus Wireless<br />
Paul Gracie<br />
SVP for Worldwide Sales<br />
Procera<br />
Chuck Green<br />
CEO<br />
Helios Towers<br />
Ibrahima Guimba-Saidou<br />
Senior Vice President Commercial<br />
Africa, SES<br />
Wei Leping<br />
Independent Non-Executive Director<br />
China Communications Services<br />
Corporation Limited and Chairman<br />
Science and Technology Advisory<br />
Committee, China<br />
Telecommunications Corporation<br />
Atul Madan<br />
Vice President – Mobile Lifestyle<br />
Solution, Mahindra Comviva<br />
Arun Nagar<br />
CEO & Managing Director<br />
Spice Africa<br />
Wolfgang Petersen<br />
Director of Developer Relation Division<br />
(DRD) for Europe, Middle East and<br />
Africa (EMEA), Intel<br />
Deepak Sachdeva<br />
Sales director – Russia & MEA<br />
MoreMagic Solutions (Oberthur<br />
Technologies)<br />
Fredrik Jejdling<br />
Head Region Sub-Saharan Africa<br />
Ericsson<br />
Malin Ridelius<br />
Director of Product Management<br />
Giesecke & Devrient<br />
Yariv Geller<br />
VP Marketing, Strategy and Planning<br />
Comverse<br />
Johan de Lange<br />
Executive Vice President: Enterprise<br />
and Africa, Clickatell<br />
Daniel Jaeger<br />
Vice-President for Africa<br />
Alcatel-Lucent<br />
Shaheryar Zameer<br />
Head of Telecommunication Solutions<br />
CIS, Middle East & Africa, Gemalto<br />
Howard Charney<br />
Senior Vice President, Office of the<br />
President, Cisco<br />
Alain Biston<br />
President Wireless EMEA<br />
Alcatel-Lucent<br />
I<br />
INVESTORS & INCUBATORS<br />
Al Banda<br />
Community Manager<br />
ActivSpaces,<br />
Cameroon<br />
Mathieu Molinero<br />
International Area<br />
Manager<br />
Deezer<br />
John Causey<br />
Clifftop Colony<br />
Capital Partners<br />
Marc Elias<br />
Founder & CEO<br />
Seed Engine<br />
South Africa<br />
Jesse Green<br />
Entrepreneur, Founder<br />
of Perk, Managing<br />
Director<br />
UbuntuDeal.co.za<br />
Hilda Moraa<br />
Senior Researcher<br />
iHub, Kenya<br />
Andile Ngcaba<br />
Founder and Chairman<br />
Convergence<br />
Partners<br />
Karim Sy<br />
Chief Catalyst<br />
Jokko Labs<br />
Senegal<br />
Brad Shorkend<br />
Founder, URBAN<br />
EVEREST Lateral<br />
Thinking<br />
& Partner, Seed<br />
Engine<br />
Barbara Birungi<br />
E. director<br />
Colab, Uganda<br />
Budzanani Tacheba<br />
Director Cluster<br />
Development<br />
Botswana<br />
Innovation Hub<br />
Craig Ross<br />
Innovations Manager<br />
Reconstructed<br />
Living Lab - RLabs<br />
Lukonga Lindunda<br />
Co-Founder and Director<br />
BongoHive, Zambia<br />
Claude Migisha K.<br />
General Manager<br />
kLab, Rwanda<br />
Manuel Koser<br />
Founding Partner<br />
Silvertree Capital<br />
B<br />
BANKS AND FINANCIAL ORGANISATIONS<br />
Dominique Collett<br />
Head of Strategic Partnerships<br />
TYME Capital, South Africa<br />
Sean Paavo Krepp<br />
Country Director Uganda<br />
Grameen Foundation<br />
Patrick Maina<br />
CEO<br />
Crowdpesa, Kenya<br />
Yolande van Wyk<br />
CEO – e-Wallet<br />
FNB, South Africa<br />
Eric Edelstein<br />
CEO<br />
ZunguZ, South Africa<br />
Gavin Krugel<br />
Chief Customer Strategy Officer<br />
Fundamo<br />
Dave Parratt<br />
CCO<br />
Oltio, South Africa<br />
Brian Richardson<br />
CEO<br />
WIZZIT, South Africa<br />
A<br />
ANALYSTS & TECH EXPERTS<br />
Kim Andersen<br />
Principal Advisory<br />
CxO Advisors & Ovum<br />
Bonin Bough<br />
VP of Global Media &<br />
Consumer Engagement,<br />
Mondeléz International<br />
(Kraft), USA<br />
Declan Byrne<br />
President<br />
WiMAX Forum<br />
Guillermo Escofet<br />
Senior Analyst<br />
Informa Telecoms &<br />
Media<br />
Tom Jackson<br />
Managing Editor<br />
Human IPO<br />
Nick Jotsichky<br />
Principal Analyst<br />
Informa Telecoms &<br />
Media<br />
Camille Mendler<br />
Principal Analyst<br />
Informa Telecoms &<br />
Media<br />
Mark Newman<br />
Chief Research Officer<br />
Informa Telecoms &<br />
Media<br />
Matt Reed<br />
Principal Analyst<br />
Informa Telecoms &<br />
Media<br />
Sadiq Malik<br />
Principal Consultant<br />
Broadband Gurus<br />
Steven Ambrose<br />
CEO<br />
Strategy Worx<br />
Richard Walton<br />
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ENTERPRISE, CLOUD & BIG DATA SPECIALISTS<br />
Theo Bensch<br />
Managing Executive, Telkom<br />
Cybernest<br />
Telkom South Africa<br />
Vuyani Jarana<br />
Head of Enterprise Business<br />
Vodacom Group<br />
Adrian Cornelius<br />
General Manager-Security<br />
MTN Business<br />
Shahar Steiff<br />
AVP - Business Operations<br />
PCCW<br />
Evans Nyagah<br />
Head of Enterprise Sales &<br />
B2B<br />
Safaricom<br />
Ferdie Lochner<br />
Head: IT Finance & Innovation<br />
Lead, City of Cape Town<br />
Simon Spurr<br />
Chief Operating Officer<br />
FOLUP Inc.<br />
Kevin Vachon<br />
COO<br />
Metro Ethernet Forum<br />
Steven Kirenga<br />
Business Solutions Manager<br />
MTN Uganda<br />
Mark Wigington<br />
Vice President,<br />
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Orange<br />
Nicolaas Coetzee<br />
IT Security Specialist<br />
First National Bank<br />
Abid Qadiri<br />
Chief of Business Solutions<br />
and Excellence<br />
Neotel<br />
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ANNUAL<br />
12-14 NOVEMBER 2013<br />
CTICC CAPE TOWN<br />
SOUTH AFRICA<br />
<strong>DIGITAL</strong> AFRICA IS POISED TO<br />
EXPLODE – ENSURE YOU ARE<br />
RIDING THE CREST OF THE WAVE…<br />
Africa is at the verge of a data boom: consumers<br />
and enterprises are hungry for content and services<br />
beyond voice. What does it mean for the many<br />
stakeholders in the market?<br />
Telecoms operators are still investing heavily in their networks but are at<br />
risk of no longer being the dominant players in the market. Meanwhile new<br />
players (OTT, content providers, app developers) are gaining audiences but<br />
not always generating the necessary revenues. How can all players ensure<br />
profitability in this changing environment?<br />
AfricaCom 2013 offers 3 days of strategic keynotes, specialist events,<br />
workshops and networking to discuss and plan for the new challenges<br />
in Africa’s digital market. Over 300 speakers will present the innovation,<br />
strategic leadership and technological advances in Africa’s market, while<br />
local and global companies will showcase products, equipment and solutions<br />
to make it all happen in the expanded exhibition.<br />
Take a look at the many features in this year’s event, including the new<br />
sessions: a 3-day LTE focus, an expanded Mobile Money programme<br />
now over 2 days, new one-day events (Digital Music, Cloud, Big Data)<br />
and extended programmes at the co-located AfricaCast (with a new day<br />
on multiplatform TV) and AfricApps (including mobile marketing). Do not<br />
forget the AfricaCom Awards celebrating the top achievements in Africa’s<br />
digital market.<br />
AfricaCom is the place to meet partners, to learn about new<br />
developments and to prepare your business for the year(s) ahead.<br />
Plan your visit now to make the most of it!<br />
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In the first and only event in Africa dedicated to Big Data and<br />
co-located with the region’s leading AFRICAcom ICT<br />
exhibition, Big Data Africa Congress is the platform to present<br />
your “how-to” strategies for dealing with and profiting from the<br />
rise of ‘infinite’ big data.<br />
Big Data Africa Congress will help you harness the power of<br />
data analytics, providing you with a practical guide to deriving<br />
value from the data opportunity specific to Africa’s emerging<br />
markets.<br />
The two sessions gather over 20 leading speakers that<br />
highlight the latest trends and technologies related to the rise<br />
of big data and the mobile employee in their organisations.<br />
Dedicated sections explore the potential of telco Big Data and<br />
telco BYOx, from providing business analytics and Customer<br />
intelligence programmes to MDM.<br />
“Data, data and more data” is what you hear when asking what<br />
mobile operators are focusing on in Africa. As consumer demand<br />
grows and services are booming, operators are busy upgrading<br />
their networks to meet the new needs and increase revenues<br />
from mobile broadband.<br />
LTE @AfricaCom is a new event dedicated to planning for and<br />
deploying LTE networks successfully. Over three days, the<br />
programme will include keynote presentations, interactive panel<br />
discussions, in-depth training and masterclass sessions covering<br />
all aspects of LTE strategies.<br />
Learn from the first movers in Africa’s mobile broadband and from<br />
the technology companies delivering on the LTE opportunity.<br />
WIMAX OPERATORS’ SUMMIT Hosted by<br />
In 2012, the WiMAX Forum hosted its second WiMAX Africa<br />
Summit at AfricaCom. The event drew more than 100 attendees,<br />
including representatives from 32 WiMAX operators, to discuss<br />
the opportunity for WiMAX in Africa.<br />
Attendees were treated to a full program including speakers from<br />
WiMAX operators, equipment and solutions vendors, members<br />
of the African investment community and WiMAX Forum staff.<br />
WiMAX Africa 2013 will again bring together the region’s WiMAX<br />
community to meet, exchange ideas, and develop business and<br />
cooperative relationships.<br />
The event will highlight the opportunities, challenges, and strategies<br />
involved in operating a profitable WiMAX network in Africa.<br />
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This year sees the return of Mobile Money Africa and once again,<br />
we will bring the continent’s biggest and booming players to the<br />
forefront. Join the operators, financial institutions and outright<br />
mobile money entities that have shaped this new ecosystem as<br />
they discuss the evolution of the market, remaining barriers and<br />
challenges, as well as new and emerging business opportunities.<br />
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?<br />
• Mobile network operators<br />
• Banks & financial institutions<br />
• Regulators and government bodies<br />
• Payment networks<br />
• Mobile application service and solutions providers<br />
• Remittance service providers<br />
• Mobile handset vendors<br />
• Chipset vendors<br />
• POS terminal vendors<br />
Analysts peg Cloud as the fastest-growing new revenue<br />
opportunity for telcos worldwide…<br />
Telcos are uniquely positioned in the Cloud Ecosystem to offer<br />
and expand their service offers in the Cloud and have already<br />
started making the most out of this new revenue opportunity.<br />
• Discuss and develop the business case for launching a telco<br />
Cloud service offer<br />
• Learn how to transform your infrastructure for deploying<br />
robust Cloud services<br />
• Benchmark your Cloud service offering against that of leading<br />
Cloud vendors<br />
• Uncover the secrets of a robust security and privacy<br />
framework across the region’s markets<br />
• Explore the future role of the telco industry in the African<br />
Cloud ecosystem<br />
“Music is a key component of the digital<br />
consumer’s usage – providing telcos with<br />
a great tool to maximise data usage and<br />
stakeholders from the music business<br />
new ways of reaching audiences.<br />
Africa’s digital music market is<br />
structuring itself around an emerging<br />
ecosystem comprising of labels, telcos,<br />
aggregators, digital service providers, distributors, handset<br />
manufacturers, app developers and more. The opportunities<br />
are great but there is much work to be done to provide solid<br />
foundations for the market.<br />
Digital Music Africa is the new event to discuss how seize the<br />
opportunities in Africa’s nascent digital music market. This<br />
one-day event will cover all aspects of the business and enable<br />
stakeholders to learn from each other, share ideas and do business!”<br />
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network. The optical fibre you install today is expected to perform for 25<br />
years or more. Therefore deciding which fibre to use is a highly important<br />
decision that determines the future performance of your network.<br />
Who should attend?<br />
Engineers and managers responsible for network planning and design,<br />
fibre optic specifications and cable procurement<br />
At the end of this seminar, the attendee is expected to:<br />
• Understand essential aspects of optical fibre and its application to<br />
telecommunication systems and network design<br />
• Be able to specify the most appropriate optical fibre for different<br />
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• Be aware of the latest innovations in optical fibre technology and<br />
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TUESDAY 12 NOVEMBER 2013<br />
CONFERENCE DAY ONE<br />
COST EFFICIENT<br />
NETWORKS<br />
ENSURING PROFITABILITY IN AFRICA’S<br />
<strong>DIGITAL</strong> MARKET<br />
08.50 Welcome by Informa Telecoms & Media<br />
Chaired by Nick Jotischky, Principal Analyst,<br />
Informa Telecoms & Media<br />
09.00 KEYNOTE PANEL:<br />
Where will revenues come from next?<br />
• As voice revenues are declining, how can data services be monetised<br />
to increase ARPU?<br />
• Can revenues from new services surpass the costs of deploying and<br />
upgrading networks?<br />
• Competition and partnerships between industry stakeholders: are<br />
we nearer a better understanding on how to share revenues and<br />
investment between telcos, OTT players and content providers?<br />
• Which services, segments and business models will create more<br />
revenues for the industry in the years to come?<br />
Moderator:<br />
Panellists:<br />
Arthur Goldstuck<br />
MD, World Wide Worx and Editor-in-chief<br />
Gadget<br />
Jason Bigler<br />
Director, Product Management<br />
Google, USA<br />
Zunaid Bulbulia<br />
Chief Executive Officer<br />
MTN SA<br />
Jose Dos Santos<br />
Chief Commercial Officer<br />
Cell C<br />
Romeo Kumalo<br />
hief Operating Officer: International Business<br />
Vodacom Group<br />
Marc Rennard<br />
EVP, Africa, Middle East & Asia<br />
Orange<br />
Matthew Willsher<br />
CCO<br />
Etisalat Nigeria<br />
09.40 Business transformation to promote data<br />
access in Africa<br />
Fredrik Jejdling<br />
Head Region Sub-Saharan Africa<br />
Ericsson<br />
10.00 New Opportunities: How will MVNOs change Africa’s<br />
telecoms landscape?<br />
Mats Carrgard<br />
Chief Commercial Officer<br />
Virgin Mobile South Africa<br />
Bjorn Flormann<br />
Chief Executive: Wholesale Business<br />
Cell C<br />
10.30 Profitable strategies for the Internet of everything<br />
Howard Charney<br />
Senior Vice President, Office of the President<br />
Cisco<br />
10.50 REFRESHMENTS & EXHIBITION VISIT<br />
BREAK TO TRACKS<br />
Chaired by Sadiq Malik, Principal Consultant ( Telco<br />
Strategy ), SEMEA Region, Broadband Gurus<br />
12.10 The role of satellite in cost-efficiency strategies<br />
• What is the impact of new satellite technologies on network<br />
cost-efficiency in Africa?<br />
• In which cases is satellite the most cost-effective solution for<br />
operators?<br />
• Determining the role of satellite in an operator’s network strategy<br />
Grant Marais, RVP, Africa Sales, Intelsat<br />
12.30 Using innovation and new technologies to<br />
deliver more cost-efficient networks<br />
• Being more creative in developing infrastructure that reduces<br />
the total cost of ownership<br />
• Developing networks to provide the best balance between<br />
CAPEX and OPEX<br />
• Taking advantage of emerging technologies to design lower<br />
cost networks that can easily be upgraded<br />
Jabulani Dhliwayo, Market Development Manager<br />
EMEA, Corning Optical Fibre<br />
12.50 Building Networks to improve capacity costeffectively<br />
in Africa<br />
O3B Networks<br />
13.10 Lunch<br />
14.10 PANEL: What can be done to reduce CapEx and<br />
OpEx in a data-hungry environment?<br />
• Managing the trend of increasing data usage with flat revenue<br />
• Reducing costs on all parts of the network, from international<br />
bandwidth to the end-user<br />
• Planning for cost efficency measures in the short, medium<br />
and long term<br />
Panellists:<br />
James Byaruhanga, COO, Roke Telkom, Uganda<br />
Declan Byrne, President, WiMAX Forum<br />
Hashim Hasabelrasoul Hashim, CTO,<br />
Canar Telecommunications, Sudan<br />
Banding Sillah, CFO, Gamtel, Gambia<br />
Mutaz Elbadawi, CTIO, Expresso Telecom, Senegal<br />
14.40 Improving connectivity & providing cost<br />
effective access<br />
• Update on submarine cable access in Africa & future developments<br />
• How cable connectivity cost-effectively support innovative<br />
broadband services<br />
Yves Ruggeri, Chairman Management Committee,<br />
ACE Consortium<br />
15.00 How Future Satellite Communications will<br />
improve cost-efficiency in Africa - Gazing into<br />
the Crystal Ball<br />
• Examining new satellite technologies and their impact on<br />
African markets<br />
• How will evolving satellite services evolve will this affect<br />
access to reliable and affordable communications?<br />
• How will operators be able to use satellite technologies as<br />
part of their cost management strategies<br />
Rodney Benn, RVP, Africa Eutelsat<br />
15.20 Challenges in building cost-effective 3G, LTE<br />
and broadband networks in China and Africa<br />
• Learning lessons from experience in China on cost-effective<br />
network deployments<br />
• Transferring the experience to Africa<br />
• Key cost-effective solutions for 3G, LTE and broadband networks<br />
Wei Leping, Independent Non-Executive Director,<br />
China Communications Services Corporation<br />
Limited and Chairman, Science and Technology Advisory<br />
Committee, China Telecommunications Corporation<br />
15.40 Refreshments & Exhibition Visit<br />
16.40 A continent Connected – the Power of Satellite<br />
for Africa<br />
• Developing a free-to-air broadcast market in Africa<br />
• Building a DTH neighbourhood in Africa via satellite<br />
• Delivering pan-African coverage and connectivity to local and<br />
foreign businesses<br />
• Complementing existing technologies for that last mile<br />
connectivity<br />
• Connecting the 700 million people in Africa and supporting the<br />
continent in meeting the ITU’s digital migration of June 2015.<br />
Ibrahima Guimba-Saidou, SVP Commercial Africa, SES<br />
17.00 Providing cost efficient coverage to previously<br />
unprofitable areas<br />
• The challenge of rural coverage<br />
• Technology evolution, innovative business models,<br />
implementing the solution & sustainability<br />
Dion Jerling, CEO, CONNECT AFRICA<br />
17.20 How can power provision be more cost-efficient<br />
for telcos in Africa?<br />
Wilgon Berthold Tsibo, CTIO,<br />
Equateur Telecom Congo<br />
17.40 Building energy management strategies for<br />
telcos to reduce costs, increase reliability and<br />
improve sustainability<br />
Osi Russell, CTIO, Millicom Tanzania (TIGO)*<br />
Chaired by Steven Ambrose, CEO, Strategy Worx<br />
Market Evolution<br />
MASTER<br />
CLASS<br />
11.30 Seizing new opportunities: Innovation &<br />
re-invention of the mobile industry<br />
• How to thrive in a world that is transforming faster than ever<br />
• New and expanding opportunities that exist throughout the<br />
horizontal computing ecosystem<br />
• Examining a wide range of exciting mobile devices from entry to<br />
high-end designs.<br />
Sven Beckman, GM South and Sub-Saharan Africa<br />
(SSSA), Intel<br />
Chaired by Miles Keylock, Editor-in-Chief,<br />
Rolling Stone Magazine<br />
12.10 Digital Music Market Overview: State of play and<br />
forecasts for the digital music ecosystem in Africa<br />
• Examining the state of the digital music market in Africa:<br />
• The challenges of content licensing and distribution<br />
• Where is money being made and who is keeping it<br />
• Market forecasts<br />
Guillermo Escoffet, Senior Analyst, Informa<br />
Telecoms & Media<br />
12.30 PANEL: Building the foundation for a sustainable<br />
music industry in Africa: What is needed?<br />
• Examining the digital music ecosystem in Africa: who does what?<br />
• Who controls the relation with the consumer for music<br />
products: broadcasters, telcos, OTT players, labels, other?<br />
• What can be done to overcome the challenges of Africa’s<br />
music market: technical/network issues, piracy etc.<br />
• International and national distribution: how to organise and<br />
regulate it?<br />
• The role of collecting societies in Africa<br />
Panellists: Labels, mobile operators, content<br />
aggregators, copyright society<br />
Yoel Kennan, Founder and CEO, AfriCori<br />
Mathieu Molinero, International Area Manager, Deezer<br />
Arun Nagar, CEO & Managing Director, Spice Africa<br />
Neil Schwartzman, CEO, Spinlet Group<br />
Michael Ugwu, CEO, iRoking<br />
Yoel Kennan, Founder and CEO, AfriCori<br />
Adia Sowho, Head, Digital Media, Etisalat<br />
13.00 Lunch<br />
14.00 Expanding the operator’s digital music<br />
ecosystem: deploying and managing music<br />
services for revenue growth<br />
• Building a portfolio of music content covering a wide range<br />
of genres<br />
• Working with local and international partners to deliver the services<br />
• What operators must consider when launching music<br />
services: content technology platform, discovery , analytics<br />
and recommendation tools, storefront management, business<br />
and marketing expertise<br />
Atul Madan, Vice President – Mobile Lifestyle<br />
Solution, Mahindra Comviva<br />
14.20 Lessons learnt from a leading international<br />
digital music provider<br />
• Spotify history<br />
• Spotify international expansion history<br />
• Key success factors for scalable internationalization<br />
Axel Bringéus, Head of New Markets, Spotify<br />
14.40 Telco viewpoint: Building a central position in<br />
Africa’s digital music ecosystem to increase<br />
data revenues<br />
• Key learnings from digital markets<br />
• How to create value for the customers in Africa?<br />
• Telco contributions and contraints<br />
Laurence Le Ny, Director of Music and Cultural<br />
Partnerships, Orange<br />
15.00 Generating revenues and promoting music<br />
from streaming: the case of Deezer<br />
• Developing the business model: mixing free and subscriptionbased<br />
services<br />
• Building an attractive catalogue of music<br />
• How and why expand into African markets?<br />
• Partnering with a mobile operator: what are the pros and cons?<br />
Cédric Diedrich, Head of Telecom Business<br />
Development, Deezer<br />
15.20 Refreshments & Exhibition Visit<br />
16.10 Music labels in Africa: Finding new ways of<br />
nurturing and promoting talent in Africa<br />
• How is the role of labels evolving in Africa’s music market?<br />
• Adapting a global strategy to local markets: how to adapt to<br />
different market conditions?<br />
• Discovering & promoting new talent in Africa<br />
• New tools & partnerships to develop the opportunities in<br />
Africa’s digital music market<br />
Francis Keeling, Global Head of Digital Business,<br />
Universal Music*<br />
16.30 Promoting music in Africa’s digital market<br />
• How To Increase Exposure of Your Catalogue on Digital Music Services<br />
• Why use African created Music services vs others?<br />
• Finding new ways for artists to connect to fans in the digital<br />
ecosystem<br />
Ikenna Orizu, CEO, Truspot<br />
17.10 PANEL: Monetising music and sharing<br />
revenues in Africa’s digital music market<br />
• How much (if at all) are African customers prepared to pay for music?<br />
• What music products are most likely to generate revenues:<br />
streaming, downloads, ringback tones<br />
• How can revenues be shared equitably among the various<br />
stakeholders?<br />
• Payment methods: what will work & is scalable?<br />
• Examining other revenue streams: live events, merchandising etc.<br />
Marc Herson, Director, 2go<br />
Vincent Lagoeyte, Founding Member, Africa<br />
Culture Technologies (ACT)<br />
Ike Orizu, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, TruSpot<br />
12.00 Telecoms Market Overview and Forecasts<br />
• Examining the state of the telecoms market in Africa: penetration,<br />
revenues, services<br />
• Key market trends affecting operators’ strategies<br />
• Growth forecasts and previsions for the coming years<br />
Analyst, Informa Telecoms & Media<br />
12.30 Lunch<br />
Customer Experience Management<br />
14.00 Successful strategies for an optimized Customer<br />
experience management<br />
• Utilize your assets to power data analytics for effective business<br />
decisions that satisfy your customers<br />
• Enrich the customer experience with contextualized and<br />
personalized messages<br />
• Provide security that is convenient and dependable<br />
• Improve your brand image and revenue through innovative loyalty<br />
and marketing programs<br />
Malin Ridelius, Director of Product Management,<br />
Giesecke & Devrient<br />
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Nokukhanya Mbali Mdhlalose, Data Analyst, MTN<br />
EXECUTIVE BRIEFING<br />
Chaired by Nnamdi Oranye, Head of Business Development,<br />
Indian Atlantic Telecoms<br />
12:10 PANEL: Banking on the Move - Assessing the mobile<br />
money market<br />
• The current Mobile Money scene – how Africa is leading the world in innovative<br />
services<br />
• Analysis of the drivers and opportunities to be seized across the African Mobile<br />
Money market<br />
• How are down the road have we come towards full financial inclusion in Africa?<br />
• Identifying the remaining barriers across the different regions of the continent<br />
Nkosinathi Ncube, Mobile Financial Services Director, Telcel,<br />
Zimbabwe<br />
Moussa Dao, Director of Orange Money, Orange Botswana<br />
Sean Paavo Krepp, Country Director – Uganda, Foundation,<br />
Grameen Foundation<br />
Dominique Collett, Head of Strategic Partnerships, TYME Capital,<br />
South Africa<br />
Val Amadi, Senior Manager, Network Rollout, Etisalat Nigeria<br />
12:50 Mobile Financial Services & Wallet Wars: Opportunity or Threat?<br />
• Economic viability of financial series for the unbanked<br />
• Challenges faced by banks and mobile operators<br />
• Banks and mobile operator collaborative models<br />
Deepak Sachdeva, Sales director – Russia & MEA,<br />
MoreMagic Solutions (Oberthur Technologies)<br />
13:10 Networking Lunch<br />
14:10 Solving for Personal Commerce<br />
• The unique and/or different payment needs of the African consumer<br />
• What drives financial exclusion<br />
• Mobile driving demand for financial services by meeting these needs<br />
• Interoperability in mobile payments as the key to scale<br />
Gavin Krugel, Chief Customer Strategy Officer, Fundamo<br />
14:30 How do mobile money services fit within mobile<br />
operators’ strategies?<br />
• What role does the operator play in the different regions?<br />
• The advantages for operators of developing a mobile money service and what is<br />
the business case for doing so?<br />
• Fighting off competition and standing out from the crowd<br />
• What are the challenges mobile operators face in offering mobile money services?<br />
Nkosinathi Ncube, Mobile Financial Services Director, Telecel,<br />
Zimbabwe<br />
Moussa Dao, Director of Orange Money, Orange Botswana<br />
Osondu Nwokoro, Director of Regulatory Affairs and Special<br />
Projects, Airtel Nigeria<br />
Mazen Mroue, CEO, MTN Uganda<br />
15:10 Innovation in mobile money formats – something for everyone<br />
• What are the latest innovations in this young and dynamic market?<br />
• What makes a unique mobile money product?<br />
• How wallets are gaining traction globally<br />
• Creating a wallet for the social networks<br />
• Difference between the banked & the unbanked<br />
Eric Edelstein, CEO, ZunguZ, South Africa<br />
15:30 How do traditional financial institutions fit in the digital age?<br />
• How internet and mobile banking are influencing the role of banks<br />
• How do these new technologies link into agent banking?<br />
• Do financial institutions need to be wary of the new mobile money players?<br />
• Can a financial institution survive without offering towards mobile services?<br />
Lowell Campbell, Head of Agent Banking, Standard Bank Africa<br />
15:50 Afternoon Coffee Break & Exhibition Visit<br />
16:50 Southern Africa’s spin on mobile money – an in-depth<br />
case study<br />
• The needs of the market – why set up a mobile money platform in the region?<br />
• Financial institutions lead the way in the market here – why?<br />
• The difficulties and how the challenges are being overcome<br />
• How the platform stands today<br />
• The future of mobile money deployment across the region<br />
Brian Richardson, CEO, WIZZIT, South Africa<br />
17:10 Regulating the mobile money market: remaining challenges<br />
and what is needed to overcome them?<br />
• Are network interoperability challenges a question of infrastructure or regulation?<br />
• What role do national regulators play in the development of mobile money services<br />
across the continent?<br />
• What are the standard SLAs and are they sufficient to guarantee quality customer<br />
services?<br />
Itumeleng Letsolo, Analyst – National Payment Systems,<br />
Central Bank of Lesotho<br />
17:30 End Of Day 1<br />
14.30 Informa Telecoms Academy Mini-Training: Customer Experience<br />
Management in Telecoms<br />
An overview of key concepts and strategies for telecoms operators to develop a<br />
successful CEM strategy.<br />
Alan Mayne, Training Manager, Informa Telecoms Academy<br />
15.30 Break<br />
16.00 Tools to understand your customers better and deliver an<br />
enhanced experience<br />
• Examining the available tools to deliver a successful CEM strategy?<br />
• How to monitor customer behaviour and preferences to improve their experience?<br />
• Targeting specific segments for a more effective CEM strategy<br />
16.30 Managing customer services and call centres to communicate<br />
with customer effectively<br />
• Examining the role of customer services in the customer experience<br />
• How to use call centres effectively to improve relations with customers<br />
17.00 End of Masterclass<br />
Led by Dave McNally, Trainer, Informa Telecoms Academy<br />
12.00 The Case For LTE<br />
An examination of LTE as the next generation access technology, including the<br />
market conditions that are driving network evolution to LTE. This session sets out<br />
the capabilities, limitations and basic operation of LTE, as well as its role in today’s<br />
ubiquitous broadband access.<br />
12:40 Practical Best Practices for the Implementation of LTE<br />
• LTE networks: designed for data<br />
• Ramifications of co siting, spectrum efficiency and capacity maximization<br />
• Gaining the best ROI<br />
• A practical look at building the RF Path in a network<br />
Representative, Commscope<br />
13:00 Networking Lunch<br />
14:00 LTE Access Network<br />
Explores the LTE radio access network and related radio planning issues in some<br />
detail - with the aim of building a working understanding of the critical issues that<br />
affect both commercial and deployment decisions – looks also at LTE Advanced.<br />
15:40 The Evolved Packet (EPC)<br />
Discusses the role and implementation of the EPC, including the way legacy<br />
systems (3GPP and non-3GPP) will interface. The role of Policy Control and<br />
Charging (PCC) and QoS in controlling and monetising services within the network<br />
is explored as part of the wider evolved core network.<br />
16:10 Refreshments & Exhibition Visit<br />
16:40 IFC presentation<br />
17:00 Effective Deployment of LTE – Network and Services<br />
Evaluates LTE as an effective technology, service (including voice) and business<br />
enabler, highlighting the various deployment options and LTE’s place in the overall<br />
technology mix. Best practice concepts are discussed, including the impact of LTE<br />
on costs, capabilities, efficiency and the overall customer proposition.<br />
17:40 Close of day 1<br />
Chaired by Tom Jackson, Managing Editor, Human IPO<br />
12.10 Why is funding so difficult to access? Filling the seed funding<br />
and VC gap<br />
• What is the state of investment in Africa?<br />
• What is causing the funding gap: lack of cash, of investors, or good businesses to<br />
invest in?<br />
• How should entrepreneurs approach funding in Africa?<br />
John Causey, Clifftop Colony Capital Partners<br />
12.30 PANEL: What should be done to facilitate investment in digital<br />
start-ups in Africa?<br />
• What are the barriers to investment in Africa?<br />
• The role of government bodies in encouraging start-ups<br />
• Learning from Silicon Valley investors: can the model be replicated in Africa?<br />
Jesse Green, Entrepreneur, Founder of Perk, Managing Director,<br />
UbuntuDeal.co.za<br />
Budzanani Tacheba, Director Cluster Development,<br />
Botswana Innovation Hub<br />
Manuel Koser, Founding Partner, Silvertree Capital<br />
Richard Walton, Mobile Monday<br />
13.00 Lunch<br />
14.00 The role of Africa’s innovation hubs: what are their<br />
characteristics and how do they promote ICT innovation?<br />
• Examining the different models of iHubs in Africa: similarities and differences<br />
• How to make the iHubs’ impact on innovation sustainable?<br />
• How to build strong partnerships between the iHubs and local stakeholders:<br />
governments, communities, businesses etc.<br />
• Lessons learnt from existing hubs and recommendations for the future success of<br />
the iHub model<br />
Hilda Moraa, Senior Researcher, iHub, Kenya<br />
14.20 Sharing ideas : what works and what doesn’t for hubs in<br />
different regions of Africa?<br />
• What has been the experience of various hubs in Africa?<br />
• How has the hub model been adapted to different cultures and market conditions?<br />
• What are the next steps to grow the hubs’ role in their markets?<br />
Al Banda, Community Manager, ActivSpaces, Cameroon<br />
Karim Sy, Chief Catalyst, Jokko Labs, Senegal<br />
Barbara Birungi, E. director, Colab, Uganda<br />
Lukonga Lindunda, Co-Founder and Director, BongoHive, Zambia<br />
15.00 Examining the accelerator model: are accelerator programmes<br />
right for African start-ups?<br />
Marc Elias, Founder & CEO, Seed Engine. South Africa<br />
15.20 Refreshments & Exhibition Visit<br />
16.20 Moving from idea to business: a step-by-step guide to ICT<br />
entrepreneurs<br />
• The good old Lean Startup<br />
• Asking the right people<br />
• Finding a tech or business partner<br />
• Stage Four: Revenue<br />
Jesse Green, Entrepreneur, Founder of Perk, Managing Director,<br />
UbuntuDeal.co.za<br />
16.40 Been there, done that: lessons learnt from an African<br />
entrepreneur<br />
A personal account on starting a new business in ICT through a personal journey<br />
from the streets of the Cape Flats: empowerment through technology.<br />
Craig Ross, Innovations Manager, Reconstructed Living Lab - RLabs<br />
17.00 What makes a successful entrepreneur? Key behaviours and<br />
strategies to make your business take off<br />
• Examining the key attributes of successful entrepreneurs<br />
• Strategies to help a business take off<br />
• Using lateral thinking in business<br />
Brad Shorkend, Founder, URBAN EVEREST Lateral Thinking & Agitator<br />
& Thought Provoker (Partner), SEED ENGINE Start-up Accelerator<br />
17.30 Closing remarks<br />
12:00 Introduction by Session Chair<br />
Raymond Buckle, Chairman, Mobile Marketing Association<br />
South Africa<br />
Embracing the Opportunity Of Mobile<br />
Marketing In Africa<br />
12:05 Building Brand Relationships Through Mobile Engagement<br />
B Bonin Bough, Vice President Global Media and Consumer<br />
Engagement, Mondelez International<br />
12.25 How can mobile marketing maximize your loyalty programs and<br />
optimize usage of your VAS?<br />
Jeremy Osborne, Marketing Manager for Africa, Telecommunication,<br />
Gemalto<br />
12:45 Developing a Global Brand Through Mobile Engagement<br />
Innovation<br />
Mariano Bosaz, Group Interactive Marketing Manager Eurasia Africa,<br />
The Coca-Cola Company<br />
13:05 Networking Lunch and Breakout Sessions<br />
14:05 Building PriceCheck to a Successful International App<br />
Andre De Wet, General Manager, PriceCheck<br />
14:25 Developing a successful Geo-Location App<br />
Etienne Louw, Managing Director, MapIT<br />
15:15 Networking Break and Developer Outbreak Sessions<br />
16:15 An Agencies Perspective on the Future of Mobile Marketing in<br />
Africa<br />
Russell Stromin, CEO, Strike Media<br />
16:35 Nandos Interactive Case Study<br />
Guy Carter, Marketing Manager, Nandos International<br />
16:55 Lessons from the developer trenches: How to scale your<br />
mobile app<br />
Ashley Peter, co-founder, 2go<br />
17:20 End of Mobile Marketing Focus Day<br />
MultiplatformFocus Day<br />
11:45 Informa Introduction and Speed Networking<br />
Laurence Coldicott, Research Manager, Informa Telecoms and Media<br />
12:00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks<br />
Russell Southwood, Principle Analyst, Balancing Act<br />
12:10 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Driving the Multiplatform Connected<br />
Media Experience Through Social Engagement<br />
Alex Okosi, EVP and MD, Viacom International Media<br />
Networks, Nigeria<br />
12:30 Driving Multiplatform Content Across Many Channels<br />
Eugene Nyagahene, CEO, Tele10, Ehiopia<br />
12:50 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Evolving iRoko in a Multiplatform Eco-System<br />
Jason Njoko, CEO, iROKOtv, Nigeria<br />
13:10 Networking Lunch & Exhibition Visit<br />
Streaming as the Next Broadcast Frontier In Africa<br />
14:10 Driving content through mobile<br />
Sylvain Beletre, Principle Analyst, Balancing Act, France<br />
14:30 Consuming Non Linear Content On your Mobile Device<br />
Maria Lora - Mungai, CEO and Co Founder, BuniTV, Kenya<br />
14:50 Case Study: e.tv Positioning itself as a Broadcaster For All Devices<br />
Maxwell Nonge, Group Executive: New Business and Platforms,<br />
e.tv, South Africa<br />
15:10 PANEL: How are broadcasters adapting to multiplatform<br />
engagement strategies?<br />
Johan Nel, CEO, Umuntu Media, South Africa<br />
Soren Schafft, EVP Business Development, Total Media Networks<br />
Chike Maduegbuna, Founder, Afrinolly<br />
Steve Christian, VP Marketing, Verimatrix<br />
15:40 Refreshments & Exhibition Visit<br />
Multiplatform Content Showcase<br />
16:40 Making TV Apps Pay for TV; Rolling Stone Africa Case Study<br />
Andrew McHenry, Council Member, Mobile Monday, South Africa<br />
17:00 Localising Global Content Through a TV App<br />
Charles Igwe, CEO, Nollywood Global, Nigeria<br />
17:20 The Mobile Frontier; Understanding the intersection between<br />
Web and Mobile Distribution for African Content.<br />
Simbarashe Mabasha, Director, Afrikan Dust Media Group<br />
17:20 Building Apps that Can Drive Revenue for the Key Stakeholders<br />
Bill Scott, Chief Commercial Officer, EaselTV<br />
Simon Miller, Chief of Product and Content Development, Zeebox*<br />
Bruno Pereira, Director and Co Founder, TV App Agency<br />
17:50 Close Of MultiPlatform Focus Day and Viacom’s Comedy Central<br />
Content Showcase<br />
Led by Alison Reid, Director Digital Content, Comedy Central Africa<br />
17:30 Close of day 1<br />
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WEDNESDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2013<br />
CONFERENCE DAY TWO<br />
INNOVATIVE SERVICES FOR <strong>DIGITAL</strong><br />
CONSUMERS<br />
09.00 Welcome by Informa Telecoms & Media<br />
Chaired by Mark Newman, Chief Research Officer,<br />
Informa Telecoms & Media<br />
09.10 Digital and innovation strategies for telecoms operators<br />
Mark Newman<br />
Chief Research Officer<br />
Informa Telecoms & Media<br />
09.30 CONTENT & APPS PANEL:<br />
Unleashing Africa’s Creativity for Digital Consumers<br />
• How to best distribute, promote and monetise local content in<br />
Africa?<br />
• Supporting local developers to deliver targeted apps and content to<br />
local markets<br />
• New developments in the OS market: which will be most suited for<br />
African needs?<br />
• Should telcos adapt their strategies in order to attract the most<br />
creative people and offer new services to their consumers?<br />
Panellists:<br />
Arnauld Blondet<br />
VP marketing products Africa & Middle East<br />
Orange<br />
Rick Fant<br />
VP of Apps and Marketplace<br />
Mozilla<br />
Lulama Mokhobo<br />
Group CEO<br />
SABC<br />
Wolfgang Petersen<br />
Director of Developer Relation Division (DRD) for Europe,<br />
Middle East and Africa (EMEA)<br />
Intel<br />
Brett St Clair<br />
Head of New Products Sub Sahara<br />
Google, South Africa<br />
Pieter Verkade<br />
Group Chief Commercial Officer<br />
MTN<br />
10.10 Digital Guru Perspective: Making the most of Mobile<br />
Marketing & Advertising<br />
Bonin Bough<br />
Vice President of Global Media and Consumer Engagement<br />
Mondelēz International (Kraft), USA<br />
10.30 Driving data usage through content services<br />
Arun Nagar<br />
CEO & Managing Director<br />
Spice Africa<br />
10.50 REFRESHMENTS & EXHIBITION VISIT<br />
BREAK TO TRACKS<br />
Chaired by Matt Reed, Principal Analyst,<br />
Informa Telecoms & Media<br />
12.10 LTE launch case study: operator perspective on<br />
deploying & launching LTE services in Africa<br />
• How Smile launched LTE services in 2013<br />
• Building networks to deliver affordable, high quality and easy<br />
to use broadband access in Africa<br />
• Commercial strategy for LTE: services, pricing, marketing<br />
Irene Charnley, Group CEO, Smile Telecoms<br />
12.30 Market update: Mobile broadband & LTE<br />
developments in Africa<br />
• Examining the status of mobile broadband deployments in<br />
Africa: 3G, LTE<br />
• Technology developments to deploy reliable and costeffective<br />
mobile broadband networks<br />
• Regulatory and spectrum developments affecting LTE in Africa<br />
Alain Biston, President Wireless EMEA, Alcatel-Lucent<br />
12.50 PANEL: Lessons learnt from the first LTE<br />
launches in Africa<br />
• What is the status of the LTE market in Africa?<br />
• What are the major challenges for operators to overcome<br />
when deploying LTE networks?<br />
• Which markets are most suited for LTE deployments?<br />
Tom Allen, Group COO, Smile Telecoms<br />
Miguel Geraldes, Managing Director, MTC, Namibia<br />
Deon Geyser, Chief Operating Officer, Millicom<br />
International Cellular (Tigo), Tanzania<br />
Daniel Jaeger, Vice-President for Africa, Alcatel-Lucent<br />
Jannie Van Zyl, Executive Head: Consumer Data,<br />
Vodacom SA<br />
Representative, MTN Uganda<br />
Representative, Cisco<br />
13.30 Lunch<br />
14.30 Assessing the conditions for the development<br />
of LTE in Africa<br />
• Regulatory and spectrum developments<br />
• Examining the impediments to the development of LTE in<br />
African markets<br />
• Assessing likely scenarios for LTE in Africa<br />
Andile Ngcaba, Founder and Chairman,<br />
Convergence Partners<br />
14.50 LTE: transformation and revolution for cellular sites<br />
• Securing your ROI with appropriate RF hardware selection and<br />
installation<br />
• Making sure good enough is really good enough<br />
• Easing the transition to 4G and beyond<br />
Laurent Cruchant, President EMEAI, RFS<br />
15.10 Optimising CapEx and designing LTE networks<br />
for maximum performance<br />
• Planning for LTE: Research, Design and Implementation<br />
• Learning lessons from previous LTE launches and adapting<br />
them for African markets<br />
• Ensuring efficiency in all parts of the network<br />
Dr. Marten Scheffer, GM of Network Engineering,<br />
Neotel, South Africa<br />
15.30 Considerations for LTE Roaming<br />
• Data to the masses<br />
• Diameter Roaming Agent<br />
• Data roaming<br />
Bjørn Iversen, CEO, Telenor Global Services<br />
15.50 Refreshments & Exhibition Visit<br />
16.50 What services for LTE? Data, content & apps<br />
strategies<br />
• Designing service-oriented mobile networks through superior<br />
intelligence and enforcement capabilities<br />
• Gaining intelligence and analytics on usage by mobile<br />
subscribers by application, location, content, and devices<br />
• Capitalizing on this intelligence through value-based service<br />
offerings including application-based and content-aware services<br />
Paul Gracie, SVP for Worldwide Sales, Procera<br />
17.10 Presentation tbc<br />
Representative, Tektronix Communications<br />
17.30 PANEL: What about the consumers?<br />
Helping consumers navigate between new<br />
technologies and services with LTE<br />
• How educated are consumers about LTE services?<br />
• LTE, 4G, Mobile Broadband: how to introduce the services to<br />
consumers?<br />
• Launching and promoting LTE services: what are the<br />
strategies for maximum uptake?<br />
Panellists:<br />
Wilgon Berthold Tsibo, CTIO,<br />
Equateur Telecom Congo<br />
Jannie Van Zyl, Executive Head: Consumer Data,<br />
Vodacom SA<br />
Thibaud Weick, Group CCO, Smile Telecoms<br />
18.05 End of LTE stream<br />
Chaired by Nick Jotsichky, Principal Analyst,<br />
Informa Telecoms & Media<br />
12.10 Customer Experience Management in a data<br />
environment: what are the new challenges?<br />
• Examining how data services are affecting the customer<br />
experience: new services, new handets & devices, changing<br />
role of OTT providers<br />
• Devising a CEM strategy for users in the data age: what to<br />
focus on?<br />
• Best practice for CEM in a data environment<br />
Miguel Angelo Soares, Chief Marketing Officer,<br />
Unitel Angola<br />
12.30 Using Network Analytics Efficiently for CEM<br />
• Profile Quality of Service by Customer Segments<br />
• How to give more visibility on Service Status to Customer Agents<br />
• Monetize OSS data<br />
Domenico Convertino, Head of OSS Europe,<br />
Middle East and Africa, HP<br />
13.00 Lunch<br />
14.00 Practical Steps to Achieve a Customer<br />
Experience that Delights and Engages Users –<br />
and Boosts Business Results<br />
• Lay the Foundation of a Personalized Experience: Converged<br />
BSS, 360° view of the customer, analytics and more<br />
• Add New Social Media Touchpoints for the Digital Lifestyle: Be<br />
where your customers are<br />
• Achieve Service Continuity and Richness: Glide seamlessly across<br />
networks and devices, enjoying a rich service experience<br />
Yariv Geller, VP Marketing, Strategy and Planning,<br />
Comverse<br />
14.20 3.6 seconds – The Next Generation Contact Center<br />
• Convergent multi-channel strategies for a next generation IP<br />
contact centre<br />
• Making the right decision through proven results<br />
• Presenting the next wave of telco contact centres<br />
Carlos Vasconcelos, Marketing & Business<br />
Development Manager, Collab<br />
14.40 Leveraging on CEM as an Competitive<br />
Advantage in the Africa mobile market<br />
Fungai Mandiveyi, General Manager - Customer<br />
Services, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe<br />
15.00 Network Big Data: the underexploited resource<br />
for CVM enrichment<br />
• Learning how to explore and capture the value of an available<br />
but underutilized source of growth: customer data<br />
• The benefits of real-time data collection, micro-segmentation<br />
and profiling capabilities<br />
• Optimizing resources for increased efficiency and cost<br />
reduction; Use cases review<br />
• Providing consistent offers and tailored service interactions<br />
across different touchpoints for customer engagement and<br />
revenue growth through customer knowledge enrichment<br />
• Examining successful multi-channel BTL campaigns for ARPU growth<br />
Gary Buchwald, CCO, Intersec<br />
15.20 Refreshments & Exhibition Visit<br />
16.20 Integrating CEM into new business models and<br />
differentiation strategies<br />
• Assessing the impact of new business strategies on the<br />
operator’s relation with its customers<br />
• Understanding the role of CEM in an operator’s brand perception<br />
• Adapting the CEM strategy to different customer segments’ needs<br />
Stephen Essien, Head Customer and User<br />
Experience, Vodafone, Ghana<br />
16.40 Identifying the drivers for customer loyalty in<br />
Africa’s digital market<br />
• Challenging issues driving CEM in Africa<br />
• Understanding customers’ needs and what affects their loyalty<br />
• CEM strategy for loyalty, profitability and differentiation<br />
• Implementing a CEM strategy: what are the stages?<br />
Nick Jotischky, Principal Analyst,<br />
Informa Telecoms & Media<br />
17:00 Making the most of call centres to enhance the<br />
customer relation<br />
• Determining the remit of call centre within a CEM strategy<br />
• In-house or outsourced: what are the best options for<br />
operators’ call centres?<br />
• Training call centre staff to deliver the right message and<br />
enhance the customer experience<br />
Ntombizodwa Chinyenze, Customer Operations<br />
Director, Telecel Zimbabwe<br />
17.20 CEM PANEL: Dos and Don’ts of CEM strategies<br />
in Africa<br />
• What innovative CEM initiatives have been taken in the region<br />
that could be replicated?<br />
• What are the key challenges to overcome when developing a<br />
CEM campaign?<br />
• Working with different market segments and partners<br />
• The role of social media in CEM<br />
Panellists:<br />
Abi Edun, Head Customer Experience, Etisalat, Nigeria<br />
Tshepo Selokela, Cell C<br />
Cyrille Nibigira, General Manager- Business<br />
Development, Econet Wireless Burundi<br />
Kebba Bojang, Snr. Manager Customer service, Gamcel<br />
Pieter Verkade, MTN<br />
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“IT WAS GREAT ONCE AGAIN TO MEET LEADERS IN THE INDUSTRY, EXCHANGE<br />
IDEAS AND DISCUSS NEW TRENDS. IT IS ALWAYS A GOOD EXPERIENCE”<br />
Ikenna Ikeme, Head, Regulatory affairs, Etisalat Nigeria<br />
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Chair: Camille Mendler, Principal Analyst,<br />
Informa Telecoms & Media<br />
11.45 KEYNOTE PANEL DISCUSSION:<br />
Overcoming challenges & barriers towards<br />
expanding telco Cloud in Africa<br />
• Going beyond the barriers of data governance, privacy and<br />
security<br />
• Identifying the key drivers for cloud service adoption by<br />
end-users<br />
• How to increase telecom operator visibility in the Cloud market<br />
• Leveraging core assets in launching and marketing secure,<br />
high-availability access to cloud computing services<br />
Theo Bensch, Managing Executive, Telkom<br />
Cybernest, Telkom South Africa<br />
Evans Nyagah, Head of Enterprise Sales & B2B,<br />
Safaricom<br />
Vuyani Jarana, Head of Enterprise Business,<br />
Vodacom Group<br />
Shahar Steiff, AVP - Business Operations, PCCW<br />
12.20 A telco’s journey to the Cloud: Telkom SA and<br />
the advent of Cloud<br />
• Are Telcos just doing old things in new ways when<br />
launching cloud services?<br />
• What are the early challenges?<br />
• To what extent is cloud an easy extension of existing<br />
outsourcing services?<br />
Theo Bensch, Managing Executive, Telkom<br />
Cybernest, Telkom South Africa<br />
12.40 AWS, Telcos and the Cloud in an African<br />
Context: pioneering Cloud services for future<br />
growth<br />
Attila Narin, EMEA Sr. Manager for Solutions<br />
Architecture, Amazon Web Services (AWS)<br />
13.00 Lunch & Exhibition Visit<br />
14.00 The advent of SaaS Marketplaces across the<br />
African Market: where’s the opportunity for<br />
the telco?<br />
• Looking at the full ecosystem of SaaS Telco Cloud<br />
• Developing a winning deal in a SaaS context<br />
• To what extent is SaaS a profitable operation for Telcos?<br />
• Looking at telco SaaS portfolio preferences<br />
Camille Mendler, Principal Analyst,<br />
Informa Telecoms & Media<br />
14.20 Vodacom working with OTT players in<br />
the Cloud<br />
• Positioning bandwidth at the heart of the collaboration<br />
• Value services for telco customers, including Messaging &<br />
Collaboration Solutions and Google Apps<br />
• Vodacom’s Cloud portfolio future expansion plans<br />
Vuyani Jarana, Head of Enterprise Business,<br />
Vodacom Group<br />
14.40 Mobile as a quick way forward with Cloud<br />
in Africa<br />
• What is the business case for prioritising mobile cloud<br />
computing services for enterprises<br />
• Is mobile Cloud Computing better tailored/more relevant<br />
for the SME client base of an operator?<br />
• What are the most common pitfalls in mobile cloud<br />
computing and how to deal with them<br />
• How to develop the right market strategies for selling<br />
mobile cloud computing to enterprises<br />
Adedipo Olagbegi, Head IT Technical<br />
Infrastructure, Etisalat Nigeria<br />
15.00 Safaricom and the importance of partners in<br />
the Cloud<br />
• The evolution of Telco Cloud through the eyes of Safaricom<br />
• Why build an ecosystem of Partners?<br />
• Diversifying and building on the different partners<br />
• Developing a strong, differentiated cloud proposition<br />
Evans Nyagah, Head of Enterprise Sales & B2B,<br />
Safaricom<br />
15.20 Afternoon Refreshments break<br />
& Exhibition visit<br />
16.20 Building managed Cloud services for<br />
Enterprises in Africa:<br />
• The Growth Opportunity in Enterprise Cloud Services<br />
within the Subsaharan African Market<br />
• Overcoming the Infrastructural Hurdles<br />
• Building SLA’s for servicing the Multinational Enterprise Market<br />
• Conforming to international and local Security and<br />
Governance Regulatory Processes<br />
• Upgrading the Telco SLA portal, from Infrastructure<br />
Auditing to Software Services Auditing<br />
Adrian Cornelius, General Manager, MTN Business<br />
16.40 The role of Carrier Ethernet in enabling cloud<br />
services in an African context<br />
• Carrier Ethernet fundamentals and why its low latency,<br />
secure services are critical for Enterprise Cloud Service<br />
Delivery<br />
• CE Cloud Use Cases and their implementation: what’s<br />
available now and he impact of what new standards being<br />
developed<br />
• Special Considerations in the African Market: Location,<br />
distance and performance<br />
• Discussing the challenge of moving data centres, platforms<br />
and applications into the cloud in a global context<br />
• CE 2.0 Access Services and International Interconnections:<br />
simple steps to connecting to regional and global networks<br />
Abid Qadiri, Chief Business Solutions Excellence,<br />
Neotel<br />
Kevin Vachon, COO, MEF<br />
17.10 The experience of Orange with deploying<br />
telco Cloud services across the African Market<br />
Mark Wigington, Vice President - Group Cloud<br />
Services, Orange<br />
17.30 End of Cloud @ Africacom<br />
12:10 Securing the future of Mobile Money<br />
• Bringing internet payment methods to cell phones<br />
• Increasing protection against fraud before it happens<br />
• The role of closed loop payment schemes<br />
• Encouraging mobile money services, usage and adoption<br />
with trusted authentication systems<br />
Wolfgang Decker, Group Vice President –<br />
Executive Business Line Mobile Authentication,<br />
Giesecke & Devrient<br />
12:30 Moving Consumers Up the Financial Ladder:<br />
From P2P to Banking<br />
• How far have we come from the simple beginnings of<br />
mobile financial services?<br />
• Innovative and sophisticated developments<br />
• What are the pioneers of mobile money looking to now?<br />
Srinivas Nidugondi, VP Mobile Financial<br />
Solutions, Mahindra Comviva<br />
12:50 It’s time for Money to Change<br />
• Money – a central factor for connecting people<br />
• Physical vs. Mobile methods of exchanging money<br />
• Open Financial Ecosystem<br />
• Networked Society – Why should money be any different?<br />
Faraz Salahuddin, Engagement Consultant<br />
M-Commerce, Ericsson<br />
13:10 Networking Lunch<br />
14:10 Boosting and securing online shopping<br />
• How are Oltio helping secure and promote online shopping?<br />
• An in-depth case study on the payD product<br />
• Where we are and what the future holds for the online<br />
retail space in Africa<br />
Dave Parratt, CCO, Oltio, South Africa<br />
14:30 A Cashless society – Mobile money and social<br />
media in Africa<br />
• Who is on social media and are they potential mobile<br />
money customers?<br />
• How can social media further drive the success of mobile<br />
money?<br />
• What are the e- and m-commerce purchasing habits in Africa?<br />
Vytas Paukštys, CEO, Eskimi<br />
14:50 M-money and commerce – defining the<br />
relationship<br />
• What are the advantages of m-payment for retailers?<br />
• How can retailers jump on the mobile money bandwagon?<br />
• What is holding m-commerce up in Africa?<br />
• How can the challenges be overcome?<br />
Eric Edelstein, CEO, ZunguZ, South Africa<br />
Patrick Maina, CEO, Crowdpesa, Kenya<br />
Joe Botha, Founder, GustPay, South Africa<br />
Rob Burrell, CEO, Mukuru<br />
15:20 What role will NFC play in the mobile money<br />
ecosystem?<br />
• Brief overview of NFC as a mobile money tool<br />
• Opportunities in contactless payments and NFC<br />
• NFC – optional or inevitable?<br />
• How can NFC add to the mobile money experience?<br />
Thierry Millet, Head of contactless payment,<br />
France Telecom Group<br />
15:40 New developments in the mobile money<br />
international transfer and remittance market<br />
• What are the core challenges slowing down international<br />
remittance via mobile money?<br />
• Is there a hindering gap in mobile money development<br />
between higher income (sender) countries and lower<br />
(receiver) ones?<br />
• What are the regulatory needs for the international<br />
transfer and remittance market to grow?<br />
• How can operators work together to boost the market and<br />
generate more business opportunities?<br />
Is a strong national mobile money market a prerequisite<br />
in order for international<br />
Yolande van Wyk, CEO – e-Wallet, FNB,<br />
South Africa<br />
16:00 Afternoon Refreshments break<br />
& Exhibition visit<br />
17:00 Managing mobile money security challenges<br />
• What are the security concerns surrounding mobile money<br />
services?<br />
• Gaining clients’ trust in mobile services<br />
• Creating a secure and easy to use banking app<br />
• Which features are helping to overcome remaining mobile<br />
money reticence?<br />
• What role does network quality play in secure mobile<br />
money services?<br />
• To which extent is mobile money dependant on software?<br />
Johan Taute, Manager – Financial Services and<br />
Security, Vodacom SA<br />
17:20 Facilitating G2P payments – a real life recount<br />
• The advantages of G2P payments for the government<br />
entity and for the payer<br />
• The model adopted<br />
• Future improvements and roll-out<br />
Olutoyin Oloniteru, Director-General for<br />
Information and Communication Technology,<br />
Government of Ekiti State, Nigeria<br />
17:00 End of Mobile Money 2013<br />
12:00 Chairman’s Opening remarks<br />
Richard Walton, Co Chair Person,<br />
Mobile Monday South Africa<br />
The Role of Google in the African App<br />
Ecosystem<br />
12:10 Android Developer Workshop<br />
• Combining good content with a social angle<br />
• How to promote and market your app<br />
• Utilizing the full potential of Google on your app<br />
Led by Daniel Acton, Technical Account<br />
Manager, Google<br />
13:10 Networking Lunch and Developer Outbreak<br />
sessions<br />
14:10 Android Developer Workshop continued<br />
14:35 Intel Developer Session Growing in the<br />
Digital World<br />
Wolfgang Petersen, Director, Developer<br />
Relation Division, EMEA, Intel<br />
15:15 Developing Mobile applications for Africa<br />
Daniel Ogwok, Developer, Brundan Digital<br />
15:35 The State of Mobile Apps in Africa<br />
Wesley Lynch, CEO, Snappify<br />
15:55 Networking Break and Developer Outbreak<br />
sessions<br />
16:25 Taking an African App to a Global Audience<br />
Gour Lentell, CEO, BiNu<br />
16:45 Mobile Apps Dragons Den and Investment<br />
Interactive Panel<br />
Led by Andrew McHenry, Council Member,<br />
Mobile Monday Johannesburg<br />
17:15 End of Day One and Networking Drinks<br />
Reception<br />
Value-Added Services<br />
Chaired by Thecla Mbongue, Senior Analyst,<br />
Informa Telecoms & Media<br />
11.00 Evolving VAS strategies in a data<br />
environment: Market overview and forecast<br />
• Examining the main value-added services for African customers:<br />
data, content, mobiel money, m-health, m-government<br />
• Where are the main growth opportunities and how to<br />
maximise revenues?<br />
• Market analysis, forecasts and recommendation<br />
Thecla Mbongue, Senior Analyst,<br />
Informa Telecoms & Media<br />
11.30 Optimize the 4G/IP/Digital Customer<br />
Experience for African Markets<br />
• Ensure Seamless Service Continuity: Across all networks<br />
and devices<br />
• Launch Rich Communication: Services that energize the<br />
digital lifestyle – with relevance for the 2G operator<br />
• Seize New Opportunities: Connect marketing and<br />
customer service with the social media, fine-tune smart<br />
monetization techniques, apply analytics and more<br />
Shai Perach, Head of Marketing, Digital Services,<br />
Comverse<br />
12.00 Leveraging technological innovation to<br />
unlock the full potential of Mobile Financial<br />
Services in the digital world<br />
• Examining the different mobile financial services available<br />
for African customers<br />
• What are the major innovations in the mobile financial<br />
services market?<br />
• Making the most of new opportunities in mobile money<br />
Nir Flatau, VP Marketing & Business<br />
Development Telecom Division, Mer Group<br />
12.45 Lunch<br />
14.00 How can African/Local content providers<br />
leverage on social media brands to publish<br />
and monetize their content?<br />
• Partnerships between operators and social media brands:<br />
what are the benefits for both parties?<br />
• Examining how social networks can engage customers<br />
with content services<br />
• Monetising content on social media: what’s in it for the telcos?<br />
John Karanja, Founder, Whive, Kenya<br />
14.30 VTU – The evolution of VAS<br />
• Why the VTU solution?<br />
• Trends<br />
• VTU in motion – proof in case studies<br />
Johan de Lange, Executive Vice President:<br />
Enterprise and Africa, Clickatell<br />
15.00 Break<br />
MASTERCLASS<br />
15.30 mHealth & eHealth case study<br />
• Examining e-health apps developed in Kenya<br />
• How the apps have improved healthcare in the region and<br />
expected outcomes<br />
• Expanding healthcare apps to other regions<br />
Moka Lantum, Managing Partner,<br />
MicroClinic Technologies & Ogra Foundation<br />
16.00 Examining the potential of m-education and<br />
m-government initiatives in Africa<br />
• What types of m-education and m-government services<br />
can be applied in Africa?<br />
• Learning lessons from existing initiatives<br />
• What more can be done to engage Africans through<br />
m-education and m-government?<br />
11:45 Informa Introduction and Speed Networking<br />
Laurence Coldicott, Research Manager,<br />
Informa Telecoms and Media<br />
11:50 Chairman’s Opening Address<br />
Russell Southwood, Principal Analyst,<br />
Balancing Act<br />
Evaluating The Development of The<br />
Digital Switchover In Sub-Saharan Africa<br />
12:00 Content Provider Keynote Case Study:<br />
Unlocking the Potential of African TV<br />
through Digital Transformation<br />
Sivan Pillay, Managing Director, South Africa,<br />
Endemol, South Africa<br />
12:20 Understanding the role YouTube can play in<br />
Africa<br />
Brett StClair, Head of New Products Sub Sahara,<br />
YouTube/Google, South Africa<br />
12:40 Extending Revenues of broadcast and<br />
Internet TV<br />
Steve Christian, VP Marketing, Verimatrix<br />
13:00 PANEL: How are Preperations Going for<br />
Africa’s Digital Switchover?<br />
Panel Introduced by Andrew Pons, Marketing<br />
Director, Exset<br />
Jean Landsberg, Head of Technical and<br />
Broadcast Operations, ABN 360 Group<br />
Steve Christian, VP Marketing, Verimatrix<br />
Eugene Nyagahene, CEO, Tele10, Ethiopia<br />
Sid Wadhi, CEO, ABN Digital and Vice President<br />
Strategy and Business Development, CNBC<br />
Africa, Nigeria<br />
Mike Aldridge, Managing Director, Cape Town TV<br />
13:40 VERIMATRIX LUNCH BRIEFING<br />
Multi-network Solutions in the Real World:<br />
Proactive Digitalisation Strategies to<br />
Maximise Revenue Growth<br />
Led By Steve Christian, VP Marketing, Verimatrix<br />
Evaluating New African<br />
Broadcast Initiatives<br />
14:50 Understanding the role of TRACE as an<br />
Entertainment Broadcaster in Africa<br />
Olivier Laouchez, Founder and CEO, TRACE Group<br />
15:10 Assessing the role of the TV White Spaces<br />
Trial on Africa<br />
Arno Hart, Project Manager, TENET/Google,<br />
South Africa<br />
15:30 Maximising your payTV investment<br />
Peter Simpson, VP Product Marketing, Pace<br />
15:50 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Understanding How<br />
Triple Play is Impacting On African Broadcast<br />
Revenues?<br />
Lulama Mokhobo, Group CEO, SABC, South Africa<br />
16:10 How Satellite will Shape the Future<br />
Broadcasting in Africa<br />
Christoph Limmer, Senior Director, Marketing<br />
and Market Development, Africa, SES<br />
16:30 Broadcaster Looking at the Role of Triple Play<br />
on African Viewing Trends<br />
• Assessing the potential impact of Triple play<br />
• Managing the demands of the African consumer<br />
• Writing the technical specifications to fit the African market<br />
• Adapting to multiscreen, multiplatform technology<br />
George Twumasi, CEO, ABN, South Africa<br />
16:50 Networking Break & Exhibition Visit<br />
Regulatory and Financial Challenges to<br />
The Digital Switchover<br />
17:20 Case Study: Understanding the Regulatory<br />
Challenges to Local Content Broadcasters in<br />
Kenya<br />
Daniel Obam, Communications Radio<br />
Technology Expert, National Communications<br />
Secretariat, Kenya<br />
17:40 PANEL: Regulatory Assessments on the<br />
Move to Digital<br />
Nanda Armoogum, Director of Broadcast<br />
Content, Independent Broadcasting<br />
Authority in Mauritius<br />
Sabine Devinck, Global Information and<br />
Communications Technologies, IFC<br />
Woyisa Nagala, Compliance Officer,<br />
Broadcasting, ICASA<br />
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THURSDAY 14 NOVEMBER 2013<br />
CONFERENCE DAY THREE<br />
MONETISING<br />
CONTENT & DATA<br />
INFRASTRUCTURE<br />
SHARING<br />
NEXT STEPS TO CONNECT AFRICA<br />
09.00 Welcome by Informa Telecoms & Media<br />
Chaired by Bradley Shaw, Head of Business Development -<br />
Southern Africa, Spinlet<br />
09.10 Why will the next leap forward in African TMT will come<br />
through fixed broadband networks and content<br />
Richard Bell<br />
Group CEO<br />
Wananchi Group Holdings Ltd<br />
09.30 DISCUSSION: Connecting all Africans to reliable and<br />
affordable services<br />
• Examining the international connectivity links across Africa: are they<br />
sufficient and are they affordable?<br />
• What more investment is needed to ensure communications networks and<br />
infrastructure are sufficient to support Africa’s economic development?<br />
• Prioritising networks developments efficiently: providing high-speed<br />
broadband to urban areas vs connectivity to rural areas<br />
• How can regulators and governmental institutions support the<br />
telecoms, media and ICT market?<br />
Panellists:<br />
Essa Al Haddad<br />
Group CEO for Africa<br />
Etisalat Group<br />
Léon-Charles Ciss<br />
Head of Marketing AMEA<br />
Orange<br />
Jose Henriques<br />
Vice-President: Data and Online<br />
Airtel Africa<br />
Sunil Joshi<br />
CEO<br />
Neotel<br />
Nic Rudnick<br />
CEO<br />
Liquid Telecom<br />
Alain Biston<br />
President, Wireless EMEA<br />
Alcatel-Lucent<br />
10.10 The impact of SDN : Challenges to make network<br />
flexible, agile and responsive for service demand<br />
• Limitations of the current system/architecture<br />
• What will be changed/added/removed/unchanged?<br />
• Business Benefits, Use Cases & Deployment examples<br />
Shinya Kukita<br />
Chief Engineer, Golbal Business Unit<br />
NEC Corporation<br />
10.30 Handset & Devices: Delivering on the specific needs of<br />
African consumers<br />
• Smarpthones, tablets, feature phones: what devices are most<br />
popular in Africa?<br />
• How important is the price point in the success of a device?<br />
• Which manufacturers are likely to dominate the market and is there<br />
space for an African-made device?<br />
Representative, Microsoft<br />
10:50 Guaranteeing quality connectivity across the African<br />
continent<br />
• How does Africa fare in terms of networks and connectivity?<br />
• What is needed for Africa to become a world-class contender in<br />
terms of quality broadband and telecoms services?<br />
• What is holding us back and how can we overcome the hurdles?<br />
Lambo Kanagaratnam<br />
CTO<br />
MTN South Africa<br />
11.00 REFRESHMENTS & EXHIBITION VISIT<br />
BREAK TO TRACKS<br />
Increasing data revenues for operators<br />
12.15 CASE STUDY: Delivering a Better Data and Video<br />
Experience<br />
• The effects of data and video traffic on the network – and on<br />
subscribers<br />
• Techniques for managing the data traffic growth on 2G, 3G<br />
and 4G networks<br />
• Measuring and managing subscriber quality of experience (QoE)<br />
• Case Study: Vodacom South Africa - delivering a better<br />
smartphone experience<br />
Mark Davis, Sr. Director Product Marketing for<br />
Service Provider Platforms, Citrix<br />
Jannie Van Zyl, Executive Head: Consumer Data,<br />
Vodacom SA<br />
12.35 Social Media Panel: Monetising social media<br />
services in Africa<br />
• How successful have social media brands been in monetising<br />
their services?<br />
• Examining the different monetisation models: what works<br />
and what doesn’t?<br />
• How can social media brands work with operators to generate<br />
revenues for both?<br />
Panellists;<br />
Nicola D’Elia, Growth Manager Africa, facebook<br />
Tomisin Fashina, CEO, Yookos<br />
Marc Herson, Director, 2go<br />
John Karanja, Founder, Whive, Kenya<br />
Vincent Maher, Chief Marketing Officer, Mxit<br />
13.10 Lunch<br />
14.10 Launching new value-added services<br />
• Developing a successful VAS strategy: what are the main<br />
points?<br />
• The innovation process: how to create a new service?<br />
• Developing and launching a new service<br />
Mamutse Munyaradzi, VAS & Mobile Content,<br />
Telecel Zimbabwe<br />
14.30 Ensuring the quick and cost-effective<br />
deployment of new data products and services<br />
• What new data products and services are showing the most<br />
opportunities for operators in Africa?<br />
• Examining the technical challenges in deploying these<br />
services<br />
• Ensuring the services are cost-effective and reliable<br />
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15.00 Old school vs new school: Making the most of<br />
content in a digital age<br />
• Adapting to new formats and new technologies: what can we<br />
learn from ‘old’ formats and how to make the most of new ones?<br />
• Adopting new tricks: adding value to old media thanks to the<br />
new generation of technology and enhanced connectivity<br />
• Making a difference from budget to ROI as well as audience<br />
growth and interactivity<br />
• Sharing ideas from successful formats on multi-screen<br />
Keith Lindsay, Managing Producer, TSV<br />
Brett Lindsay, Director & Production Consultant,<br />
Big Brave Productions<br />
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12.00 Examining infrastructure sharing models to<br />
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• What parts of the network can be shared among operators?<br />
• Assessing the pros and cons of the different models of<br />
infrastructure sharing<br />
• Determining the best strategies for operators to share or<br />
outsource part of their networks<br />
Chuck Green, CEO, Helios Towers<br />
12.20 Debating infrastructure sharing models as part<br />
of operators’ cost-efficiency strategies<br />
• What models are most suitable for what needs?<br />
• Can infrastructure sharing models work in all African markets?<br />
• Learning lessons from existing infrastructure sharing<br />
agreements in Africa<br />
Panellists<br />
Andres de Orleans-Borbon, Chief Financial<br />
Officer, Helios Towers<br />
Informa moderator<br />
13.00 Lunch<br />
14.00 Regulation in a digital era: how is the<br />
regulator’s role evolving?<br />
Kolubahzizi T. Howard, Director of Strategy,<br />
Liberia Telecommunications Authority<br />
14.20 The role of regulators in encouraging competition<br />
• The sase for and against increased competition in telecom markets<br />
• Regulatory tools for impacting competition<br />
• The impact of regulation on capital raising<br />
• Real-life cases<br />
Harbir Singh Nat, Principal Investment Officer,<br />
Africa Region, IFC<br />
14.40 Operator-Regulator debate: Working together<br />
to deliver the best services to end-user and<br />
grow African economies<br />
• How involved are operators and other industry stakeholders<br />
in the regulatory process?<br />
• What are the optimum ways for operators and regulators to<br />
exchange approaches and communicate ideas to each other?<br />
• Discussing ways to work better together towards common<br />
objectives<br />
Panellists:<br />
Kolubahzizi T. Howard, Director of Strategy,<br />
Liberia Telecommunications Authority<br />
Mandla Msimang, Regulatory Advisor, Smile<br />
15.20 Closing remarks<br />
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12.00 Leveraging Wi-Fi to meet the demand for<br />
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• The business case for carrier Wi-Fi<br />
• Integration of cellular and Wi-Fi<br />
• Enterprise managed services<br />
• Monetizing Wi-Fi<br />
• Building the Wi-Fi business case<br />
Steven Glapa, Senior Director - Field Marketing,<br />
Ruckus Wireless<br />
12.20 Using wireless to provide broadband access<br />
• Assessing wireless broadband access technologies<br />
• Strategies to provide broadband access to different areas:<br />
urban, rural<br />
• Future network development to improve wireless<br />
broadband access<br />
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12:40 Utilizing wifi for last Mile broadband service<br />
for estates and multi-tenant building<br />
• Background: Rise of multi-tenant building development<br />
• Overview of last mile solution technologies<br />
• Implementation considerations and economics of wifi as a<br />
last mile solution<br />
• Future: Offload of mobile networks to wifi<br />
Patrick Ananyi, Founder & director,<br />
Tizeti Network Limited<br />
13.00 Lunch<br />
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12.00 Hadoop: capturing Big Value in Big Data<br />
• How use case segmentation drives solution design and<br />
technology selection<br />
• What is the disruptive innovation in Hadoop?<br />
• What are target use cases, horizontally and telco-specific?<br />
• How do you start realizing value from Hadoop today?<br />
• How does Hadoop complement existing investments in<br />
business intelligence?<br />
Juergen Urbanski, Chief Technologist Big Data<br />
and Cloud, Deutsche Telekom Group<br />
12.20 Big data, mobile technologies and the<br />
innovation imperative: A City of Cape Town<br />
perspective<br />
• Developing customer intelligence & Segmentation<br />
strategies<br />
• Optimising network data analytics<br />
• Enhancing your Fraud detection methodology<br />
Ferdie Lochner, Head: IT Finance & Innovation<br />
Lead, City of Cape Town<br />
12.40 Leveraging Big Data for Bigger Revenues<br />
• Harnessing the Big Data potential<br />
• Assessing and addressing key challenges<br />
• Using Big Data to create and deliver higher customer value<br />
• View from the field<br />
Ganesh Jayadevan, Sr. VP – Messaging &<br />
Business Solutions, Mahindra Comviva<br />
13.00 Lunch & Exhibition visit<br />
14.00 HANDS-ON LAB: How can telcos tap into the<br />
value of Big Data?<br />
• Understanding the key challenges to Big Data<br />
monetisation faced by Telcos<br />
• Unifying senior management & making better business<br />
decisions<br />
• Which organisational departments need to get involved<br />
with Big Data?<br />
• Securing executive leadership and buy-in from business<br />
leaders<br />
• Dealing with the organisational lack of analytical expertise<br />
• The return on investment of Bid Data: where is the<br />
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14.25 Real-time analytics Data mining: automating<br />
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Nicolaas Coetzee, IT Security Specialist,<br />
First National Bank SA<br />
14.45 Big data: the potential to revolutionise<br />
healthcare<br />
• How healthcare organisations will need to increasingly<br />
look to big data to explore ways of managing healthcare<br />
costs in terms of disease management.<br />
• Why disease management and particularly hospitalisation<br />
are huge cost drivers<br />
• How technology is the great “enabler” of cost saving<br />
mechanisms<br />
• Looking at the growing importance of healthcare providers<br />
utilising cloud-based big data systems<br />
• Key metrics drawn from devices add immense value to the<br />
cloud & big data<br />
Simon Spurr, Chief Operating Officer, FOLUP Inc.<br />
15.05 The Telco opportunity in the Big Data<br />
paradigm<br />
Steven Kirenga, Business Solutions Manager,<br />
MTN Uganda<br />
15.25 Refreshments Break & Exhibition visit<br />
15.45 Brainstorming Session: The future of<br />
workspace: how do you enable the mobile<br />
enterprise, the mobile employees in an<br />
African context?<br />
16.10 Security, data privacy and industry<br />
compliance in BYOx strategies<br />
• What are the industry’s leaders caring for the security of<br />
apps, content and devices?<br />
• What are the unique challenges in the African network<br />
infrastructure landscape?<br />
• Controlling what the device does on the enterprise<br />
network, access control to network resources and<br />
applications, data access, encryption and device tracking<br />
16.45 Hands-on Lab: Exploring the role of the Telco<br />
in BYOD<br />
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transport connections<br />
• How can they step up the mark and start offering a<br />
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• What is the partnership opportunity with the bigger MDM<br />
vendors?<br />
• Calculating the ROI potential and how can BYOx be bundled<br />
with Cloud services<br />
12:00 Introduction by Session Chair<br />
Richard Walton, Co Chair Person,<br />
Mobile Monday South Africa<br />
Embracing the New Media Revolution<br />
12:10 Improving mobile Internet access for lowerincome<br />
users in Sub-Saharan Africa<br />
Dirk le Roux, Managing Director,<br />
Afrozaar<br />
12:30 Understanding the Evolution of User<br />
Consumption<br />
Serigne Barro, Partner - General Manager,<br />
PEOPLE INPUT<br />
12:50 Developing a native app in Africa<br />
Kobi Tziruya, COO, M Wise<br />
13:10 Networking Lunch and Breakout Sessions<br />
14:05 Polymorph Interactive Developer Workshop<br />
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Sessions<br />
16:35 Everyone is an app developer - the story of<br />
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- the official Metrorail app<br />
Justin Coetzee, Founder, Go Metro<br />
16:55 iPawn - Tangible Magic in the Digital Era<br />
Erik Jan Bijvank, Founding Partner,<br />
Fonk Mobile<br />
17:15 End of Day and Close of Conference<br />
LTE & Broadband<br />
11.00 Managing opex and capex when upgrading<br />
mobile networks<br />
• Evaluating the investment necessary to deploy \LTE networks<br />
• Determining coverage areas for maximum ROI<br />
• Solutions to maximise cost-efficiency<br />
Representative, Ericsson<br />
11.30 Service Management in the LTE World<br />
• Generating new revenue streams by enabling secure<br />
access to multimedia services over LTE<br />
• Enabling multiple subscription management for Roaming,<br />
M2M, Mobile TV, NFC ….<br />
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• Advanced connectivity and seamless access to new services<br />
• Leveraging on high speed access to the SIM and<br />
continuously measuring the quality of experience<br />
• Turnkey solution for remote updates, provisioning and<br />
subscription activation<br />
• Optimising the network by enabling off-load to WiFi services<br />
Shaheryar ZAMEER, Head of<br />
Telecommunication Solutions CIS, Middle East &<br />
Africa, Gemalto<br />
12.00 Optimizing the network to provide the best<br />
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Richard Choi, Chief Commercial Officer,<br />
Jinny Software<br />
12.30 Presentation to be confirmed<br />
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13.00 Lunch<br />
13.30 Just the facts – using 4G mobile & fixed<br />
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• LTE ecosystem evolution and device availability – moving<br />
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• Converging future networks – FMC, a roadmap for today’s<br />
fixed operators<br />
• Evolution of LTE services in Africa<br />
Mark Altshuller, CTO, Telrad<br />
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• Is 3G enough to meet the needs of mobile broadband<br />
users in Africa?<br />
• Examining the timescale for LTE planning<br />
• What considerations do operators need to make in their<br />
mobile broadband plans?<br />
14.30 Closing remarks<br />
MASTERCLASS<br />
11:50 Chairman’s Opening Remarks<br />
Nick Thomas, Principle Analyst, Informa<br />
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Keynotes Session<br />
Creating Local Content<br />
12:00 OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Engaging<br />
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initiatives<br />
Kasia Kieli, President Managing Director<br />
Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEEMEA),<br />
Discovery Networks, USA<br />
12:20 Creating a digital outlet for original African<br />
Content<br />
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Nicole Klassen, Head of Content, Bozza<br />
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• Understanding the role of local content initiatives in Africa<br />
• Positioning Umuntu as a champion of original content<br />
• Creating word of mouth success of local content<br />
• Assessing the impact of social media networks on content<br />
Johan Nel, CEO, Umuntu Media, South Africa<br />
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Schemes<br />
Mike Aldridge, Broadcast Manager, Cape Town<br />
TV, South Africa<br />
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• Providing a sweetener to the consumer to encourage take up<br />
John Momoh, Chairman and CEO, Channels TV,<br />
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13:40 Networking Lunch & Exhibition Visit<br />
International Broadcasters Impact<br />
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• Achieving targeted content for the African consumer<br />
• Understanding the relationship between the BBC and it’s<br />
African partners<br />
• Identifying the role of the BBC brand as a global broadcaster<br />
Solomon Mugera, Editor, World Service Africa,<br />
BBC<br />
15:00 Developing Pay TV channels in emerging<br />
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• LatAm case Studies<br />
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• Creating balanced bouquets<br />
Alessandro Tucci, SVP and GM Africa, Fox<br />
Networks<br />
15:20 PANEL: What are the major challenges and<br />
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• Who are the key international players in the African<br />
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• What is the role of regulation in influencing the pace of<br />
growth?<br />
• What are the influencing factors which are driving African<br />
expansion?<br />
• Understanding the specific needs of the viewer<br />
Solomon Mugera, Editor, World Service Africa, BBC<br />
Colman Murray, Global Brand Director, AFP<br />
RelaxNews<br />
Alessandro Tucci, SVP and GM Africa, Fox<br />
Networks<br />
Kasia Kieli, President Managing Director<br />
Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEEMEA),<br />
Discovery Networks<br />
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financial and VAS solutions. Itís a subsidiary of Tech Mahindra<br />
and a part of the USD 15.9 billion Mahindra Group.<br />
With an extensive portfolio of solutions spanning mobile<br />
finance, content, infotainment, messaging, mobile data and<br />
managed VAS services, Mahindra Comviva enables service<br />
providers to enhance customer experience, rationalize costs<br />
and accelerate revenue growth. Its solutions are deployed by<br />
over 130 mobile service providers and financial institutions<br />
in over 90 countries and enrich the lives of over a billion<br />
people, globally. For more information, please visit www.<br />
mahindracomviva.com<br />
We are a world-leading satellite operator, providing<br />
reliable and secure satellite communications solutions to<br />
broadcast, telecom, corporate and government customers<br />
worldwide. We own and operate a fleet of 51 geostationary<br />
satellites that are complemented by a network of teleports<br />
and offices located around the globe. This far-reaching<br />
infrastructure enables our customers to reach 99% of the<br />
world’s population and places SES at the heart of the global<br />
communications chain. We are headquartered in Luxembourg<br />
and operate worldwide through dedicated regional teams. We<br />
are listed on Euronext Paris and on the Luxembourg Stock<br />
Exchange (SESG). www.ses.com<br />
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in<br />
semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital<br />
convergence technologies with 2011 consolidated sales<br />
of US$143.1 billion. Employing approximately 222,000<br />
people in 205 offices across 71 countries, the company<br />
operates two separate organizations to coordinate its nine<br />
independent business units: Digital Media & Communications,<br />
comprising Visual Display, Mobile Communications,<br />
Telecommunication Systems, Digital Appliances, IT Solutions,<br />
and Digital Imaging; and Device Solutions, consisting<br />
of Memory, System LSI and LCD. Recognized for its<br />
industry-leading performance across a range of economic,<br />
environmental and social criteria, Samsung Electronics was<br />
named the world’s most sustainable technology company in<br />
the 2011 Dow Jones Sustainability Index.<br />
Incorporated in 1994, MTN Group Limited is a JSE listed<br />
multinational telecommunications company, offering voice,<br />
data and ICT products and services to both individuals and<br />
businesses across 21 markets in Africa and the Middle<br />
East. MTN has mobile (GSM) licences in 21 countries and<br />
internet service provider (ISP) businesses in 13 countries.<br />
At the end of December 2011, MTN had 164.5 million<br />
subscribers and its revenue stood at R121.9 billion. With a<br />
market capitalisation of R271 billion, MTN is South Africa’s<br />
largest primary listed company. MTN’s vision is to be the<br />
leading telecommunications provider in emerging markets.<br />
The company continues to invest heavily in infrastructure to<br />
help bridge the digital divide in its markets. Since 2009, MTN<br />
has invested more than USD 230 million in fibre-optic cables<br />
across its operations.<br />
With a fleet of 31 high-power satellites, Eutelsat is a<br />
world leading satellite operator providing its customers<br />
with satellite resources to accompany the growth of fixed<br />
and mobile communications, broadband access and digital<br />
television.<br />
Eutelsat is putting into place exceptional means to help serve<br />
the African continent with six further satellites scheduled<br />
for launch by end 2015, three of which have high-power<br />
capacity dedicated to sub-Saharan Africa.<br />
Through a combination of technology leadership and total<br />
commitment to customer service, Eutelsat has earned<br />
a reputation for operational excellence and innovation.<br />
Headquartered in Paris, Eutelsat and its subsidiaries employ<br />
over 750 commercial, technical and operational professionals<br />
from 30 countries.<br />
ZTE is a leading global provider of telecommunications<br />
equipment and network solutions. ZTE’s product range is the<br />
most complete in the world, covering virtually every sector<br />
of the wireline, wireless-terminal, and service markets. It<br />
is China’s only listed telecoms manufacturer, with shares<br />
publicly traded on both the Hong Kong and Shenzhen Stock<br />
Exchanges. ZTE was the only Chinese IT and telecoms<br />
manufacturer listed in Business Week 2005’s Information<br />
Technology 100 and was also included in BusinessWeek’s<br />
2006 ranking of China’s Top 20 Brands. ZTE was also<br />
awarded the “Most Promising Vender of the year” by Frost<br />
& Sullivan in its 2007 Asia Pacific ICT Awards. ZTE has<br />
achieved fast market share growth at home and abroad and<br />
a considerable proportion of ZTE’s growth is now coming<br />
from the international market. The company has established<br />
partnerships with over 500 operators in more than 120<br />
countries around the world.<br />
Global connections – local commitment.<br />
Ericsson is a world-leading provider of telecommunications<br />
equipment and services to mobile and fixed network<br />
operators. Over 1000 networks in more than 180 countries<br />
use our network equipment, and more than 40 percent of the<br />
world’s mobile traffic passes through Ericsson networks.<br />
Our technology leadership, services leadership, global scale<br />
and rich history give us a unique winning position. With<br />
innovative technology, Ericsson has led the industry into the<br />
world of mobile broadband. We are one of the few companies<br />
worldwide that can offer end-to-end solutions for all major<br />
mobile communication standards. Our networks, telecom<br />
services and multimedia solutions make it easier for people,<br />
across the world, to communicate. And as communication<br />
changes the way we live and work, Ericsson is playing a<br />
key role in this evolution. Using innovation to empower<br />
people, business and society, we are working towards the<br />
Networked Society, in which everything that can benefit<br />
from a connection will have one. Communication is changing<br />
the way we live and work. Ericsson plays a key role in this<br />
evolution, using innovation to empower people, business<br />
and society. Our vision is to be the prime driver in an allcommunicating<br />
world.<br />
Intelsat is the leading provider of fixed satellite services<br />
worldwide. Intelsat supplies video, data and voice<br />
connectivity for leading media and communications<br />
companies, Internet Service Providers and government<br />
organizations. Intelsat’s terrestrial network of eight<br />
strategically-located teleports and over 28,000 miles<br />
of leased fiber complements a global satellite fleet of<br />
approximately 50 satellites, covering 99% of the world’s<br />
population. Intelsat utilizes a fully integrated satellite<br />
operations model, enabling global delivery from a single<br />
platform.<br />
The long-trusted partner of service providers, enterprises and<br />
governments around the world, Alcatel-Lucent is a leading<br />
innovator in the field of networking and communications<br />
technology, products and services. The company is home to<br />
Bell Labs, one of the world’s foremost R&D organizations,<br />
responsible for breakthroughs that have shaped the<br />
networking and communications industry. Alcatel-Lucent<br />
is committed to making communications more sustainable,<br />
more affordable and more accessible as we pursue our<br />
mission - Realizing the Potential of a Connected World.<br />
Convergence Partners is a specialist ICT investor and<br />
innovator in Africa.<br />
As a sector focused investor, Convergence Partners has a<br />
proven track record of adding value to investee companies<br />
and developing new investment opportunities. We have a<br />
strong focus on ICT infrastructure projects that increase<br />
availability of communications, broadband services and new<br />
technology offerings in Africa.<br />
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the worldwide leader in IT that<br />
helps companies seize the opportunities of tomorrow by<br />
proving that amazing things can happen when you connect<br />
the previously unconnected. At Cisco customers come first<br />
and an integral part of our DNA is creating long-lasting<br />
customer partnerships and working with them to identify<br />
their needs and provide solutions that support their success.<br />
The concept of solutions being driven to address specific<br />
customer challenges has been with Cisco since its inception.<br />
Cisco is shaping the future of the Internet by creating<br />
unprecedented value and opportunity for our customers,<br />
employees, investors and ecosystem partners. Information<br />
about Cisco can be found at www.cisco.com. For on-going<br />
news, please go to www.thenetwork.cisco.com<br />
At Liquid Telecom we believe that technology has the power<br />
to transform and we believe that technology should be for<br />
everyone. That’s why we’re working hard to build networks<br />
throughout Africa that connect people, companies and countries<br />
to each other and to the rest of the world. The Liquid Telecoms<br />
Group is a Mauritius registered group of companies with<br />
additional management offices in the UK and with sales and<br />
operations in South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Kenya,<br />
Uganda, Rwanda ,Nigeria and DRC. Liquid Telecom was created<br />
to provide African mobile network operators with high quality<br />
international wholesale services for voice, data and internet<br />
connectivity. We have Network Operation Centres in Sandton<br />
South Africa, London UK, Harare Zimbabwe, Lusaka Zambia with<br />
technical support throughout the region. It is an open access<br />
network and is available to licensed telecommunications entities<br />
throughout the region. Liquid also own and manage the largest<br />
carrier neutral data centre in east Africa, used by mobile network<br />
operators, ISP, governments and corporations for the secure<br />
storage and management of their critical data.<br />
O3b Networks is the first global satellite service provider<br />
capable of providing fiber like capacity with latencies lower than<br />
long haul fiber to virtually any location of your choosing. Using<br />
our global network of International POP’s, regional Gateways<br />
and Local Satellite Access, O3b can provide you with high-speed<br />
carrier class access between your network PoPs’ and the core<br />
of the Internet and Internet content services. With investments<br />
and operational support from SES, Google, Liberty Global, HSBC<br />
Principal Investments, Northbridge Venture Partners, Allen<br />
& Company, Development Bank of Southern Africa, Sofina,<br />
Luxempart and Satya Capital, the O3b system will provide Telcos<br />
and ISPs with a low-cost, high-speed alternative to connect their<br />
3G/4G/LTE/CDMA networks, WiMAX networks and fixed-line<br />
networks to the rest of the world. The O3b product portfolio<br />
consists of IP Trunking solutions that are targeted at Incumbent<br />
Telcos and ISPs, Mobile Backhaul solutions for major tier-1<br />
cellular operators as well as maritime solutions for cruise ships,<br />
survey vessels and the Oil and Gas industry.<br />
GlobalSMSC(TM) is a complete Messaging solution, out scaling<br />
to be a Next Generation Network(NGN). GlobalSMSC is an<br />
GSMA Open Connectivity Compliant SMS Hub and it operates<br />
it’s own SMSC, and provides state of the art IP Convergence<br />
Infrastructure. GlobalSMSC Provides complete end-to-end<br />
solution from application development, gateway provisioning,<br />
HLR Management, and Telecom Infrastructure management.<br />
GlobalSMSC also provides real-time Mobile number portability<br />
discovery and intelligent routing systems. GlobalSMSC is also<br />
a strong proponent of GSMA OneAPI and other open source<br />
standardization of the telecom fraternity. The vision of the<br />
GlobalSMSC is to provide ONE integrated network for mobile<br />
operators and enterprises alike for seamless deployment of<br />
SMS & Data Services. GlobalSMSC envisages to share the<br />
network and technology infrastructure with Mobile operators<br />
and enterprise customers, and drive aspects of mobile<br />
technologies focusing seamless, end-to-end SMS and data<br />
delivery. GlobalSMSC complements and supports to enable Open<br />
Source infrastructure by providing a coherent network assets,<br />
Technology Platforms, services and solutions that the operator<br />
community is going to require for successful deployment and in<br />
order to deliver mobile messaging and data services technology<br />
quickly and cost-effectively and serve the benefits of the<br />
end-user.<br />
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Corning invented the first low-loss optical fiber in 1970,<br />
which helped launch the age of optical communications.<br />
Corning is the worldwide market leader and is the most<br />
widely deployed brand of fiber. Corning offers a full line of<br />
single-mode and multimode optical fibers for all network<br />
applications. Corning’s entire family of optical fiber boasts<br />
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Telenor Global Services (TGS) is an international mobile carrier<br />
focusing on quality wholesale voice, mobile and connectivity<br />
services. We are part of the Telenor Group - one of the<br />
world’s major mobile operators with 150 million subscribers<br />
globally. Our head office is located in Norway. In addition,<br />
we have sales offices in 9 countries worldwide. TGS exist to<br />
help customers get the full benefit of our communication<br />
services. We provide highly reliable services to our quality<br />
focused partners, both mobile operators and carriers.<br />
Telenor Global Services is an associated member of the<br />
GSMA and fully supports the Global Roaming Quality (GRQ)<br />
recommendations provided by this association.<br />
To learn more about TGS please visit www.telenorglobal.com<br />
Visa is a global payments technology company that<br />
connects consumers, businesses, financial institutions and<br />
governments in more than 200 countries and territories<br />
to fast, secure and reliable electronic payments. We<br />
operate one of the worldís most advanced processing<br />
networksóVisaNetóthat is capable of handling more<br />
than 30,000 transaction messages a second, with fraud<br />
protection for consumers and assured payment for<br />
merchants. Visa is not a bank and does not issue cards,<br />
extend credit or set rates and fees for consumers. Visaís<br />
innovations, however, enable its financial institution<br />
customers to offer consumers more choices: pay now<br />
with debit, ahead of time with prepaid or later with credit<br />
products. For more information, visit corporate.visa.com<br />
.<br />
Headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA, Ruckus Wireless, Inc. (NYSE:<br />
RKUS) is a global supplier of advanced wireless systems for<br />
the rapidly expanding mobile Internet infrastructure market.<br />
The company offers a wide range of indoor and outdoor<br />
“Smart Wi-Fi” products to mobile carriers, broadband service<br />
providers, and corporate enterprises, and has approximately<br />
24,400 end-customers worldwide. Ruckus technology<br />
addresses Wi-Fi capacity and coverage challenges caused by<br />
the ever-increasing amount of traffic on wireless networks<br />
due to accelerated adoption of mobile devices such as<br />
smartphones and tablets. Ruckus invented and has patented<br />
state-of-the-art wireless voice, video, and data technology<br />
innovations, such as adaptive antenna arrays that extend<br />
signal range, increase client data rates, and avoid interference,<br />
providing consistent and reliable distribution of delay-sensitive<br />
multimedia content and services over standard 802.11 Wi-Fi.<br />
For more information, visit www.ruckuswireless.com.<br />
Ruckus, and Ruckus Wireless are trademarks of Ruckus<br />
Wireless, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All<br />
other product or company names may be trademarks of their<br />
respective owners.<br />
NEC is a leading global provider of innovative and integrated<br />
IT and networking solutions, delivering a complete portfolio<br />
of mobile and broadband networking infrastructure,<br />
innovative technologies and proven applications that meet<br />
the complex and changing needs of our customers. NEC’s<br />
Solutions enables carriers to seize the opportunities of the<br />
emerging next era in telecommunications, without delay,<br />
with minimum investment, and with carrier grade security<br />
and quality. We have the key to a business transformation<br />
that builds a continuous stream of new revenue.<br />
China Communications Services (Hong Kong) International<br />
Limited (CCSI) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of China<br />
Communications Services Corporation Limited (CCS), a<br />
company listed on the Main Board of HKEX (HK.552). We<br />
provide integrated solutions, one-stop services and turn-key<br />
projects for MNOs, MNVs, MNCs and so on. Our service<br />
involves all kinds of telecommunication industry value chain<br />
including telecommunication network design, network<br />
construction, network maintenance, multi-vendor network<br />
management and so on. We have constructed the ICT<br />
Backbone Network in Tanzania. We have also built the world’s<br />
highest altitude wireless base station in the Himalayan<br />
Mountains and the most remote earth satellite receiving<br />
stations in South Pole. Besides, we have successfully<br />
installed over 36,000km of cables under the sea like China<br />
– US, Asia Pacific Gateway. Now we have 40 subsidiaries<br />
all around the world, performing our business in over 60<br />
countries in Asia, Africa, South America and others.<br />
Comverse® is a leading global provider of telecom business<br />
solutions that enable communication service provider success<br />
in the hyper-connected world through service innovation and<br />
smart monetization. The company’s proven and innovative<br />
product portfolio includes BSS, Policy Management (PCRF) and<br />
Enforcement and Digital & Value Added Services – all backed<br />
by Managed and Professional Services. Comverse’s extensive<br />
customer base spans more than 125 countries with solutions<br />
successfully delivered to over 450 communication service<br />
providers serving more than two billion subscribers. Comverse’s<br />
solutions are available in a variety of delivery models, including<br />
on-site, cloud, hosted/SaaS and managed services. For more<br />
information, visit www.comverse.com.<br />
HP helps the world’s CSPs transform the way they do<br />
business – to grow in a fast-changing market. CSPs must<br />
meet the huge demand for new services and streamline<br />
internal operations. HP is unmatched in its ability to help<br />
CSPs drive transformation: 30+ years of telecom experience,<br />
global IT leadership, expertise in entertainment, and<br />
leadership in consumer devices.<br />
HP offers a truly end-to-end portfolio from core network to<br />
handheld devices – including a suite of convergent IT and<br />
Telecom solutions, such as: software (OSS/BSS, SDP, SDM,<br />
cloud); professional services including business consulting,<br />
integration, and managed services/outsourcing; joint go-tomarket<br />
programs; carrier-grade servers; storage; printers;<br />
tablets and smartphones.<br />
Google’s innovative search technologies connect millions<br />
of people around the world with information every day.<br />
Founded in 1998 by Stanford Ph.D. students Larry Page<br />
and Sergey Brin, Google today is a top web property in all<br />
major global markets. Google’s mission in Africa is to make<br />
the internet an integral part of every day life in Africa, by<br />
increasing it’s relevance and usefulness, eliminating access<br />
barriers for potential users, and developing products that<br />
are meaningful for the countries in the region. Google is<br />
headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the<br />
Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia.<br />
For more information, visit www.plus.google.<br />
com/+GoogleAfrica/, see our Africa Blog, www.google-africa.<br />
blogspot.com/ or follow us on Twitter twitter.com/googleafrica<br />
Citrix ByteMobile Smart Capacity solutions enable mobile<br />
network operators to increase available network capacity by<br />
30% to 50%, to improve quality of experience (QoE) for their<br />
subscribers on an individual basis and to differentiate service<br />
plans in order to better monetize over-the-top content.<br />
The T-Series Adaptive Traffic Management System is the<br />
industry’s only fully integrated traffic management system –<br />
delivering adaptive web and video optimization, DPI, caching,<br />
load balancing, analytics and policy control in an integrated,<br />
centrally managed architecture for efficient and streamlined<br />
deployment of multi-Tbps-scale traffic management across<br />
the mobile network.<br />
Oberthur is one of the world leaders in the field of secure<br />
technologies. Smart cards: One of the world’s leading<br />
providers of security and identification based on smart card<br />
technology and associated services, such as personalization,<br />
for the mobile, payment, identity markets Secure printing:<br />
3rd private security printer, specializing in high security for<br />
the production and management of banknotes, passports<br />
and other identity documents Cash protection: World leader<br />
in equipments for smart cash transportation and ATM<br />
protection Listed on Euronext Paris, Oberthur benefits from<br />
an industrial and worldwide commercial presence.<br />
RFS is a global designer and manufacturer of cable and<br />
antenna systems plus active and passive RF conditioning<br />
modules, providing total-package solutions for wireless<br />
infrastructure. A leading innovator in outdoor and indoor<br />
wireless infrastructure solutions.<br />
RFS serves OEMs, distributors, system integrators, operators<br />
and installers in the broadcast, wireless communications,<br />
land-mobile and microwave market sectors.<br />
As an ISO 9001 & 14001 compliant organization with<br />
manufacturing and customer service facilities that span<br />
the globe, RFS offers cutting-edge engineering capabilities,<br />
superior field support and innovative product design.<br />
ACE is a consortium of telecom operators from Africa and<br />
Europe under the initiative and leadership of France Telecom.<br />
The Consortium is constructing a 17,000 km long fibre optic<br />
submarine cable system stretching from France to South<br />
Africa and planned to connect 23 countries directly for<br />
coastal countries and indirectly through terrestrial links for<br />
landlocked countries like Mali and Niger. The ACE system,<br />
which will be operational in the half of 2012, has a design<br />
capacity of 5.12 Tbps and supported by the new 40 Gbps<br />
wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) technology that<br />
would accommodate tomorrow’s ultra-broadband networks.<br />
Helios Towers Africa (HTA) is the leading independent<br />
telecom towers company in Africa.<br />
HTA builds and manages shared telecom infrastructure,<br />
delivering improved efficiency and reduced costs for<br />
operators and their customers.<br />
Helios Towers Nigeria, an affiliate of HTA that was launched<br />
in 2005, was the first independent tower company in<br />
Africa. In 2010, HTA pioneered Africa’s first sale/leaseback<br />
transaction with the acquisition of Millicom’s network of<br />
tower sites in Ghana.<br />
HTA currently owns and manages 4,700 towers and has<br />
operations in Ghana, Tanzania, DRC and a sister company in<br />
Nigeria, with new operations under development in several<br />
other African markets.<br />
Gemalto is the world leader in digital security with 2012<br />
annual revenues of €2.2 billion and more than 10,000<br />
employees operating out of 83 offices and 13 Research &<br />
Development centers, located in 43 countries.<br />
We are entrusted by over 450 mobile operators from around<br />
the world to manage their subscribers as well as enabling<br />
new business models by connecting to new services<br />
from beyond the tradition telecom eco-system. We bring<br />
deep security expertise and rich software innovation to<br />
mobile communication services as a pioneering provider of<br />
identification, transactions and optimization solutions for<br />
wireless consumer devices and industrial machines. Our<br />
embedded software and secure products together with our<br />
powerful platforms and services help mobile operators and<br />
various service providers to maximize new services adoption<br />
and optimize their operational efficiency.<br />
Our vision is to ensure that handsets can be used with a host<br />
of services, bringing convenience and security. Our solutions<br />
and services cover the entire spectrum ranging from mobile<br />
payment, operator billing, mobile banking, mobile marketing,<br />
LTE services management, subscription and device<br />
management, roaming solutions, personal cloud services,<br />
mobile ID and signature solutions, M2M.<br />
Gemalto thrives with the growing number of people using<br />
its solutions to interact with the digital and wireless<br />
world. For more information visit www.gemalto.com, www.<br />
justaskgemalto.com, blog.gemalto.com, or follow @gemalto<br />
on Twitter.<br />
Tektronix Communications is uniquely positioned as the<br />
communications industry’s first Telecommunications<br />
Intelligence Provider (TIP) offering both service assurance<br />
and monitoring and network intelligence solutions that<br />
uniquely cover all four dimensions of the service provider’s<br />
environment: subscriber behavior, the services and<br />
applications they consume, the network environments<br />
they occupy and the technologies that enable them. Our<br />
comprehensive set of assurance, intelligence and test<br />
solutions and services support a range of architectures and<br />
applications such as LTE, HSPA, 3G, IMS, mobile broadband,<br />
VoIP, video and triple play. Tektronix Communications is<br />
headquartered in Plano, Texas. Visit us online at www.<br />
tekcomms.com<br />
Intersec is the leading software vendor enabling telecom<br />
operators to derive value from their network big data and to<br />
facilitate VAS innovation. Through its disruptive technology,<br />
Intersec solutions empower MNOs with real-time customer<br />
value management, mass scale LBS monetization and<br />
augmented messaging profitability. Acclaimed by 60+ MNOs,<br />
Intersec technology enhances the experience of several<br />
hundred million subscribers worldwide and manages over a<br />
billion of smart events day after day.<br />
Neotel is a telecommunications network operator that<br />
caters for wholesale, business and home customer needs.<br />
We deliver services that reduce the cost of doing business<br />
through the optimal use of advanced technologies. We are<br />
South Africa’s first converged telecommunications network<br />
operator. This means that voice, data and Internet is now<br />
offered over a single connection.<br />
We provide a range of value-added voice, internet and<br />
data services for business, wholesale network operators,<br />
network providers and consumers. In other words from the<br />
telephone handset at home to the data centres that have<br />
become the epicentres of local and international business.<br />
Additional services include Virtual Private Networks, hosting<br />
and satellite services. Our various telecommunications<br />
licences, Electronic Communication Network Service License<br />
and Electronic Communication Network License, allow us<br />
to provide the entire range of telecommunications services.<br />
Neotel covers all major metropolitan areas of South Africa.<br />
Our coverage expands on a regular basis. Diversity – South<br />
Africa’s strength is reflected in our shareholding. United<br />
in purpose, our shareholding embodies vast global as well<br />
as local telecoms experience, giving us greater impetus to<br />
achieve our objectives. Our strategic equity partner, the Tata<br />
Group of India – through VSNL and Tata Africa Holdings Pty<br />
(Ltd) – brings immense expertise derived from its worldwide<br />
telecommunications operations. This partnership gives<br />
Neotel access to international best practice and the latest<br />
technical innovations.<br />
Nexus Connexion, our Black Economic Empowerment (BEE)<br />
equity partner, has a broad based constituency which<br />
includes women and youth groups. Developmental NGOs,<br />
labour unions and businesses are represented by individuals<br />
and corporates. One private consortia –Communitel brings<br />
additional international and African experience through their<br />
various shareholders, including TelecomNamibia.<br />
Procera Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: PKT) delivers industry-leading<br />
network intelligence for millions of broadband connections<br />
worldwide. Procera’s PacketLogic and NAVL solutions enable<br />
carrier, service provider, enterprise, and consumer networks<br />
to deliver a high quality of experience to their users through<br />
actionable intelligence and sophisticated policy enforcement.<br />
For more information, visitwww.proceranetworks.com or follow<br />
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link budget reference points and discussing elements of the budgeting process that are<br />
unique to LTE. Following the calculation of link budget pathloss, the course turns to<br />
propagation models and cell radius prediction. Typical models are discussed and compared<br />
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• LTE Architecture Review<br />
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• Link Budgets for LTE<br />
• Coverage Planning<br />
• eNB Configeration<br />
• IDLE Mode Parameters<br />
• CONNECTED Mode<br />
Parameters<br />
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• Coverage Planning for LTE<br />
• Coverage Optimisation<br />
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This 2 day course will describe the concepts behind small cell systems and detail the<br />
technology and challenges of deploying small cell networks. LTE advanced includes femto,<br />
relay and WiFi offload techniques to boost local capacity, however managing the backhaul,<br />
mobility and interference of such systems are complex tasks that will be covered in this course.<br />
This course is an essential primer for any operator, engineer or planner that needs to fully<br />
understand the nature of small cells, the capacity increase possible with such systems and the<br />
many challenges of Hetnet deployment.<br />
COURSE CONTENTS<br />
• Small Cell Concepts<br />
• Base Station Classes<br />
• HetNet Challenges<br />
• Backhaul<br />
• Mobility<br />
• Location Planning<br />
• Interference Management<br />
• Hetnet Capacity<br />
• LTE Relays<br />
• WiFi Offload<br />
• CoMP<br />
For more information on these courses please contact us:<br />
Telephone +44 (0)20 7017 4144 • Email training@telecomsacademy.com<br />
Visit www.telecomsacademy.com
Co-located with:<br />
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THANK YOU TO THE<br />
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OF THE YEAR:<br />
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