Conference Day Two: Wednesday, 21 May 2008

08:30 Welcome And Chairperson’s Opening Remarks

Hans Van Groenendaal
Features Editor
SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO LEAGUE

08:45 Examining The Pitfalls Of Power Line Telecommunication In South Africa

• Analysing South Africa’s immature technological development status
• Evaluating the severe interference by radio frequency on the telecommunication connectivity: What is the future solution?
• Debating the vast amount of competitive technology companies in the South African telecommunication industry: Are there too many companies offering indifferent products?

Hans Van Groenendaal
Features Editor
SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO LEAGUE

09:30 Open Floor Discussion: Has Wi-Fi Lost Its Appeal Or Are Cost-Effective Hotspots Possible Solutions In The Near Future?

• Discussing the Benefits of Wi-Fi
• Evaluating the future of Wi-Fi: Is Wi-Fi irreplaceable?
• Considering the possible future of cost effective hot spots: Where to from here?

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Hans Van Groenendaal
Features Editor
SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO LEAGUE

10:45 How Will The Two Undersea Cables Projects Present A Solution To The Broadband Burden In Africa?

• Understanding how Africa stands to gain from the various submarine cable projects: Is international connectivity the bottleneck?
• Reporting on the progress of various submarine cable projects and assessing the impact on telecommunications
• Evaluating the likelihood of success of the variety of project financing structures used by competing submarine cable projects

Suveer Ramdhani
Director
SEACOM

11:30 The Business Case For HSDPA And LTE

• Creating the business case for HSDPA: What next?
• Highlighting the advantages of HSDPA: how it will contribute towards the technological era?
• Taking a look at the future of long term evolution in the telecommunications market

Iikka Vakiparta
Product manager
NOKIA

13:15 Discussing Challenges With Last Mile Access: What Are The Options And Considerations?

• Evaluating the challenges pertaining to Last Mile: A practical guide how Telecoms proposes to overcoming these challenges
• Understanding the available options for efficient and effective last mile solutions
• Assessing the considerations that need to be made with last mile access

Willie Engelbrecht
Technical Product Development
TELKOM SA LTD

14:00 Discussing Mobile Broadband: Options, Solutions And Challenges In Southern Africa

• Finding a solution to the low ARPU paradigm facing fixed line carriers
• Analysing the technical description of PON: Applications and stumbling blocks
• Discussing opportunities and comparing strategies of fixed line operators

Paul Serfontein
Product Manager
SPESCOM

14:45 Highlighting The Roll Out Of The Botswana Telecommunications Trans-Kalahari Fiber Optic Cables Network Project

• Analysing the Trans-Kalahari roll out: Discussing the challenges and issues
• Discussing the experience and expectations of broadband networking in Botswana
• Discussing the struggle of obtaining economical rate for end users: Exploring a permanent solution

Jan Nienaber
Director
MICROLA

15:30 Providing Free Internet Access To The Average Joe In South Africa-Pipedream Or Real Solution?

• Establishing how the Cape Access Project has provided free cost effective Internet access for Western Cape under privileged community
• Reviewing how to overcome the challenges of finding cost effective methods to providing free internet access

Refilwe Tshabalala
Programme Manager
CAPE ACCESS PROJECT

16:15 Chairperson’s Closing Remarks

16:30 End Of Day Two

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