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WAPA announces new leadership


Johannesburg, 22 Sep 2014
Ellie Hagopian - newly elected WAPA Chairperson
Ellie Hagopian - newly elected WAPA Chairperson

The Wireless Access Providers' Association (WAPA) held its Annual General Meeting on Thursday, 18 September 2014, at the iWeek Conference in Johannesburg.

WAPA's primary objective is to promote the growth of the wireless industry by facilitating self-regulation, promoting best practices, and educating both members and the market about new wireless technologies and business models.

The WAPA Management Committee for 2014/2015 was voted in at the AGM:

* Ian Anderson
* Paul Colmer
* Mark Day
* Gert du Toit
* Ellie Hagopian
* Arno Hart
* Jens Langenhorst
* Kerry Simpson

Ellie Hagopian has been elected as the WAPA Chairperson, with Jens Langenhorst as Deputy Chairperson, and Ian Anderson as Treasurer.

WAPA would like to thank the outgoing committee members - Ziggy Heuer, Mohammad Patel and Jabulani Vilakazi - for their contribution to WAPA. A huge thanks to Mohammad Patel, who has served on the committee since 2012, for two years as Deputy Chair and as Chairperson in the last term.

The incoming committee will continue to focus on spectrum and regulatory policy to enable innovation and the promotion of fair competition, business development opportunities for members, promotion of technical and business best practices, and collaboration with other industry groups of shared aims.

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WAPA

WAPA, established in 2006, is a non-profit industry body acting as a collective voice for the wireless industry, comprising the outdoor fixed wireless and indoor nomadic wireless industries. WAPA represents over 210 organisations of which the majority are independent wireless operators in South Africa.

WAPA's primary objective is to promote the growth of the wireless industry by facilitating self-regulation, promoting best practices, and educating both members and the market about new wireless technologies and business models. WAPA offers its members regulatory advice, technical training, a code of conduct, a forum for knowledge-sharing and business-enablement opportunities.

WAPA is positioned to be an interface between the government regulator (ICASA), network operators, service providers, and consumers. WAPA regularly makes submissions and presentations to the government on regulations affecting the wireless industry. WAPA is tirelessly lobbying for more progressive and efficient spectrum management in South Africa and is focusing on the possibilities of TVWS spectrum for interference-free access.

Editorial contacts

Ingi Deutschlander
WAPA
(082) 458 1656
ingi@wapa.org.za