A two-day event in March will examine the state of the South African mobile and wireless economy.
Hotspot 2004: The South African Mobile Economy, on 23 and 24 March, is organised by ITWeb in partnership with Blueprint Intelligence.
The conference and wireless technology showcase aims to bring together industry experts, wireless access providers, technology vendors, operators and early adopters, who will present practical case studies.
ITWeb and Blueprint Intelligence have undertaken a survey to assess wireless adoption trends, service provider offerings, hotspot awareness and wireless LAN deployment, future trends and business opportunities in the South African mobile and wireless environment. The results of the survey will be released on the first day of the conference.
Fathima Haniff, conference convenor and MD of Blueprint Intelligence, says topics at the event will include business models and revenue opportunities, wireless LAN (WLAN) and wireless enterprise solutions, as well as mobile security and future trends.
Haniff says an interactive panel of industry experts, hosted by industry analyst Anthony Brooks, will discuss policy and regulation within mobile and wireless deployment.
She added that the conference will emphasise the practical implementation of wireless technology.
Speakers covering the benefits of mobile convergence include Gary Cuthbert, product specialist at Dimension Data, and Steven Nossel, Intel`s country manager.
Mobile and wireless security will be discussed by Paul Williams, systems engineer at Cisco.
Future trends and local development will be examined by Werner Lindemann, wireless e-business manager of IBM, along with UUNet Technologies` development manager, Jeff Flecher.
The conference will take place at The Forum at the Dimension Data Campus in Bryanston.
Private or corporate wireless users who would like to participate in the ITWeb/Blueprint Intelligence survey of the local mobile economy should click here.
If you are a vendor or service provider, click here to fill in the survey.
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