The Telecommunication Development Bureau's director pledges to ensure the conference achieves its knowledge-sharing goal.
BrightWave Technologies, in partnership with Microsoft, won international recognition from the WBA for bridging the digital divide in SA.
The telecommunication union will now use 14 indicators to measure ICT development across global economies.
The Eutelsat-owned satellite broadband service provider will establish hotspots across rural areas in Sub-Saharan Africa from January.
Deputy minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams tells ITWeb her department is looking into satellite as a possible way to bring Internet connectivity to all South Africans.
Alphabet's X "moonshot factory" unit has been testing its Internet balloon technology in Africa and is looking to work with local operators.
The Telenet Innovation Centre, in Brussels, will test new technology for connectivity, entertainment, value-added services and customer experiences.
The companies are collaborating on the first 5G trial in SA, to start in the first quarter of 2018.
The two companies join forces to trial 5G in South Africa early next year.
The telecoms company plans to establish a new point of presence in Cape Town.
Forecasts from the upcoming Ericsson Mobility Report 2017 show Sub-Saharan Africa will start seeing 5G subscriptions from 2022.
Uber's Justin Spratt says the ride-hailing service is looking at ways to optimise data usage for frontier markets.