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SATNAC 2013 unpacks socio-economic benefits of broadband

The Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC) will this year seek to align the technology debate with a socio-economic agenda as the conference explores the theme: "Broadband – a catalyst for sustainable economic development and promoting digital inclusion."

The numerous keynote presentations and panel discussions are geared towards a deep dive into the relationship between broadband penetration and the impact on GDP growth as suggested by recent research.

Mr Alphonzo Samuels, Telkom's Managing Executive for Network Infrastructure and Conference Chairman says, "As the social and economic benefits of increased broadband penetration become more relevant than ever before, the focus of this year's conference will definitely prove to be pertinent and appropriate."

Hosted by Telkom, the three day conference will run from 1 to 4 September 2013, and will take place at the Spier Wine Estate in Cape Town. SATNAC has proved to be an excellent networking platform for the ICT industry and boasts a top shelf line-up of local and international speakers.

"SATNAC has set a precedent for innovative and creative plenary presentations and robust panel discussions. This year is no different and promises delegates a wealth of information and networking opportunities," adds Mr Samuels.

This year sees the likes of prominent Futurist, Mr Clem Sunter deliver the first keynote address. Mr Sunter was recently awarded an Honourary Doctorate by the University of Cape Town for his work in the field of scenario planning. He was also voted by leading South African CEOs as the speaker who has made the most significant contribution to, and impact on, best practice and business in South Africa.

Dr Robert Pepper, Vice President at Cisco has also been lined up to deliver a keynote address. Dr Pepper leads Cisco's Global Technology Policy team working with governments across the world in areas such as broadband, IP enabled services, wireless and spectrum policy, security, privacy, Internet governance and ICT development.

The conference starts with a Welcome Function on Sunday evening. The traditional icebreaker golf day will begin at 09:00 on Sunday at the De Zalze Winelands Golf Estate.

All registrations have to be completed online (www.satnac.org.za). Information on hotel accommodation can also be found on the website.

For further enquiries, please contact:

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As of 30 September 2015, we had approximately 3.3 million telephone access lines in service and 1,030,441 ports connected via MSAN access. We offer business, residential and payphone customers a wide range of services and products, including:

• fixed-line retail voice services using PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) lines, including ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) lines, and the sale of subscription based value-added voice services and calling plans;
• fixed-line customer premises equipment rental and sales services both voice and data needs and these include PABX, Computers, Routers, Modems, Telephone handsets and other ancillary equipment;
• interconnection services, including terminating and transiting traffic from South African mobile operators, as well as from international operators and transiting traffic from mobile to international destinations;
• fixed-line data services, including domestic and international data transmission services, such as point-to-point leased lines, ADSL (Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line) services, packet-based services, managed data networking services and internet access and related information technology services;
• Data Centre Operations includes e-commerce, application service provider, hosting, data storage, e-mail and security services;
• W-CDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access), a 3G next generation network, including fixed voice services, data services and nomadic voice services;
• mobile communication services, including voice services, data services and handset sales through our mobile navbar-brand called Telkom Mobile;
•  information and communication services including cloud services, infrastructure services, workspace services, global service integration management and hardware and network equipment sales locally, in seven African countries, the UK and Dubai through Business Connexion Group; and
• other services including directory services, through Trudon (Pty) Ltd, wireless data services, through Swiftnet (Pty) Ltd.

Convergence is one of our key strategic initiatives in building a sustainable future for Telkom.  We will lead the provision of converged services in South Africa in support of our mission statement: Seamlessly connecting people to a better life.