Telecoms is easily the largest single segment of the IT market and South Africa is in the midst of a crucial growth spurt at a time of unprecedented change around the developed world, whose ranks it is attempting to join. Telecommunications technologies catalyse growth across the economy as a whole, and network operators sit astride nearly every digital relationship that exists or transaction that happens.

Gartner Telecoms Africa 2008 will focus on identifying the crucial elements of the emerging market in converged service provision, and a scorecard for local players and conditions in the midst of that effort.

Over two days, the conference will gather distinguished Gartner analysts to address topics including:

• 2010 and IPTV
• Telecom Carriers Update: Between the bit-pipe and a hard place
• Sourcing for Voice
• Business Value of Mobility
• Mobile TV: A consumer perspective
• Overview of Consumer Mobile Applications
• State-Sponsored Broadband Initiatives: How far is too far?
• Mobile Devices: State of the market

Venue

Date: 19 November 2008 to 20 November 2008
Location: Indaba Hotel, Johannesburg
More info: Indaba Hotel, Fourways, Johannesburg
http://www.indabahotel.co.za/

Contact: Lisa Lawlor
Company name: Gartner Africa
Telephone number: +27 11 803 4706
Email address lisa.lawlor@gartner.co.za