maybe because:
East Africa
Developer Roadshow
A future event ... possibly
This event was effectively replaced by the
Education Track in AfricaSource 2:
http://www.tacticaltech.org/africasource2.
and because if you follow that link:
Previous source events have taken place in Croatia - September 2003,
Namibia - March 2004, India - February 2005, and Tajikistan October
2005. In 2006 an event will be held in the Middle East.
you'd have to go to the middle east-next. And who wants to be there,
right now?
andrew colin wrote:
Why not cordinate with these guys who are doing roadshows
around africa.
http://www.developer-roadshow.com/ea/
On 8/14/06, Richard Asiimwe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I don't know what sort of numbers you would
need in order to be able to get
the forum to happen here. I would be interested. Hope others express
interest too.
On 8/11/06, Badru Ntege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> I wonder how many would be interested in a VOIP forum to be held
in
Kampala. We could organize to have a number of experts come over to
talk
about VOIP, along this we could hold asterisks and other related
tutorials.
>
>
>
> There is one currently going to happen in Nigeria. If there is
enough
interest I was proposing to organize this for late October early
November.
>
>
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
>
>
> Below is the updated programme for the African VoIP Forum, which
we are
holding in Lagos over 21-23 August.
>
>
>
> I hope that African ISPs can be well represented at this useful
educational event.
>
>
>
> To register, please log on to www.aitecafrica.com
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>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Sean Moroney
>
> AITEC Africa
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Tel: +44-(0)1480-880774 Fax: +44-(0)1480-880765 UK Mobile:
+44(0)7973-499224 SA Mobile: +27(0)72-610-7153 Kenya Mobile:
+254(0)721-845674
>
> Skype: seanmoroney
>
> www.aitecafrica.com
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>
>
> AFRICAN VoIP FORUM
>
> Muson Centre, Lagos, 21-23 August 2006
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>
>
> DAY 1 - Monday 21 August
>
> 2pm Conference Opening
>
>
>
> Welcome Speech & Official Opening
>
> Chief Cornelius Adebayo, Minister of Communications, Nigeria
>
>
>
> Keynote 1: Regulatory challenges and achievements in the VoIP
arena Eng
Ernest Ndukwe, Vice-Chairman and Executive Director, Nigerian
Communications
Commission
>
>
>
> Keynote 2: VoIP as part of an ISP's survival strategy Eng Sam
Adeleke,
President, ISP Association of Nigeria (ISPAN)
>
>
>
> Keynote 3: How Nigeria's communication companies have responded to
the
challenges and opportunities created by VoIP Dr Emmanuel Ekuwem,
President
of the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON)
>
>
>
> 4pm Refreshment Break
>
>
>
> Keynote 4: The impact of VoIP on African voice markets Russell
Southwood,
CEO, Balancing Act looks at how VoIP impacts on voice
>
> markets:
>
> • How grey markets operate and the scale and extent of them
>
> • What legalised VoIP means in different countries and what
happens
>
> when VoIP competition is more widely available?
>
> • The winners and losers in the legalisation process
>
> • The emergence of a new business model bringing together
broadband
>
> and VoIP
>
> • New potential developments like VoIP peering, eNUM and
mobile VoIP
>
>
>
> Keynote 5: AfrISPA's vision for VoIP deployment in Africa Eric
Osiakwan,
Executive Secretary, AfrISPA, Ghana
>
>
>
> Keynote 6: ITU-T standardization activities in the new
telecommunication
>
> environment: VoIP studies
>
> Paolo Rosa, Head, Standards Co-operation & Communications,
ITU-T,
Switzerland
>
>
>
> 6pm PANEL DISCUSSION: Regulatory and business strategies to
maximize the
benefits of VoIP All keynote speakers
>
>
>
> 7pm Networking Cocktail Party
>
>
>
> DAY 2 – Tuesday 22 August 2006
>
>
>
> 9am Session 1: INTERNATIONAL LINKS
>
>
>
> Maximising international connectivity via a virtual service
provider Yossi
Barkan, Executive Director, Africa, PCCW Global, Hong Kong
>
>
>
> Moving beyond Skype - Using directed SIP VoIP to drive quality
international voice terminations
>
> • Stunning Growth Rates of Peer to Peer VoIP Networks
>
> • Problems Identified in "Legacy" P2P Networks
>
> • Overcoming These Problems Though the Directed SIP P2P Model
>
> • Advanced Services—P2P VoIP Without the Computer
>
> • Huge Traffic Flows Enable Cost-Effective High-Quality Voice
>
> Termination Routes Available on a Wholesale Basis Eric Ram,
Executive VP,
International Business Development, Fusion Telecommunications
International,
USA
>
>
>
> SHOWCASE PRESENTATION by NexTone
>
>
>
> National/International VoIP interconnect and peering Sean
Pickering,
NexTone, South Africa
>
>
>
> 10.30am Refreshment Break
>
>
>
> 11am Session 2: TECHNOLOGY OPTIONS
>
>
>
> TDMoIP vs VoIP: Which technology is better for your network?
>
> Gaéthan Donlap Kouanga, Video and IP Services Manager, Eutelsat
>
>
>
> Using fixed-mobile convergence to attract enterprise customers: An
overview of the technology, applications and regulatory issues Yves
Desmet,
Senior Vice-President, World Wide Sales, Verso Technology, Belgium
>
>
>
> 12.30 Lunch
>
>
>
> 2pm Session 3: IMPLEMENTATION CASE STUDIES
>
>
>
> VoIP – Creating real value for African enterprises Morten Hald,
MD,
Emperion, Denmark
>
>
>
> NITEL: A case study on an incumbent PTT migrating from legacy TDM
networks
to IP Rob Hewitt, COO, Afrigate, UK
>
>
>
> Is VoIP still viable in the Nigerian market?
>
> Ade Ojuri, CEO, Junisat, Nigeria
>
>
>
>
>
> AFRICAN VoIP FORUM WORKSHOPS
>
>
>
> WORKSHOP 1: Corporate Users - Introduction to VoIP An interactive
workshop
Sunday Folayan, MD, Skannet Nigeria 9am – 1pm Monday 21 August 2006
>
>
>
> While VoIP is set to change the landscape of the communications
industry,
it is already being used by a number of traditional Telephone companies
to
connect their regional offices, while on a smaller scale, it is being
used
by Small Offices/Home Offices who want to trim their communications
expenses.
>
>
>
> The advantages of using VoIP technology includes simplicity,
flexibility,
cost savings as well as finally removing the huge constraint of circuit
switched architecture, and taking advantage of the ubiquitous nature of
IP,
which is fast becoming a de-facto medium of world-wide communication.
>
>
>
> This hands-on workshop is designed to introduce participants to
the VoIP
technology, using the Asterisk Open Source PBX software. Participants
will
amongst others be exposed to the following:
>
> • Introduction to the VoIP technology
>
> • Basic definitions and building blocks
>
> • Transpprt protocols and packetization
>
> • Public Swiched Networks and characteristics
>
> • Protocols for VoIP call control
>
> • Introduction to the Asterisk Open Source PBX
>
> • Configuring simple VoIP Servers
>
> • Configuring simple VoIP Clients
>
> • Quality of Service (QoS) Issues
>
> • Services and implementation issues
>
> • Overview of large scale implementations and issues
>
>
>
> At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to setup and
deploy
an Asterisk-based PBX system which will work either via IP or PSTN and
be
capable of Least Cost Routing.
>
>
>
> WORKSHOP 2: International links for ISPs & Telecom Operators
Mawuli Tse,
Sales Director, Africa, iBasis 9am – 12pm, Wednesday 23 August 2006
>
>
>
> • The VoIP landscape - from PC-to-PC to VoB
>
> • Carrier level interconnections
>
> • Quality monitoring on a VoIP network
>
> • Selecting operators - what to consider
>
>
>
> WORSHOP 3: VoIP - Survival strategies for telcos, ISPs and
cyber-cafes
Russell Southwood, CEO, Balancing Act, UK 2pm – 5pm, Wednesday 23
August
2006
>
>
>
> VoIP will change the business model for telcos, ISPs and
cyber-cafes.
Beyond the ever-present hype, it will begin to transform business
fundamentals in some of the following way: threatening existing
international revenues; lowering the cost of entry to the voice market;
and
creating new opportunities like mobile VoIP. All of this will upset
traditional markets and the question is: will you survive this
shake-out?
The workshop has three sessions of just under an hour each with a
coffee
break. Each of the sessions will have time for questions and answers
and
sessions 2 and 3 will have interactive exercises. The three sessions
deal
with the following:
>
>
>
> Session 1: The business opportunities VoIP offers In this session
Russell
will look at the kinds of business models that have arisen elsewhere
and how
things might develop in Nigeria. He will look at the business models
for
businesses like Skype and Vonage to illustrate how the business model
for
retail VoIP is developing in North America and Europe.
>
>
>
> He will then look in greater detail at the type of opportunities
that
might arise in Africa, including:
>
>
>
> • Pre-pay VoIP calling cards
>
> • IP-payphones
>
> • Skype/Vonage clones
>
> • Campus-wide IP-mobility solutions
>
> • Municipal networks
>
> • Corporate IP calling via VPNs
>
> • Push-to-talk
>
> • Home broadband
>
> • Triple/Quad play (including mobile TV)
>
> • Mobile VoIP
>
> • VoIP peering
>
>
>
> He will explain the relationship between these opportunities and
the
changes in regulation that will enable them to flourish legally.
>
>
>
> Session 2: Assessing investment in new VoIP opportunities VoIP
produces
very different types of opportunities. For example, grey market
operators
have taken advantage of the price arbitrage opportunities that exist.
In
other words, for example, they are able to compete on price against
artificially high international calling prices.
>
>
>
> Once VoIP is more widely legalised, then this level of price
arbitrage
opportunity will decline or disappear as prices come down in the
market. It
will be important to look at the relationship between quality and
pricing
and to understand what latitude exists for differentiating different
service
offers.
>
>
>
> Some opportunities will allow new players to enter the market
relatively
cheaply whereas others will require capital investment in new
infrastructure. The level of capital required – along with an
assessment of
the risks inherent in different propositions – will help clarify where
any
potential should be made and whether a new opportunity is suitable for
your
company.
>
>
>
> Lastly the session will examine timing issues and their impact.
Some
opportunities – like those related to price-arbitrage – are short or
medium-term. Others like mobile VoIP are longer term because the
technology
is not yet available.
>
>
>
> All of these factors will be gathered into a simple matrix and
scored so
that participants can see where the better opportunities lie in Africa.
>
>
>
> Session 3: VoIP pricing and service strategies in a competitive
market The
last session of the workshop will look pricing and service strategies
and
how they develop in a competitive market. Russell Southwood will
explain how
operators tackle these issues and the way in which different approaches
to
service and pricing are reflected in the service offer to customers. He
will
examine the relationship between cost and the price of providing
different
levels of service.
>
>
>
> After this briefing, participants will be split into two groups to
devise
pricing and service strategies for two different companies, one a
start-up
and the other an existing operator. The two groups will then come
together
and show what approaches they have arrived at. The group will then look
at
how it is possible to respond to competitor pricing in ways that
differentiate the customer offer.
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> Subject: Re: [LUG] Digium Secures First Round of Funding...
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>
>
> Cool. I'm just wondering when Asterix and the whole VOIP buzz will
hit
Kampala. Though initial setup is abit taxing, on the whole Asterix is a
brilliant entry point into the world of VOIP and IP Telephony. And yes
"FREE" calls. There is a guy who allows you t call India and the US at
300
/=, in Wandegs.
>
> FRANCIS.
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> Begumisa Gerald M writes:
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Hope this is not too off topic! [Justification: Linux is the
primary
> development platform for Asterisk :-)]
>
> Otherwise, I think this is quite interesting given Digium's
[apparently]
> fast growth rate (judging purely from the rate of release of
hardware /
> software products and increasingly widespread adoption of
Asterisk).
>
> I think it would be really cool to see where these funds take them
next!
>
> ---8<---
>
> HUNTSVILLE, AL and BOSTON, MA . (August 9, 2006) . Digium Inc.,
the
> original creator of Asterisk and pioneer of open source telephony,
today
> announced it has closed its first round of venture capital
funding,
> receiving $13.8 million from Matrix Partners, a leading U.S.-based
venture
> capital firm. The funding will help fuel the continued growth of
Digium
> and Asterisk, especially in launching new offerings for the
enterprise
> communications market, ranging from small to large businesses...
>
>
>
> --->8---
>
> Cheers,
> Gerald.
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