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Cell C raises R3.8bn offshore<= /a>

[Paul Vecchiatto] - Cell C raised =80400 million on = the European capital market to repay certain debts. [ Financial ]=

Vodafone, MSN plan PC-to-mobile servi= ce

[Reuters] - Vodafone Group and Microsoft's MSN un= it plan to launch an instant messaging service that will allow communicatio= n between mobile phone users and computers. [ Telecoms ] <= /font>

Lawmakers move to help telcos offer v= ideo

[Reuters] - US lawmakers have unveiled measures t= o make it easier for telephone companies to launch video services. [ Telecoms ] <= /font>

= Clicks stores deploy CellPAD devices<= /font>

New Clicks Holdings has installed Dat= alinx Technologies' CellPAD GPRS-based point of sale and transaction proces= sing devices at its stores to facilitate the sale of prepaid cellular airti= me. [ Industr= ySolutions ]

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BUSINESS	Sponsored by: Dimension Data South Africa

Mobestar partners with Fantastic 1

Fantastic 1 will promote Mobestar's Video= Content Server community application and mobile-enabled video clips to pro= vide mobile entertainment packages to South African network operators. [ Business ]

Tellumat, partner win USAL contract

Amatole Telecommunications Services has w= on the underserviced area licence (USAL) bid for Amatole, Eastern Cape, and= awarded the technical partner contract to a consortium consisting of Tellu= mat and a private telecoms network. = [ Bu= siness ]


FINANCIAL	Sponsored by: Harvey Jones Systems

Telkom shares recover

[Paul Vecchiatto] - Telkom`s shares ticked up in mid-morning = trade today after falling by at least 10% yesterday. [ Financial ]


COMPUTING	Sponsored by: Hetzner Africa

Veins prove handy for biometrics

[Warwick Ashford] - In today's technology roundup: Veins prov= e handy for biometrics, Google Earth explores the planet, Cell chip gets se= rious, and BT chooses Microsoft to deliver IPTV. [ Computing ]

MultiChoice springs PVR surprise

[Ivo Vegter] - MultiChoice will launch a TiVO-like perso= nal video recorder (PVR) in late 2005, and begin trials with mobile televis= ion and IPTV across ADSL in August. = [ C= omputing ]


CHANNEL	Sponsored by: it4africa

Netgear RangeMax available from Duxbury

Duxbury Networking has announced that Net= gear's RangeMax range of wireless products is now available to South Africa= n users. [ Channel ]


TELECOMS	Sponsored by: Telkom

Boom time for prepaid cellular

Prepaid cellular is the fastest growing i= ndustry in SA with approximately 10 000 new customers buying prepaid c= ellphones each day, says Cointel. [ = Tele= coms ]

VOIP: Transforming business, inviting attack<= /td>

Internet Security Systems' X-Force has is= sued its latest Threat Insight Quarterly report featuring the most pressing= security issues surrounding voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP). [ Telecoms ]

LG debuts six phones

LG Electronics has unveiled six mobile ph= ones at CommunicAsia 2005, a communications and IT event in Asia. [ Telecoms ]

Vodafone seeks control of Safaricom

[Rodney Weidemann] - British mobile phone giant, Vodafone, has= offered $100 million for a controlling stake in Kenyan cellular opera= tor, Safaricom. [ Telecoms ]

Telecoms market =91fraught with uncertainty`<= /td>

[Staff writer] - SA`s telecoms regulatory environment stil= l poses major uncertainties in the market, says an industry analyst.= [ Telecoms ]


TECHFORUM

Changing times for LCR vendors

[James Herbst] - Least-cost routing (LCR) vendors should g= ear themselves up to broaden their offering to include VOIP, even though VO= IP adoption will take a year or two, says James Herbst, financial director = at DataPro Group. [ TechForum ]

Hosting market grows

[Laurent Pieton] - A renewed interest in technology stocks a= nd IT has spurred growth in the hosting market, says Laurent Pieton, hostin= g manager at DataPro. [ TechForum ]

Stop paying for technology you don't need

[Craig Young] - Taking the focus away from technology wil= l allow businesses to implement proper telecommunications management polici= es, which is where the real solution lies, says Unison Communications MD Cr= aig Young. [ TechForum ]


INDUSTRYSOLUTIONS	Sponsored by: SecureData

Clicks stores deploy CellPAD devices

New Clicks Holdings has installed Datalin= x Technologies' CellPAD GPRS-based point of sale and transaction processing= devices at its stores to facilitate the sale of prepaid cellular airtime.<= /font> [ IndustrySolutions ]

Security solutions: Removing the risk=

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UK blasts trigger SA telecoms congest= ion

[Damaria Senne] - South Africans made over half a milli= on phone calls to the UK in the hours after yesterday's London blasts, say = local telecoms companies. [ Telecoms ] <= /font>

SMS =91top non-voice money-maker'

[Staff writer] - SMS has emerged as the telecoms world= 's top non-voice revenue generator, according to a new report. [ Telecoms ] <= /font>

Telcos, users =91don't get each other= '

[Paul Vecchiatto] - Telecoms end-users and suppliers don'= t understand each other's business needs, says a Cape consultancy. [ Telecoms ] <= /font>

Downloader Trojans hit world networks=

[Warwick Ashford] - In today's technology roundup: Downlo= ader Trojans hit world networks, easier mobile updates from Yahoo, new high= -performance memory from Rambus, and spyware changes Internet habits. [ Computing ]=

ICASA names new chairman

[Staff writer] - The Independent Communication Authori= ty of SA (ICASA) has named Mandla Langa's successor. [ Telecoms ] <= /font>

Autopage pushes virtual operator conc= ept

[Martin Czernowalow] - Autopage Cellular is preparing to app= roach ICASA for approval of the launch of a national mobile virtual network= operator. [ Telecoms ] <= /font>

Congestion disrupts UK networks after= blasts

[Reuters] - A series of blasts disrupted communic= ations across London yesterday. [ Telecoms ] <= /font>

Getting Real : Getti= ng bluesnarfed

[Warwick Ashford] - Bluesnarfing is the technology-based = equivalent of the smash-and-grab attack, proving mobile phone users are jus= t as vulnerable to losing valuable personal information. [ Columnists= ]

European attorney firm deploys MCI so= lution

MCI has provided patent and trademark= attorneys Marks & Clerk with a private IP network, creating a common IT in= frastructure across its UK and European offices. [ Networking= ]

No more phone spam, says mobile indus= try

[Martin Czernowalow] - Leaders in the South African mobile s= ervices industry have signed a code of conduct aimed at protecting consumer= s. [ Telecoms ] <= /font>

Most-wanted spammer arrested

[Itumeleng Mogaki] - In today's technology roundup: Most-w= anted spammer arrested, Trustix Secure Linux announced, Acrobat documents t= hreatened, LG chooses Palm operating system, and hackers do it for the mone= y. [ Computing ]=

Grintek enables VOIP for Sibaya Casin= o

Grintek Technologies has installed a = multimillion-rand Nortel converged voice and data wireless solution at Sun = International's new Sibaya Casino and Entertainment Kingdom in KwaZulu-Nata= l. [ Telecoms ] <= /font>

DiData earns Nortel gold certificatio= ns

Dimension Data has received three gol= d solutions partner certifications from Nortel. [ Channel ]

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EDITORIALS

Will telephony be the killer application?

[<= /font>Alain Schram] - The Internet Protocol telephony market is mo= ving from early adopters to mainstream users as reliability and quality imp= rove, and companies recognise voice not only as a communications tool, but = also as a business application.=20 [ IndustryInsight]

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COMPUTING	Sponsored by: Hetzner Africa

Downloader Trojans hit world networks

[Warwick Ashford] - In today's technology roundup: Downloader= Trojans hit world networks, easier mobile updates from Yahoo, new high-per= formance memory from Rambus, and spyware changes Internet habits. [ Computing ]

Most-wanted spammer arrested

[Itumeleng Mogaki] - In today's technology roundup: Most-wante= d spammer arrested, Trustix Secure Linux announced, Acrobat documents threa= tened, LG chooses Palm operating system, and hackers do it for the money. [ Computing ]

New Trojan attacks phones

[Itumeleng Mogaki] - In today's technology roundup: New Trojan= attacks phones, anti-trust lawsuit filed against Qualcomm, next SQL Server= in November, and Sun falls behind in storage market. [ Computing ]

China opens Internet addiction clinic

[Warwick Ashford] - In today's technology roundup: China open= s Internet addiction clinic, AMD accuses Dixons of colluding with Intel, an= d Sweden outlaws downloading. [ Computi= ng ]


SOFTWARE	Sponsored by: Borland Software

Gendac, CellFind deliver iFind solution

Gendac and CellFind have partnered to dev= elop the software for the iFind 34600 SMS directory service. [ Software ]

Gendac, CellFind deliver iFind solution

Gendac and CellFind have partnered to dev= elop the software for the iFind 34600 SMS directory service. [ Software ]

Gendac, CellFind deliver iFind solution

Gendac and CellFind have partnered to dev= elop the software for the iFind 34600 SMS directory service. [ Software ]


NETWORKING	Sponsored by: Basix Communication

European attorney firm deploys MCI solution

MCI has provided patent and trademark att= orneys Marks & Clerk with a private IP network, creating a common IT infras= tructure across its UK and European offices. [ Networking ]


CHANNEL	Sponsored by: it4africa

DiData earns Nortel gold certifications

Dimension Data has received three gold so= lutions partner certifications from Nortel. [ Channel ]


TELECOMS	Sponsored by: Telkom

Grintek enables VOIP for Sibaya Casino

Grintek Technologies has installed a mult= imillion-rand Nortel converged voice and data wireless solution at Sun Inte= rnational's new Sibaya Casino and Entertainment Kingdom in KwaZulu-Natal. [ Telecoms ]

SA, UK partnership in call centre pilot

[Paul Vecchiatto] - Cape Town call centre operator Digicall w= ill run a pilot project for a UK-based company, focusing on the British off= ice automation industry. [ Telecoms ]

Still time to enjoy =91free` phones

[Kaunda Chama] - It will still be a while before the publi= c knows whether free cellular handset upgrades will be scrapped. [ Telecoms ]

Samsung, Motorola to share technology

[Reuters] - Samsung has signed an agreement with riva= l Motorola to share mobile technology. [ Telecoms ]

Over 26m SMSes back Live 8

[Reuters] - More than 26.4 million people from around= the world sent text messages in support of the Live 8 campaign. [ Telecoms ]


COLUMNISTS

Getting Real: Getting bluesnarfed

[Warwick Ashford] - Bluesnarfing is the technology-based equi= valent of the smash-and-grab attack, proving mobile phone users are just as= vulnerable to losing valuable personal information. [ Columnists ]

Security solutions: Removing the risk=

Security solutions are = no longer a luxury, but a strategic necessity!

Click here for a free= pass to this Executive Forum.

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appli= cations for business

21-22 July 2005, The Forum, Bryanston

Understand security concerns when using the Internet

Caron Perkins, Managing Director, SBI

Understanding data and multi-services networking

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Make informed decisions about your network

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------=_NextPart_Mixed_SimpleMail_by_the_Email_Corporation-- From ITWeb Telecom Weekly Fri Jul 15 11:25:19 2005 From: ITWeb Telecom Weekly (ITWeb Telecom Weekly) Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 13:25:19 +0200 (SAST) Subject: NITF ICT Forum: Is door open for VANS self-provisioning? Message-ID: <20050715112519.A455B35C90E@mx01.sangonet.org.za> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_Mixed_SimpleMail_by_the_Email_Corporation Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =09 ITWeb Daily - The Online News Service

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SNO licence due =91in weeks'

[Tracy Burrows and Damaria Senne] - ICASA is ready to award the second na= tional operator (SNO) licence, says the deputy minister of communications.<= /font> [ Telecoms ] <= /font>

Telkom defends pricing structure

[Damaria Senne and Itumeleng Mogaki= ] - Telkom and Vodacom have used the tele= coms pricing colloquium to defend their pricing. [ Telecoms ] <= /font>

Is door open for VANS self-provisioni= ng?

[Paul Vecchiatto] - There are mixed views on whether ICAS= A's new VANS licence terms and conditions have left the door open on the is= sue of self-provisioning. [ Telecoms ] <= /font>

Beget turns profitable

[Iain Scott] - Beget Holdings says it will report a = profit for the six months to June. [= Financial ]=

Govt admits SA telecoms prices =91pro= hibitive'

[Tracy Burrows and Damaria Senne] - Deputy communications minister Roy Pa= dayachie concedes SA's telecoms prices could be seen as prohibitive, and ha= s challenged players to find a solution. [ Telecoms ] <= /font>

Hymax appointed Alcatel business part= ner

Hymax SA has been appointed as busine= ss partner to French telecommunications multinational, Alcatel. [ Channel ]

Intelleca in reseller deal with Cosmo= Com

Intelleca has signed a reseller agree= ment with CosmoCom, a US provider of contact centre on-demand platforms. [ Channel ]

UN plan could impact cellphone cost

[Reuters] - The United Nations (UN) is working to= ward a world agreement on the scrapping of metal-intensive mobile phones th= at could impact the cost of making them. [ Telecoms ] <= /font>

Uniting to tackle spyware<= /td>

[Itumeleng Mogaki] - In today's technology roundup: IT fir= ms unite to tackle spyware, Firefox fixes security flaws, VOIP quality and = reliability still lag, Harry Potter does well online, and anti-trust regula= tors raid Intel offices. [ Computing ]=

VOIP testing systems in SA=

[Martin Czernowalow] - Broad Vision Enterprise Solutions is = to distribute Empirix's Hammer VOIP test solutions. [ Channel ]

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BUSINESS	Sponsored by: Dimension Data South Africa

Who will succeed Nxasana?

[Damaria Senne] - Speculation is rife around who will succe= ed Telkom CEO Sizwe Nxasana. [ Business<= /a> ]

SA progresses on WTDC 02

[Damaria Senne] - SA has taken great strides in implementin= g WTDC 02 resolutions. [ Business ]

Telecoms pricing colloquium announced

[Paul Vecchiatto] - The Department of Communications is to ho= st a colloquium on the pricing of telecommunications services next week. [ Business ]


FINANCIAL	Sponsored by: Harvey Jones Systems

MTN acquires MTN Network Solutions

The MTN Group has acquired the remaining = 40% interest in MTN Network Solutions from Johnnic Communications, giving M= TN full ownership and control of the company. [ Financial ]


COMPUTING	Sponsored by: Hetzner Africa

Uniting to tackle spyware

[Itumeleng Mogaki] - In today's technology roundup: IT firms u= nite to tackle spyware, Firefox fixes security flaws, VOIP quality and reli= ability still lag, Harry Potter does well online, and anti-trust regulators= raid Intel offices. [ Computing ]


CHANNEL	Sponsored by: it4africa

Hymax appointed Alcatel business partner

Hymax SA has been appointed as business p= artner to French telecommunications multinational, Alcatel. [ Channel ]

Intelleca in reseller deal with CosmoCom

Intelleca has signed a reseller agreement= with CosmoCom, a US provider of contact centre on-demand platforms.= [ Channel ]


TELECOMS	Sponsored by: Telkom

UN plan could impact cellphone cost

[Reuters] - The United Nations (UN) is working toward= a world agreement on the scrapping of metal-intensive mobile phones that c= ould impact the cost of making them.= [ T= elecoms ]

Telecoms colloquium tomorrow

[Damaria Senne] - The colloquium on pricing in the telecoms= industry begins tomorrow. [ Telecoms ]

Avaya, Nokia team up for UK trial

Avaya has announced the first UK trial of= the Avaya/Nokia fixed to mobile communication application on Nokia Series = 60 smart phones. [ Telecoms ]


TECHFORUM

The real VOIP challenge

[Graham Duxbury] - With so much hype surrounding telecoms de= regulation, many companies fail to grasp that the real challenge comes in m= aking VOIP work within the confines of the corporate environment, says Grah= am Duxbury, CEO, Duxbury Networking.= [ = TechForum ]

Making sense of cellular options

[Mark Taylor] - With an ever-increasing number of cellula= r devices and services on the market, consumers are finding it difficult to= pick the right options for their lifestyles, says Mark Taylor, MD of Nashu= a Mobile. [ TechForum ]

Keeping an eye on VOIP

[Wolfgang Held] - It is imperative that SA looks at what it= s global peers are doing with voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) and follo= ws suit in a productive and effective manner, says Wolfgang Held, solution = architect, 3Com SA. [ TechForum ]

VOIP needs work

[Anton Potgieter] - Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) is no= t yet viable as a cost-cutting solution in the South African market, says A= nton Potgieter, MD of TelePassport. = [ T= echForum ]

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Sou= th African VOIP players jostle for position

The hype surrounding voic= e over IP (VOIP) or perhaps more appropriately, voice over any protocol, ju= st may be starting to subside after the September 2004 announcement from th= e Minister of Communications. The announcement removed the restrictions on = VANS and ISPs, allowing them to offer VOIP from 1 February 2005. Now, the v= arious players are starting to jostle for position in this emerging market.=

A caveat is that currentl= y VOIP is a small slice of the overall voice revenues in South Africa =96 t= he majority of which go to Telkom. As an early prediction, VOIP revenues ar= e expected to grow from R30 million in 2005 to R630 million by 2009 represe= nting 3% of all fixed line voice revenues or, alternatively stated, only 0.= 8% of total voice =96 fixed and mobile combined. A major wildcard in respec= t of the VOIP market is expected to be the SNO, which by virtue of its NGN = (next generation network), all of its traffic will be IP based. This raises= the question of a definition of VOIP traffic. For forecasting purposes BMI= -T considers the way the telephony is conducted at the user end and how the= billing takes place, rather than just the physical transportation of IP pa= ckets over long distance trunks.

Fixed line voice revenues= have been flat over the past two years growing from R17.1 billion in 2001 = to R20.1 billion in 2004. Growth in voice calling revenues has in fact been= negative in recent years, if the positive impact of dial-up Internet call = charges is eliminated.

South Africa is expected = to follow a similar pattern to that of Australia, where the majority of VOI= P services are expected to be in the corporate sector with the residential = market contribution remaining small. In South Africa, the low penetration r= ate of broadband in homes and the high cost of VOIP terminals (currently be= tween R500 and R2 000) may be cited as one of the reasons for the dispropor= tionate market. We are likely to see some uptake of the PC to PC and Skype = type of applications in the near future but the impact will be small. It wi= ll also have very limited direct revenue potential, since these are general= ly very inexpensive (if not free) services.

South African VOIP revenues, = 2005-2010 ZAR(M)

Source: BMI-T, 2005

When discussing alternative voice services in the c= orporate environment, alternative forms of telephony are already in place, = such as traditional Least Cost Routing (LCR) via PBXs, with cell routers fo= r fixed to mobile traffic and call back operators. The largest companies al= so have their own international private leased circuits (IPLCs). These repr= esent large chunks of expenditure and are likely to be key targets for emer= ging VOIP services to erode. The benefits of VOIP will initially be focused= on cost savings, but over time the potential functional benefits of IP tel= ephony will become the more important switching criteria. Both cost savings= and the integration of converged voice and data communications into busine= ss processes will motivate customers. At this stage, the only significant e= xample of the integration of VOIP in the business process locally, has been= the contact centre industry. In time, other industries will latch on to th= e ability to use Web browser interfaces for multimedia information sharing.= Other functional features of IP telephony will include advanced communicat= ion and telephony features, such as unified messaging (including voice bein= g treated like any other messaging service such as e-mail) and follow-me / = find-me type features.

This leads to the questio= n of which players are likely to be the winners in the corporate alternativ= e voice scenario. System integrators will have the most to gain initially, = by providing voice optimisation consulting; and supplying and commissioning= next generation voice systems. These will include a healthy dose of data n= etwork upgrades. Those that have a mixture of network savvy with system in= tegration know-how with local and international expertise will do well in t= he corporate environment. Operators of various descriptions, by contrast, w= ill most often be playing in this space only because they have to =96 eithe= r as a defensive strategy, or as a source of differentiation for competitiv= e advantage when providing a managed VPN service.

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Mobile market<= /td>

Nigerian mobile market set to grow to over = 32 million subscribers

Nigeria is set to become = one of the major mobile cellular markets in Africa. It is expected to reach= over 23 million subscribers by the year 2007, says BMI-T.

The latest assessment of the Nigerian telecommunicat= ions opportunity has been covered in the BMI-T publication entitled The Nig= erian Telecommunications Market 2005. The publication highlights the growth= of the county=92s mobile subscriber base -- from 2.8 million in 2003 to 8.= 6 million by the end of 2004.

Richard Hurst, analyst an= d author of the report says that as at the end of 2004 the Nigerian mobile = market had achieved less than a third of its ultimate and yet almost untapp= ed potential.

"The GSM mobile market is= expected to continue an aggressive growth path with a gross subscriber bas= e of 32 million by the end of 2009 being regarded as reasonable, if not con= servative."

In addition, The Nigerian= Telecommunications Market 2005 highlights that the fixed line and fixed wi= reless sector of the market is expected to maintain a steady growth with th= e arrival of competition in the form of the Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) ope= rators and the Second National Operator, Globacom. Additional opportunities= exist in the data and wholesale provisioning market, Internet access and a= ll types of value added services.

Printer market

The South African printer market exceeds al= l growth expectations

The South African printer= market recorded an outstanding growth of 17.8% in 2004.
Overall units of 441 950 = were shipped, holding a value of R795.48 million =96 growth of 2.7% over 20= 03, concludes BMI-T=92s South African Printer Market Report.

Kerry Hayes, research analyst at BMI-TechKnowledge, says t= hat the increase can be attributed to solid growth throughout all technolog= y sectors, especially in the inkjet and colour laser segments.

=93The inkjet segment was= driven largely by strong consumer purchase confidence and continuing high = spend-capacity condoned by the stable rand/dollar exchange rate= . This segment grew 18.2%, equating to 280 635 inkjet units shipments. Valu= e too experienced gains, where 13.2% growth justified vendor confidence in = this technology sector. Again though, the desktop colour laser market march= ed ahead to lead the pack in both unit and value growth =96 114.2% and 45.1= % respectively. The user market is recognising the value of colour in the b= usiness environment. The slowly falling cost per printed page is opening up= the affordability of this technology to more diverse markets. In the home = segment, digital photography-mania is driving the need for colour prints," = adds Hayes.

HP continued its dominanc= e of the overall South African printer market, achieving 42.7% overall mark= et share. The vendor took leadership of the inkjet, monochrome laser and co= lour laser segments, but Epson lorded over the serial dot matrix sector wit= h a market share of 55.8%. TallyGenicom was the highest-ranking vendor of t= he high-speed impact printer segment, with 65.2% market share.

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Contact Centre World comes to SA

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Girl PDIs a priority for Cell C

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AT&T profit nearly triples=

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Intelsat restores Pakistani connectiv= ity

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MTN allows service provider migration=

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Cellphone sales to hit 1bn by 2009

[Reuters] - Mobile phone sales will exceed one bi= llion handsets a year by 2009 as they become the most common consumer elect= ronics device, says a new survey. [ = Telecoms ] <= /font>

ISS discovers VOIP flaws

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Internet, 3G uptake to boom in SA

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ADSL price war looms

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Intelsat restores Pakistani connectivity

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ISS discovers VOIP flaws

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Mobile design overrides tech

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TelePassport cuts telephone software price

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Contact centres get political backing

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FEATURE

Open source as a softwar= e and a service Roy Blume

Linux and open source in their simplest forms, ar= e software. In one instance an applica= tion, or a series of bund= led applications with m= any names, under the umbrella of Linux. = In the other instance,= a concept applicable = to software developmen= t and licensing. Despite popular opinion, th= is is nothing more than a methodology utilise= d for developing and delivering software applications and projects, one of wh= ich is Linux.

Having state= d this, the open sour= ce software (OSS) conc= ept is having a signifi= cant impact on the South African and worldwi= de IT markets. Existing software vendors ar= e being forced to tak= e a hard look at their licensing and reven= ue models. This, in tu= rn, will have repercuss= ions for the end user.&n= bsp;

Establishing the potential impact of= OSS on the local market= will require further investigation in tw= o areas: Linux, as SA= =92s most prominent OSS =93project=94; and = OSS methodology and its effects on the SA I= T services market.&nb= sp;

Linux/GNU <= br>
Linux products continue to forge a unique growth path,= from development through= to enterprise, resulti= ng in effective competiti= on existing between products. Transitio= ns that took place in = 2003 and continued into 2004/5 have resulte= d in Linux repositioning= from limited small scale= or pilot projects to n= ow making a serious pl= ay for increasingly scalable tasks.&nbs= p;

BMI-T's analysis uncovered that over= the past couple of year= s, several mainline Li= nux distributors shifte= d from a high-volume, low-value product portfolio to higher-value, lower-volume produc= ts that clearly offer attributes that are= far more in line with enterprise customer= s' needs. Linux contin= ues to be attractive as= a platform for infrastructure task= s, high-performance computing and Web-b= ased applications. BMI-T= has also observed incre= asing use of Linux as a platform for databa= se and application ser= ver software, albeit constituting a smal= l portion of overall = Linux use.

The long-awaited head-to-head compet= ition between Linux and Windows continues t= o be delayed, as Linux products nibble at = the edges of the Window= s world and, for now,= have aligned themselves = as the UNIX alternativ= e in the server operatin= g environment (SOE). = Some evidence of a Windo= ws to Linux erosion has started to appear, = but this is confined to basic network infrastructure and = Web deployments. BMI-T believes that mainstream, application-heavy Windows deployments continue to be fair= ly well insulated from Linux. This is due,= in part, to the restri= cted and often confusing= and conflicting informa= tion on return on invest= ment and total cost of ownership metrics a= nd how they are applie= d to the specific implementation requirements. =

On the client side,= an interesting scenari= o has developed, where th= e Linux desktop has b= ecome "good enough&q= uot; and under some distributions, can = even access native Windo= ws SOE electronic mess= aging systems and printer= s. Installation tools = have vastly improved, ma= king it possible for a n= ovice to install a Linux desktop successfull= y. However, as with th= e SOE market, application= s continue to be the anchor that stops u= sers from moving. <= br>
OSS and IT Services=

The IT servi= ces associated with GNU/Linux, OSS and = free software are some o= f the least researched. M= uch attention has been = given to shipments of ser= vers running Linux and o= n a small number of migration deals fro= m UNIX to Linux. The services designed t= o support and operate these systems, howe= ver, have received littl= e scrutiny.

The services ecosys= tem that surrounds open source and free sof= tware is greater than pur= e migration services. However, it remains= a relatively small ma= rket when compared to th= e service opportuniti= es offered by the proprietary platfor= ms. BMI-T estimated the= size of the OSS related services market in = South Africa at R204 mill= ion in 2004. It is expe= cted to reach R1 162 mil= lion by 2009. In other w= ords, the market for serv= ices around GNU/Linux, O= SS and free software i= s growing fast, but w= ill remain rather limit= ed in the foreseeable fut= ure when measured again= st the overall South African IT services expenditure.=

= Open source: is it softw= are or services revenue= ?

Source: BMI-T, 20= 05

Looking to the future, system integrators on the = whole will remain cautiou= s about open source, although a number o= f players have starte= d building offerings. Large system integr= ators will play a role in= the success of open sou= rce as they have strong relationships with = their large enterprise clients. OSS option= s are being aggressively explored to satisfy= the demands of customers.
Specialist service providers have emer= ged to meet the market= =92s demands for OSS and= free software. They are innovative, pro-act= ive and have a strong understanding of bo= th free software tools= and the nuances of the community.

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Mobile subscriber growth drives telecoms investmen= t to $61bn by 2009

The combined fixed and mobile = capex for the entire continent = is expected to reach US$61 billion for the period 20= 00 =96 2009.

The findings were published recently in BMI-TechKnowl= edge=92s latest pan-African telecommunications resear= ch report, entitled the Afri= ca Telecoms Infrastructure M= arket 2005-2009.

Daniel Padiachy, telecoms analyst and co-author of = the report, says that due to = the relatively new or "fresh" nature = of the telecoms markets acro= ss Africa, most new investme= nt is expected to go into transmission and access components of the networks.

"However, looking fo= rward we expect to see a signif= icant shift of investment towar= ds the OSS/BSS/NSS element o= f the network as the networks m= ature and operators begin to roll-out more sophisticat= ed services to their subscribers." <= br>
The Africa Telecoms Infrastructure Market Rep= ort 2000-2009 also highlights= that the combined mobile and f= ixed line subscriber base in A= frica had risen to just under 1= 00 million, with 68% being m= obile by the end of 2004. Projections are that mobi= le subscribers could easily = reach 140 million in the next f= ive years.

"The rapid growth in subscribers is expected t= o translate into a wide opportunity for infrastru= cture and equipment vendors as operators, both mobile an= d fixed, attempt to satisfy= the demand. This forecast is considerably larger than previous projections, reflecting the global phenomenon of lowering affordability barriers ev= en further within the pre-pa= id model, and the net positi= ve economic impact on the individual subscriber of owning a phone," add= s Padiachy.

BMI-T anticipates that ne= twork operators will increasing= ly base their investment and pricing decisions on long-range incremental co= sting principles, as their full= y depreciated asset bases a= re leveraged into the future.

"This implies that, = post 2009, the market could gr= ow even further, based on measures to improve affordability levels, wit= h a gross subscriber base of between 180 to 200 millio= n being regarded as reasonable," conclud= es Padiachy.

African mobile subscriber growth, millions 2004-2009=

Source: BMI-TechK= nowledge, 2005

African IT market, the new fronti= er

A surge in mobile telephony throughout Africa represe= nts a major driver of ICT use a= nd investment.

Aside from producing higher de= mand for PCs and servers in th= e telecoms segment, mobilit= y is generating greater intere= st in Internet and various acce= ss devices, including PCs, s= ays research and analysis com= pany BMI-TechKnowledge. &= nbsp;

Roy Blume, Services Divis= ion Manager at BMI-T, says, "We have witnessed a growing realisation among business and political organisations that ICT ca= n drive economic growth in Africa, one of the potent= ial areas that ICT can help i= n is that the mostly cash base= d economies of most African states result in the cash resources being held by t= he population, ICT has been identified as a tool to a= ssist in bringing the cash into= the formal banking sector. Th= e potential for sustainable economic growth and development in the majori= ty of African countries may stimulate ICT development= as a means of attaining this growth."

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Cell C grows its call centre

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Knysna to go WiFi

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Motorola, Microsoft take on BlackBerr= y

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E-mail for older people, say teens

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Fantastic to 'ROK' South Africa

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Motorola, Microsoft take on BlackBerry

[Warwick Ashford] - In today's technology roundup: Motorola, = Microsoft take on BlackBerry; Microsoft makes piracy checks compulsory; Enc= ryption guru works on VOIP; XM, Samsung, Napster form partnership [ Computing ]

Internet TV in airplanes next year

[Itumeleng Mogaki] - In today's technology roundup: Internet T= V in airplanes next year; lip service fails IT outsourcing; mobile phones: = future =93media channels=94; Oracle fixes security flaws. [ Computing ]

310 arrests over =91419' scam

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Namibian cellular network operator Mobile= Telecommunications Limited (MTC) will use Cointel's Simplus technology to = provide mobile commerce applications in Namibia. [ Telecoms ]

Fantastic to 'ROK' South Africa

Fantastic 1 has signed a distribution dea= l with UK company ROK Entertainment Group for the provision of content-load= ed memory cards for mobile phone play. [ Telecoms ]

Broadband for the poorest of the poor

[Paul Vecchiatto] - Wireless technologies make Internet servi= ces viable in even the poorest environments, says a Canadian expert.= [ Telecoms ]

Four new handsets from Samsung

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Vodacom, MTN neck and neck

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Mitel addresses small business demands

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HK to issue unified broadband licences

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Wireless conquers SA

[Brian Tarr] - Despite the initial lull in uptake in SA,= wireless technology has become one of the most widely marketed technologie= s since the PC, says Brian Tarr, managing executive of Business Connexion's= Networks Competency. [ TechForum ]


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