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T his issue of Connect-World EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) explores how technology ties and binds the growing relations between the developing and the developed regions of the world. The theme of this issue is EMEA and ICT – Positioning for Change. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is shaping the way the world is developing. This is nothing new, of course. Historically, every major new technology has shaped, re-shaped and divided the world between those that control and use the technology and those that do not. The digital divide could have been just one more example of this, but the rapid drop in the technology’s cost, the rapid return on investment, as well as the concerted efforts of governments, institutions and international organisations, turn ICT into the cure for its own ills. The EMEA region encompasses a broad range, not just of geographies, but also of societies and needs. The new technologies bring opportunity to all, but the sort of change they will bring to the Middle East and Africa is several orders of magnitude more earth shaking than the change they will bring to Europe. Whereas in most of Europe ICT will bring important, but incremental change, in much of Africa and the Middle East the changes will be nothing less than revolutionary. Regions long cut-off from the benefits of the latest technologies, from any substantial commerce with the more developed parts of the world, and with little cultural interchange, will now, for better and worse, come face-to-face with all the changes these developments bring. Governments, international agencies, regional industries, service providers, businesses large and small, and local communities all now need to position themselves to absorb the benefits and minimise the social and business risks. This issue of Connect-World focuses upon what this technology invasion means to people, communities, businesses, service providers and equipment suppliers in Europe the Middle East and Africa. It points to the need of governments and companies to plan for the change. Similarly, in Connect-World’s Africa and the Middle East, Asia-Pacific, Europe, India, North America and Latin America issues, each region’s leaders look at the issues that drive the development of their home regions or countries. Current discussions centre upon the changes wrought in industry and society by the latest generation of information and communications technology – especially Internet protocol digital communications, and how both business and society are changing, need to change, as a result. Connect-World’s next Global edition will focus upon the United Nation’s World Summit on the Information Society – the WSIS. This event, organised by the ITU, will take place on 16 th -18 th November in Tunis. There, heads of state, ministers, regulators, government delegations, leaders of industry and international organisations from throughout the world will gather to finalise the plans – developed during years of preparatory meetings – to realise a worldwide, universal, information society and provide a blueprint for the building of a global information economy. Connect-World is inviting world leaders of industry and government, including heads of state and ministers, to share, in our Global edition, their ideas about how the great goals of the world summit can be realised, how the world can go about building a truly global information economy. The special Connect-World Global Edition, in honour of the WSIS, in addition to our normal global mailing, will be distributed to all those attending the WSIS, as well as to a substantial, select, list of world leaders. Fredric J. Morris, Editor-in-Chief Connect-World C onnections Editor-in-Chief: Fredric J. Morris fredric.morris@connect-world.com; Publisher: David Nunes david.nunes@connect-world.com; Managing Director: Valetta Brown admin@connect-world.com; Printers: Grupo Bigsa All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronical, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission from the publishers. The content of this Publication is based on best knowledge and information available at the time of publication. No responsibility for any injury, death, loss, damage or delay, however caused, resulting from the use of the material can be accepted by the publishers or others associated with its preparation. The publishers neither accept responsibility for, nor necessarily agree with, the views expressed by contributors. Connect-World EMEA Issue 2005 is published under Licence by WORLD INFOCOMMS LTD Executive Office: Global House 12 Albert Road London E16 2DW United Kingdom Tel.: +44 20 7540 0876 Fax: +44 20 7474 0090 email: info@connect-world.com URL: www.connect-world.com ISSN 1748-6998 1
Contents 1-Connections 5-Contents Nationaldevelopment 6 Regulating for growth in Germany by Matthias Kurth, President, the Regulatory Authority for Telecommunications and Posts, Germany Regionalcommunications 11 Bringing the future to Africa by Peter Gbedemah, co-Founder and CEO, Gateway Communications IP networks 15 IP – the new universal language for communication networks by Thomas Mock, Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning Ciena Corporation IP communicationsassurance 19 Getting ready for IP communications Assurance by William Burns, President, Service Assurance-Broadband, Spirent Communications Broadband 22 25 The broadband revolution: power to the people by Rik Missault, Vice President Marketing and Communications, Fixed Solutions Division, Alcatel High-performance broadband – thinking beyond the pipe by Peter Linder, Technical Director Wireline Networks, Business Unit Systems, Ericsson Mobilevalue-addedservices 47 Voice-based value-added services: delivering on their promises by Marshall Kavesh, co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT) Mobiletelephony 50 54 Mobile in Botswana – the development edge by José António Ferreira, CEO, Mascom Wireless, Botswana What mobile telephony brings to Uganda by Noel Meier, CEO MTN Uganda Businesscommunications 57 Positioning business for global commerce by Brian Day, Vice President, Carrier Voice and Multimedia, Nortel, Europe, Middle East and Africa CulturaldevelopmentandtheInternet 60 Oman’s culture, the Internet and a changing world by Mohammed Al-Wahaibi, Executive President, Oman Telecommunications Company Serviceassurance 63 Service assurance – defining the way by Asif Naseem, Board Member, Service Availability Forum, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, GoAhead Software Tripleplay 32 36 IPTV: rethinking broadcasting by Ed Graczyk, Director of Marketing and Communications, Microsoft TV Division Last chance for telco profitability: triple play networks by Kevin DeNuccio, President and CEO, Redback Useranddevelopercommunities 39 IT has entered the participation age by Darrell Jordan-Smith, Vice President, Global Telecommunications, Sun Microsystems Mobileconvergence 43 Emerging opportunities in a destructive environment by Raghu Rau, Corporate Vice President, Global Marketing and Strategy, Networks, Motorola Advertisements NextNet Wireless Motorola Microsoft Telefónica Redback Networks MTC Bechtel Telecom UT Starcom Nexus Telecom Turkcell I. E. Consortium Carriers World 05 i3 GSM World RFID World Detecon Broadband Russia 05 Number Portability 05 Iran Telecom 05 Telecom&Broadband 05 Telecoms World 05 e-Secure Malaysia Acterna Ericsson IFC 2-3 4 7 10 13 14 17 21 24 27 29 34 37 40 42 45 48 51 56 59 62 IBC OBC PromotionalFeatures Newport Networks MTC 18 30-31 All articles are available online at: www.connect-world.com 5
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