2026

This presentation will explore how ISPs structure their business models in highly price sensitive markets balancing affordability with sustainability.

This topic will highlight funding and investment opportunities available to ISPs and how ISPs can leverage investment to expand infrastructure, improve connectivity and support digital growth.

Subsea cable technology is driving the expansion of data and telecommunications into remote and climate-challenged regions. As demand grows for connectivity - from basic services to AI/ML applications - new approaches are needed.

With the ability to span thousands of kilometers without regeneration and long distances without amplification, these systems may offer powerful solutions for extending resilient, high-performance connectivity into terrestrial networks.

An update from the Wireless Access Providers' Association of South Africa (WAPA), covering the current state of the fixed wireless access market, regulatory developments affecting wireless ISPs, and the association's priorities for the year ahead. The session also addresses spectrum policy, infrastructure sharing, and the role of wireless access in extending broadband into underserved communities.

As South African enterprises push beyond traditional 1G and 10G connectivity toward native 100G and 400G services to support cloud adoption, AI platforms and data-intensive applications, service providers face growing pressure to scale routing capacity efficiently and extract greater value from fibre already in the ground.

William will open the workshop and address what the workshop hopes to achieve.

The overview of the regulatory framework for domains in South Africa session will highlight the opportunities for interested parties to engage with and participate in policy development processes.

The overview of the regulatory framework for domains in South Africa session will highlight the opportunities for interested parties to engage with and participate in policy development processes.