Carrier Community (CC), a global telecom club established in 2008 is organising its annual Global Carrier Community Meeting (GCCM) in Zanzibar, Tanzania. AFRICA 2022 GCCM – Zanzibar will take place 13-14th October 2022 at Ocean Paradise Resort & Spa – Zanzibar. At the event, our members will have the opportunity to meet 200+ delegates representing decision-makers from Tier-1, Tier-2, and Tier-3 companies.
At the GCCM our members have access to premier contacts for establishing new business relationships as well as to expand existing partnerships with both regional and international telecommunication companies. AFRICA 2022 GCCM helps members’ businesses to expand and open new business channels to explore potential opportunities. During the event Carrier Community will also offer leisure activities including evening welcoming & closing networking receptions for registered members while enabling networking in a private and convivial atmosphere.
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Based at Lago di Como in Italy, VSC provides strategic advisory services in M&A, Business Development & Media for the telecommunication industry. Over the last 25 years, Erik developed extensive expertise and deep domain knowledge working at major telecom companies. His international career includes senior & executive level positions. Over the years, Erik has been a regular speaker & moderator at major international telecom conferences.
Responsible for the oversight of AFR-IX strategic growth pipelines in nurturing Tiers 1, 2, 3, OTTs, Internet Exchanges, Data Centres Hubs partnerships. Working closely with Subsea Cable and fixed data backhauls networks in Africa for enhancing provided services for AFR-IX Telcos, Pan-African Groups - Mining, Banks, UN, Governmental institutions and Armed forces in remote territories & business centres. Dylan has a Hands-on approach when it comes towards designing AS60171 in Africa, AFR-IX Telecom´s network.
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Ewa has more than 7 years of experience working with various companies on their digital transformation journey. As a mathematics graduate, she started her professional career as a data analyst, working with major pharmaceutical companies in Poland. She moved into the IT space to work with customers on their challenges with enhancing customer experience and increasing sales, first in finance then in manufacturing. She has recently started her work in the telco industry, using her experience with a vast range of companies to help drive the Enterprise market forward.
Chanderhas Rana, Head - Business Development at Bankai Group, is a seasoned business leader with over 12 years of experience in Business Development, Strategic Account Management, Enterprise Sales and Bid management in the Global Telecom/Unified Communication/Cloud Communication/OTT/IOT domains. He is a keen observer of emerging Demographic and Technological trends in the Global Telecom, IT and Outsourcing Markets. He has worked with Network Infrastructure companies like Indus Tower, GTL Limited and Tulip Telecom. You can reach out to Chanderhas at LinkedIn.
Don’t let Neill Nortje’s boyish good looks fool you. Neill remembers fondly selling 64Kb services to enterprise customers around the turn of the millennium. Despite this mountain of experience in the African ICT sector, Neill remains passionate about providing the African market with quality solutions and continually improving the end-user experience for the region he calls home.
In his current role as Group Director of sales and marketing for wingu Africa, Neill is working with the team building a carrier-neutral ecosystem of interconnected data centers all around East Africa and working with content providers, cloud solutions providers, global operators, African service providers and OTT’s to bring the internet closer than ever to the end users of East Africa.
Huneid H Ali, is a Country Director – Tanzania for wingu.africa group, he began his journey in the telecom field in 2009 as a network engineer and since then evolved in different roles in sales and business development in the industry for multi-international companies in the African region. Huneid has a proven track record in leadership, consultative selling, negotiation and communication, combined with strong analytical and decision-making skills. His motivations include learning new things and the challenge of meeting the key objectives.
Tanzania Telecommunications Corporation (TTCL Corporation) is a 100% government owned incumbent telecommunication operator engaged in the provision of fixed and mobile telecommunication services in the United Republic of Tanzania. TTCL Corporation is the only major operator providing fixed telecommunication solutions in Tanzania and also owns a mobile network operation with 2G, 3G and 4G mobile services to the consumers. As the largest operator of fixed line, TTCL Corporation is also the major data connectivity carrier in Tanzania with largest market share in provision of Corporate Internet Solutions, IP MPLS VPN Solutions, High capacity telecoms backhauling solutions to other telecoms operators and internet services providers in the East and Central African region. TTCL Corporation’s telecoms solution include backhauling of telecoms traffic from neighboring landlocked countries to submarine cables, exploiting Tanzania’s geographical advantage in the region.
The focus of TTCL corporation is to continually meet her customer’s needs and satisfaction through provision of highly reliable, resilient and cost effective telecommunication solutions.
LANCK Telecom offers global voice, messaging, and fraud protection services utilizing vast expertise and cutting edge know-how.
Founded in 2001, LANCK Telecom carries voice and SMS traffic worldwide on our own network of international gateways located in the USA, throughout Europe, the CIS, Africa, and Asia.
LANCK’s real-time fraud protection tools enable carriers to efficiently fight IRSF, PRS, robocalls, spamming, spoofing, SMiShing, and other types of fraud.
The list of LANCK’s partners includes over 1,500 companies worldwide.
Alaris Labs is an innovative dynamically growing company focused on creating advanced solutions for telecom carriers and service providers. Our expertise is based on more than 10 year experience in the telecom market accumulated by our staff and is backed by extensive knowledge of the leading-edge technology and deep insight into clients’ needs. Alaris Labs has successfully developed and implemented more than 100 projects all over the world.
Alaris SMS Platform is a multifunctional platform (SMS application server) for comprehensive SMS traffic management. It integrates various modules, i.e. routing and billing ones, with the in-house switch on top of it.
Alaris inVoice solution offers an unprecedented combination of full featured billing, flexible routing and user-friendly business process automation tools.
Türk Telekom International is 100% owned by Türk Telekom and acts as its international business unit handling all international data and wholesale voice business functions. Türk Telekom International provides single account management and unified network operations over the entire Türk Telekom International network which includes 20 countries in Central and Eastern Europe, Turkey, Middle East and the Caucasus, covering a full range of Internet/data services, infrastructure and wholesale voice services to incumbents, alternative carriers, mobile operators, cable TV companies, Internet service providers and corporate customers. Türk Telekom International offers premium quality telecommunication solutions in the form of: guaranteed SLA-s, local experts, dedicated staff, centralized end-to-end network management, trustworthy and reliable attitude, delivering on commitments, on-time delivery, tailor-made, scalable and cost-effective technical solutions and a proven management team with a full service portfolio. Covering over 40,000 km of fiber optic network and more than 150 interconnections worldwide TTI is one of the most important players for the global telecommunications industry. For more information, please visit www.turktelekomint.com
Bankai Group is a globally recognized leader in the ICT and Telecom services sector, offering Wholesale and Retail Voice and Telecom Technology business. Over the last three decades, it has been instrumental in providing Voice and SMS Carrier Solutions with exceptional competence in IP interconnects. The company has exclusive traffic arrangements with enterprise customers, MNOs, MVNOs, and more to provide multi-service level offerings and the highest quality of wholesale carrier services. Our A2P Platform has a scalable interface and easy to integrate on any existing API/SMPP solutions. We have over 127 + Directs Termination and various exclusive termination contracts to make us a preferred SMS Termination partner.
Other services include an Automated Carrier Platform for online trading and settlement of Voice and Unified Communications, Fraud Management, Revenue Management, and Network Switching Solutions and Digital Financial Solutions.
For more information, please visit: www.bankaigroup.com
We are Qoolize LLC, founded in Istanbul, Turkey. A gathered group within young and active business & technology consciousness.In this path that we are willing to create remarkable impact, we builded a wise and a successful team on its own fields by the knowledge of new technology streams’ speed and sustainability requirements.
As Qoolize LLC, we are providing International Voice and SMS Services as well as Value Added Services to our partners’ interest and we are determined to expand our technology aspects.
If you want to know more about us and meet with our experienced team, you are most welcome to our booth.
EXATEL is a leading Polish operator with a global reach, as well as a cyber and ICT services provider founded in 2004. EXATEL operates one of the largest fiber-optic networks in Poland (20 000 km) and develops solutions for business, numerous operators and public sector.
The company has a direct connection with the 265 largest national and 135 foreign operators, allowing for the transfer of data as well as the transit and termination of voice traffic routed through Central Europe. With the shortest optical connection between the strategic European Internet Exchange Points in London, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Moscow, Kiev and Praha.
EXATEL cooperates with reliable, appropriately certified and loyal partners specializing in specific fields of ICT providing its customers customized technology solutions suited to their individual needs.
BBTVoice is a UK based Investment Group with investments in various segments, industries now ventured into Wholesale Voice with the best of Industry Experience and Setups around the world. Our Moto is to excel in what we do and provide with the best possible competitive business to our partners and competitors too.
Founded in 2013, BBTVoice is an International Wholesale Voice Carrier. Backed by an Investment Group from UK, our team’s strength is based on its International experience with leading names from the Industry. We are rapidly expanding our business in North and South America, Asia and Europe, rapidly making our presence felt through various interconnections with leading groups from these regions. We are mainly focused on African and Latin business. BBTVoice is focused on fair business practices and strategy. Although we aim for the Sky, we keep our feet are Grounded to understand and overcome the challenges we face and promote a fair trade in the industry as we Pioneer a New Way of Doing Business!”
Dial Telecommunications (DialTel) is an international telecommunications company, established in 2013, that provides telecommunications services and solutions, including Voice over IP (VoIP) and Short Message Services (SMS), to retail and wholesale operators and resellers.
DialTel provides high quality voice and SMS termination to African, Middle Eastern, European, CIS and Asian countries, and has its own direct voice and SMS terminations in key African, Middle Eastern and CIS countries. DialTel has around 400 interconnections worldwide, including Tier 1, Tier 2 telecommunications companies, operators, calling card companies, etc. The direct termination network, the worldwide interconnections and the highly experienced staff enable DialTel to service around 100 million minutes of VoIP traffic and around 6 million SMS per month.
DialTel highly values customer satisfaction of its partners and consumers. To that end, the highly skilled and dedicated support team of DialTel monitors services on constant 24/7 basis, eliminating any issues instantly. DialTel encourages its customers to get in touch regarding any issue and appreciates every feedback received.
For more information, please visit www.dialtel.net .
UNICORN COMMUNICATIONS has been an active telecom player in the wholesale and retail voice industry since 2014. We are a team of innovative telecom professionals with the aim to move ahead with the change and modernization in the Telecommunications industry. Along with wholesale & retail voice, we are also focusing on SMS,SD WAN , SURVEILLANCE, Mobile Applications, and other VAS like IPTV.
Baway is a wholesale carrier services provider in the market since 1997.
Leveraging our wide experience in VoIP, we have expanded our portfolio by entering the SMS business lately.
At Baway, we believe that fundamental values still matter in our computer-dominated society. Our values define us as individuals, and as a company. They influence the way we work with each other – and the way we interact with our customers.
Baway is committed to generate benefits thru developing fare commercial relations and stable business opportunities in a very competitive Industry.
Stuck to the basic principle behind “win-win” strategy we give value to receive value. We do not put our profit above all else, we are strong believers that only together we can win. The math is simple: if our customers are happy, we are happy too.
wingu.africa group focuses on data center projects, including design, build, and management in the East African region. The Djibouti Data Center (DDC) launched in 2013, fully owned by wingu.africa was the first carrier-neutral data center facility in Djibouti.
Our track record and experience confirmed by multiple industry awards reflect our global nature and African focus. We work with a broad mix of private, public, and social-sector organizations to help drive growth through technology.
In 2022, wingu.africa group will be launching 4 new data centers some with cable landing facilities in Berbera Somaliland, Dar es Salaam Tanzania, Addis Ababa Ethiopia, and Djibouti City Djibouti.
TIGO -ZANTEL - currently operating on voice and fixed business with carrier of carrier wholesale unit under Axian management.
Axian is a pan-African group that operates in 5 industries with high growth potential, namely real estate, telecoms, finance, energy and open innovation.
INVESTMENT
Wet segment: EASSy, EIG and WACS submarine cable systems, with Landing party: Managing EASSy and SEAS cables,
WIOCC: Tigo/Zantel WIOCC’s shareholder in Tanzania; SEACOM: Capacity investment redundant to EASSy;
NICTBB: Long term terrestrial capacity investment to the landlocked countries
Consortium fiber: Member of more than 600km metro fiber in Tanzania
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