Independent wireless service providers are becoming an increasingly important part of South Africa's telecoms landscape: Currently 36% of all internet traffic is being delivered over wireless networks. By 2015, this figure will grow to 46%, with less than 10% of traffic delivered over cellular networks. Wi-Fi will soon surpass wired traffic. This is good news for South Africa, where much of the landscape is currently not serviced by large telecommunications operators and fixed line service providers.

The WAPA Annual General Meeting was held on Wednesday, 12 September, from 14h30 to 16h00, at Crystal Towers Hotel in Cape Town. Attendance was high and the agenda included a progress report from chairperson Christopher Geerdts on the objectives for the year, positive feedback from treasurer Abraham van der Merwe on the state of our finances, as well as a regulatory update from Ellipsis Regulatory Solutions. The following members were elected in their personal capacities to serve on the 2013 Management Committee: * Abraham van der Merwe * Christopher Geerdts * Coenraad Loubser * E

Cape Town, 12 September 2012 — It’s all wireless today at South Africa’s premier Internet Service Providers' conference, iWeek 2012, Century City, Cape Town The annual major event, organized by Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA), ZA Domain Name Authority (ZADNA), ZA Central Registry (ZACR), South Africa Chapter of the Internet Society (ISOC-ZA) and Wireless Access Providers Association (WAPA) is being hosted at the Crystal Towers Conference Center in Century City. The Conference is a 5 day event.