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WAPA a growing Force in South Africa’s Broadband Industry...

Mon, 16/09/2013 - 08:11
The Wireless Access Provider’s Association (WAPA) last week announced a 25% increase in its membership for the year ended. “The increase in our membership to 164 dynamic wireless operators demonstrates that we are a growing force in South Africa’s broadband industry,” says Christopher Geerdts, WAPA’s outgoing chairman.
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WAPA AGM 2013 & New Committee

Fri, 13/09/2013 - 17:47

The WAPA Annual General Meeting was held this week on Wednesday, 11 September 2013, at the iWeek Conference in Johannesburg. The event was an opportunity for members to meet the executive committee and network with their peers in training and team-building sessions. Wednesday was the wireless-specific day and with the topic "Alternative last-mile strategies," saw over 50 members in attendance.

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WAPA Commends Minister for Planning but Warns of Need for “High Road” Approach

Thu, 29/08/2013 - 16:02
WAPA has commended the new Minister of Communications, Yunus Carrim, for tabling his plan of action to the portfolio committee, but has warned that more is needed to get South Africa back on the 'high road' of broadband access. This high road requires that South Africa offer its citizens fast, affordable and quality broadband access to create a more competitive nation and directly fuel economic growth.
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TVWS Trial launches in South Africa today

Mon, 25/03/2013 - 08:04

Trial brings cutting edge of innovation to SA to bridge the digital divide Google, WAPA and partners are announcing the launch today of a TVWS trial involving ten schools in the Cape Town region.

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The Cape Town TV White Spaces Trial

Mon, 25/03/2013 - 08:04

WAPA is participating with a number of partners in the operation of the Cape Town TV White Spaces Trial. The following information is taken with permission from the TENET website.

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WAPA calls on ICASA to implement lite-licensing in the local wireless access market

Wed, 12/12/2012 - 06:14
WAPA calls on the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) to follow the example of other parts of the world by implementing lite-licensing in the local wireless access market. Lite-Licensing is currently being trialed and employed by progressive institutions as an alternative wireless spectrum management approach.
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Independent WISPs are integral to SA Telecoms Landscape

Thu, 20/09/2012 - 13:32
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.
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WAPA AGM & Committee 2013

Thu, 13/09/2012 - 15:07
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
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WAPA focused on bridging the gap to true Broadband at iWeek 2012

Wed, 12/09/2012 - 00:00
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.
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WAPA presents to National Treasury

Thu, 30/08/2012 - 12:20

National Treasury has been leading a market sounding on behalf of Government, with a view to gaining an understanding of the approaches for achieving the targeted 100% broadband coverage by 2020 and the associated fiscal support that may be required to catalyse the rollout.

WAPA was invited to participate in this, earlier in the week. Although there was a DOC representative present, their objective was to look at broadband rollout from a treasury, rather than regulatory point of view.

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