In its sixth consecutive year, Open Access, the ICT industry’s biggest African networking event, will take place from November 13 to 14 at the Cullinan Hotel and the Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town.
Hosted by FibreCo, a leading open access carrier service provider and Teraco, Africa’s most connected data centre, the event will bring together over 500 delegates from across the global ICT sector, encouraging better co-operation in the industry.
Jan Hnizdo, Managing Director, Teraco, says that the event pays homage to the incredible work done within the ICT industry to interconnect and fully embrace the use of a technology neutral framework.
“This approach encourages innovative, low-cost delivery to users; as well as market entry from smaller, local companies without fear of competition from infrastructure providers themselves,” he said.
“Teraco is excited by the industry response to this annual event. By networking together, we live the open approach and encourage growth of this important market sector. The future success of African technology will come from the ability of the various ICT players to embrace open access and build a powerful ecosystem for the continent.”
This year’s event has attracted several exciting sponsors, including Facebook, Linx, Tejas Networks, CMC Networks and NAPAfrica. Simon Harvey, FibreCo CEO, says that Open Access has grown into a useful and forward-thinking industry event aimed at encouraging the concept of open access.
“With a one network approach, each brand within the ecosystem needs the other, its symbiotic and vital to the overall success of the open access philosophy,” he said.
“Those involved in this year’s event represent the various touchpoints within a network and ecosystem. By bringing them together, as hosts, we hope to encourage further collaboration and overall success across the continent.”
For more information about the event and to register, visit www.open-access.co.za.
