Press Release:

Free Registration Now Open for South Africa’s Top Annual Internet Industry Conference

Published on: 2024-02-05

Next month sees the Internet Service Providers’ Association of SA (ISPA) and the ZA Network Operators’ Group (ZANOG) co-hosting ZANOG@iWeek2024, South Africa’s most influential and anticipated annual internet industry event.

Registration is now open for this three-day conference and exhibition set to take place from 12 to 14 March 2024 at the Lord Charles Hotel in Somerset West, Cape Town.

This is easily the most important one-on-one internet industry gathering south of the Sahara. ISPs, network operators, industry newcomers, techies, government officials, executives, students and legal professionals simply have to be at ZANOG@iWeek2024.

ZANOG@iWeek2024 will be the 20th such event since the first “Internet Week” was held in Cape Town in 2000. The continued support of ISPA, its members and internet industry partners means the event remains free to attend for anyone interested in internet-related trends and technologies.

Space is limited, however, and early registration is essential to secure your seat. Register now at https://iweek.org.za/register.

Delegates can look forward to a dynamic program featuring technical, business and regulatory presentations as ZANOG@iWeek2024 addresses the diverse needs of the local internet community. Everyone from the start-up founder to the corporate manager will find the networking, education and promotion opportunities invaluable.

Presentations include such topics as Effective Transformation for ISPs, Cybersecurity, the Future of Fibre and discussions on Domain Name Services, amongst numerous other issues.

ZANOG’s mission is to optimise and streamline Africa’s role within the global internet community and will focus on technological best-practices for local, regional communities and peering networks as infrastructure is developed throughout Africa.

Established in 1996, ISPA is a recognised Industry Representative Body which currently represents some 230 members with a diverse range of internet services and target markets.

Finally, for those interested in maximising their visibility at this influential event, ZANOG@iWeek offers a range of sponsorship packages. For more details, please visit https://iweek.org.za/ or contact iweek@ispa.org.za.

Further Information

For further information, please contact the ISPA secretariat on the Contact ISPA page.

FNO	Ratings	Overall average	Value	Reliability	Support	Technical	Comms	Staff	Business processes	Software Systems	Open access	Optimism	Promoting
123NET	1	3.1	4.0	2.0	2.0	4.0	1.0	6.0	6.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	1.0
Balwin Fibre	3	4.7	2.3	4.5	3.3	5.3	6.0	5.3	6.0	6.0	3.3	5.3	4.7
Clear Access	2	6.5	6.5	7.5	7.0	7.0	6.0	7.5	6.0	5.0	7.5	5.5	6.5
Connectivity Services Fibre	1	4.6	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	5.0	5.0	6.0	4.0		5.0	5.0
Dark Fibre Africa	24	5.8	5.8	6.3	5.3	6.5	5.2	6.3	5.4	5.3	7.1	5.5	5.8
DNATel	3	6.9	5.3	7.0	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	6.3	6.0	7.3	7.7	6.7
Evotel	4	6.1	6.3	6.8	6.8	5.8	5.0	6.3	5.5	5.3	6.8	6.5	6.0
FibreSuburb Networks	2	6.0	3.0	8.5	4.0	7.5	8.0	9.0	4.5	4.0	4.5	7.0	6.0
Frogfoot	30	6.3	5.9	5.9	6.1	6.8	6.7	6.9	6.7	7.0	5.4	5.8	5.6
Garden Route Fibre Network	2	5.5	5.0	6.5	8.0	8.0	8.0	7.0	3.5	2.0	4.0	5.5	3.5
Huge Networks	1	2.8	2.0	4.0	5.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Internect	3	7.0	7.0	8.0	8.0	8.5	6.0	7.5	6.5	5.5	6.0	7.0	7.3
Lightspeed (Cybersmart)	3	7.0	7.0	7.3	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	7.0	6.5	5.0	6.3	6.3
Lightstruck	8	4.4	4.0	3.8	4.4	4.0	4.0	5.0	5.0	4.8	4.7	4.3	4.7
Link Africa	17	5.9	6.9	5.8	5.1	5.4	5.1	6.5	6.0	5.3	7.3	5.8	5.9
Link Layer	6	6.1	6.2	5.3	5.5	6.2	5.2	7.3	5.8	6.3	7.7	6.2	5.8
Linteg	3	3.2	4.3	4.7	3.3	3.3	2.3	4.0	2.0	1.3	3.3	3.3	3.0
Liquid Intelligent Technologies	9	4.7	5.2	5.8	5.0	6.1	4.2	5.8	3.9	3.9	3.1	4.0	4.2
Mesh Telecom	2	5.7	6.5	7.0	7.5	7.5	5.5	6.5	6.0	4.5	3.5	4.0	4.5
Metrofibre	24	6.8	7.0	7.2	6.7	7.3	6.7	7.4	7.2	6.7	5.4	6.5	6.3
Mitsol	4	4.8	5.0	5.5	5.3	5.0	4.5	5.5	3.5	3.8	6.0	4.5	4.5
MTN	6	4.7	6.2	6.0	3.5	4.5	3.5	4.2	2.8	3.0	6.0	6.0	5.5
Netstream	2	2.1	2.5	1.5	2.0	2.5	2.0	3.0	3.5	1.5	2.0	1.5	1.0
Octotel	17	6.8	6.7	7.3	7.3	7.3	6.6	6.5	6.6	7.4	6.1	6.7	6.7
Open Fibre	2	1.5	3.0	3.0	1.5	1.5	1.5	0.5	1.5	1.5	1.0	0.5	0.5
Openserve	38	7.0	7.1	8.4	6.4	7.4	6.3	6.6	6.9	6.5	7.3	6.9	7.3
Purple Forest Fibre	1	6.9	7.0	9.0	8.0	8.0	6.0	9.0	5.0	2.0	8.0	8.0	6.0
Route Networks	2	2.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	4.5	4.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.5	0.0
Seacom FibreCo	5	5.7	6.8	5.8	6.2	6.2	5.0	6.8	6.6	5.5	4.0	5.0	4.4
Teralink Networks	2	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	2.5	0.0	0.0
Thinkspeed	5	5.0	4.4	5.4	4.8	5.2	4.5	5.2	5.0	4.8	5.6	5.0	5.2
TT Connect	7	6.0	6.4	6.6	6.0	6.7	5.3	6.3	5.7	5.6	6.4	5.4	5.4
Vodacom	8	4.1	4.3	4.6	4.0	5.1	3.4	3.6	3.6	4.6	4.6	4.4	3.5
Vumatel	25	6.0	5.6	6.1	5.3	6.3	5.4	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.6	6.5	6.0
Waterfall Access Networks	3	4.1	2.0	7.7	3.0	6.5	3.0	3.0	3.0	1.5	8.5	3.0	3.5
Zoom Fibre	3	7.2	7.3	7.0	7.3	7.0	7.7	7.3	7.0	6.0	7.7	7.3	7.0

FNO	Ratings	Overall average	Value	Reliability	Support	Technical	Comms	Staff	Business processes	Software Systems	Open access	Optimism	Promoting
Balwin Fibre	2	7.0	9.0	8.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	8.0	6.0	5.0	6.0	7.0
Clear Access	2	7.4	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	3.5	7.5	6.5	7.5
Dark Fibre Africa	28	5.0	5.4	4.5	3.5	5.7	4.6	5.3	4.4	4.6	7.5	5.2	4.6
DNATel	1	9.7	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	8.0	10.0	10.0	9.0
Evotel	4	7.5	7.3	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.8	8.8	7.8	7.3	6.7	6.7	7.5
FibreSuburb Networks	1	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0		8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0
Frogfoot	25	5.3	4.3	5.6	4.9	5.9	5.6	6.0	5.6	6.2	5.0	4.5	4.4
Huge Networks	2	1.2	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.5	1.0	3.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
Internect	2	6.5	6.0	7.0	8.0	7.0	7.0	8.0	6.0	5.0	5.0	6.0	6.0
Lightspeed (Cybersmart)	6	6.7	7.7	7.5	6.2	6.5	6.6	7.0	6.8	7.0	5.8	6.5	6.5
Lightstruck	5	6.5	5.6	5.8	6.8	7.3	6.3	7.8	7.0	6.0	6.8	6.6	6.0
Link Africa	9	6.8	7.8	7.1	6.8	7.0	5.8	6.9	7.0	5.8	7.9	6.6	6.1
Link Layer	3	6.8	7.7	7.0	7.3	7.3	6.3	7.0	6.3	6.3	7.0	6.3	6.3
Linteg	3	2.8	3.3	3.0	3.0	2.7	2.7	3.7	3.0	2.7	2.3	2.7	2.3
Liquid Intelligent Technologies	9	5.9	6.4	7.3	6.1	6.7	6.1	6.3	4.6	4.3	5.1	5.9	6.4
Mesh Telecom	2	7.9	7.0	7.0	6.5	9.0	6.5	8.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	6.5
Metrofibre	18	6.9	6.9	6.7	6.8	7.5	6.9	7.9	7.4	6.9	5.7	6.7	6.4
Mitsol	2	8.3	8.5	9.5	9.0	9.0	8.0	8.5	7.0	7.5	8.5	8.0	8.0
MTN	5	4.3	4.4	5.6	5.2	4.6	3.4	4.2	4.4	3.8	3.8	3.8	4.2
Netstream	2	8.1	8.0	8.0	9.0	8.5	8.5	8.5	7.0	6.5	8.5	8.5	8.0
Octotel	12	6.5	5.9	7.0	7.1	7.2	6.9	6.8	6.8	6.8	5.5	5.8	6.0
Open Fibre	4	5.7	5.8	5.8	4.8	4.8	5.7	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.5	5.0	5.3
Openserve	29	6.1	6.7	7.9	5.7	6.6	5.4	5.7	5.4	5.1	7.0	5.5	6.3
Purple Forest Fibre	3	6.8	6.0	8.0	7.0	6.7	6.7	7.7	6.0	5.0	6.7	7.7	8.0
Seacom FibreCo	6	6.2	7.3	7.2	6.3	7.2	6.7	7.7	7.2	2.5	5.0	5.4	6.2
Teralink Networks	3	2.4	1.0	2.7	2.0	3.7	3.0	4.0	2.3	2.3	0.5	2.3	2.3
Thinkspeed	5	6.3	5.4	6.3	6.0	7.3	7.5	7.0	6.8	5.4	5.5	6.3	5.8
TT Connect	6	5.2	5.7	5.8	5.5	6.0	5.2	5.5	5.3	3.6	4.6	4.6	5.2
Vodacom	9	4.2	4.6	4.7	3.3	4.9	3.8	4.8	4.6	4.0	4.0	4.1	3.1
Vumatel	21	5.2	4.9	5.3	4.7	5.4	4.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	6.3	5.2	4.8
Waterfall Access Networks	3	6.0	6.3	7.3	6.7	7.0	6.0	5.3	5.7	4.7	5.3	5.7	6.0
Zoom Fibre	7	7.4	8.3	7.7	7.4	7.6	7.7	8.0	6.7	6.1	7.1	7.0	7.3

FNO	Ratings	Overall average	Value	Reliability	Support	Technical	Comms	Staff	Business processes	Software Systems	Open access	Optimism	Promoting
123NET	2	5.9	8.5	8	7	6.5	5.5	5.5	5	5	4.5	4.5	4.5
Balwin Fibre	5	3.6	3.3	4	4	4	3.8	3.2	4	4	1.8	4	3.4
Clear Access	3	6.4	6.3	7	7	7	5.7	7	6	4.7	7	6.3	6.7
Comtel	3	7.5	8	8	7.7	7.7	7	8	7	6.7	7.7	7.3	7.7
Connectivity Services	2	6.4	5	7	7.5	7.5	7.5	6.5	5.5	4	8	5.5	6.5
Dark Fibre Africa	27	5.3	5.7	5	4.4	5.9	5	5.8	4.9	4.5	7	5.3	5.1
DNATel	6	5.7	4.5	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.7	6.2	5.5	4.7	5.7	5.7	5
Evotel	12	6.5	6.5	6.8	6.7	6.6	6.5	6.3	6.5	6.1	6.8	5.9	6.6
FibreGeeks	4	7.4	6	7	7.5	7.5	8.3	7.8	7.8	7.3	7.5	7.3	7.5
FibreSuburb Networks	3	6	6.3	7	7	6.3	6	6	4.7	3.3	7.5	6	6
Frogfoot	30	5.4	5	5.1	5.4	5.9	5.3	5.5	5.5	5.7	5.5	5.3	5
Gaia Fibonacci Fibre	2	5.8	7.5	6	6.5	6	6	6.5	5	4	5.5	5.5	5
Huge TNS	2	4.4	4	5	4.5	5.5	3	4.5	4.5	4	4.5	5	4
Internect (FairCape)	1	8.8	7	9	9	9	9	10	8	7	10	10	9
Lightspeed (Cybersmart)	5	6.9	6.2	7	6.8	6.8	7	7.3	6.3	6.5	6.4	7.5	7.8
Lightstruck	8	4.9	4.6	5	4.9	4.9	4.4	5.4	4.8	4.6	5.1	5	4.9
Link Africa	13	6.2	6.5	6.8	6.2	6.6	5.8	6.7	5.9	5.2	7.1	5.9	5.9
Link Layer	5	6.4	6.2	6.2	6.8	7.2	7	6.8	5.8	5.8	7.8	5.4	5.6
Linteg Fibre	1	2.6	3	4	4	2	2	5	3	1	2	2	1
Liquid Intelligent Technologies	15	6.7	6.5	7.5	7.1	7.9	5.9	7.2	5.6	5.8	6.8	6.5	7
meshTelecom	1	4.6	4	8	8	5	1	1	2	6	7	6	3
Metrofibre	22	6.5	6.7	7	6.9	7.2	6.6	7	6.4	5.5	4.8	6.4	6.4
Mitsol	3	6.4	4.7	7	7	6.5	7	7.5	5.5	5.5	7	6.5	6.5
MTN	10	4.8	5.5	5.8	4.4	4.9	4.4	5	4.4	4.6	5.3	4.3	4.8
Netstream	4	4.2	3.5	4.8	4.5	3	4.3	4.8	4.5	4.5	5	4.3	3.5
Octotel	17	7.1	6.8	7.8	7.4	7.6	6.9	6.9	6.8	7.9	6.2	6.5	7.1
Open Fibre	10	5.5	5.2	6.2	5.5	5.4	5	5.4	5.3	5.4	5.8	6	5.5
Openserve	38	6.6	7.3	8.2	6	6.9	5.7	6	6.2	5.9	7.1	6.1	7
Purple Forest	3	7	5.7	8.3	9	8.3	8	9	5.3	3.7	7	6.5	6.5
Seacom FibreCo	6	6.4	6.2	6.3	6.3	7	6.2	7	6.6	7.3	5.3	6.2	6.2
Teralink Networks	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thinkspeed	9	5.2	4.9	5.5	5.6	5.4	4.9	5.5	5.3	4.8	5.7	4.9	5.3
TT Connect	7	5.1	5	5.1	5.1	5	5.7	4.8	4.8	5	5.6	4.9	4.7
Unifibre	1	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Vodacom South Africa	7	3.7	5.1	4.6	3	3.9	3	4	3.3	3.3	4.6	3.7	2.9
Vumatel	24	4.7	5.2	5.8	4.6	5.6	4.5	4.6	4.3	4.2	5.1	4.2	4
Waterfall Access Networks	2	6.7	5.5	8	8	8	8	8	4		4	6	7
Zoom Fibre	7	5.5	5.7	5.4	5	5.8	5.4	5.7	5.5	5.3	5.9	5.1	5.3