Fireside chat: Network Disruptor: What Disaggregation Means for African Telecoms

Telco disaggregation - the separation and reordering of technology and value chains by function - is being touted as a revolutionary catalyst in an industry searching for new business models. But what will open source hardware, software neutrality, and multi-vendor interoperability mean for African telecoms?

This session unpacks what disaggregation means for SPs and their customers as trials give way to accelerated adoption over the next 5 years.

• Benefits: reduced CAPEX & OPEX for telcos, more flexible network programming, entry of smaller, more agile SPs and more sector-specific enterprise services
• Key drivers: efficient, cost-effective 5G application, cloud & novel software to garner support from regulators, regional network integrators, and financiers