09:00-10:00

Delegate Networking & Meeting Registration – Coffee is served

10:00-10:15

1. Delegate Introductions, Registration of Documents and Antitrust Compliance

10:15-10:40

2. Opening of IO Plenary

2.1 Welcome by Director General

2.2 Sponsor Introductions*

10:40-11:10

3. Agenda

3.1 Approval of Agenda

3.2 Review of Actions Points from previous meetings

3.3 ARA Workplan Review

11:10-13:00

4. Regulations Across Africa

4.1 Overview Global Regulations

4.2 Ecowas Challenges: pricing, charging, and billing, challenges, Fraud & Sim card abuse

4.3 SADC & EAC overview

4.4 Roundtable discussion

4.5 Action Items and Next Steps

13:00-14:00

Networking Lunch

14:00-15:30

5. Roaming Development

5.1 Current State of Telecoms across the region

5.2 Pandemic and effects; Roaming business models

15:30-15:50

6. Any Other Business

15:50-16:00

7. Next Meetings

7.1 Meeting Plan

7.2 Close of Meeting

16:00-18:00

Delegate Networking

* Please note that any sponsor will only be present for the IO Plenary Opening and they will leave the meeting once that section has concluded.

09:00-10:00

Delegate Networking & Meeting Registration – Coffee is served

10:10-10:30 

2. Opening of the meeting

2.1 Welcome by Director General

2.2 Sponsor Introductions* 

10:30-11:00 

3. Introduction to IO – Jason Bryan

3.1 Open discussion: “Objectives of IO: why, what and how?”

11:00-11:20 

4. 5G Roaming Results – Jason Bryan

11:20-12:45 

5. Operator Presentations on 5G Roaming

5.1. Perspectives on 5G NSA Roaming by AT&T

5.2. 5G Roaming Rollout by BT

5.3. 5G Roaming Challenges by Etisalat

12:45-13:00 IO Together 

13:00-14:00 Networking Lunch 

14:00-14:20 

6. Discussion on how to do NSA Roaming & lessons learnt

6.1. Challenges with 5G SA Roaming by T-Mobile

14:20-15:00 

7. Workshop on 5G Roaming hot topics

7.1 Voice over 5G

7.2 Network Slicing

7.3 QoS

7.4 Agreements

7.5 Billing (Role of BCE/Blockchain)

15:00-15:20 

8. Workshop: VoLTE Roaming or 5G roaming first & why?

15:20-15:50 

9. Round Table: Inputs provided by delegates on priorities and creation of future work plan.

15:50-1600 

10. Next meetings

10.1 Meeting Plan

10.2 Close of Meeting

16:00-18:00

Delegate Networking

* Please note that any sponsor will only be present for the opening of the meeting. They will leave the meeting once that section has concluded.

09:00-10:00

Delegate Networking & Meeting Registration – Coffee is served

10:00-10:10

1. Delegate Introductions, Registration of Documents and Antitrust Compliance

10:10-10:20

2. Opening of the meeting

2.1 Welcome by Lab Chair – Jason Olivieri

2.2 Announcement of Deputy Chair

2.3 Sponsor Introductions*

10:20-10:30

3. Agenda

3.1 Approval of Agenda

3.2 Review of Actions Points from previous meetings

10:40-10:50

4. VoLTE Vision Highlights

10:50-11:00

5. Progress Report On the Work of VRL

11:00-13:00

6. Operator Presentations on status of VoLTE Roaming rollout

6.1. VoLTE Roaming Challenges by Pelephone

6.2. IMS Journey by Hutchison Drei Austria

6.3. VoLTE Roaming Rollout by Orange

6.4. VoLTE Roaming Launch Advice by Verizon

6.5. VoLTE Terminals by GSMA

13:00-14:00 Lunch Break

14:00-14:50

7. Workshop: Wholesale Pricing Model, Ongoing issues with testing, Emergency calls, Handsets & VAS

14:50-15:50

8. Round table: Updates on progress provided by delegates on & creation of future work plan.

15:50-16:00

9. Next Meetings

9.1 Meeting Plan

9.2 Close of Meeting

* Please note that any sponsor will only be present for the opening of the meeting. They will leave the meeting once that section has concluded.