Call For Papers

Held under the theme "Africa's Ascent: Enabling Sustainability Through Tech and AI", SATNAC 2025 is scheduled to take place at the Arabella Hotel, Golf & Spa, Kleinmond, Hermanus, Western Cape, South Africa, from Sunday, November 30, 2025, to Wednesday, December 3, 2025. The conference agenda will include keynote speeches, paper presentations, panel discussions, and networking opportunities, all aimed at advancing research and development in telecommunication networks and applications

What is the SATNAC Call for Papers

The Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC) is an annual event hosted by Telkom. It serves as a vital platform for researchers in the telecommunications field to present their work, interact with peers, and gain insights from industry and international experts. The conference, organised by Telkom and Openserve R&D team, in collaboration with academics from Telkom Centers of Excellence (CoE), facilitates the exchange of ideas and fosters innovation in the telecommunications sector.

Guidelines for Documentation

Authors are invited to submit full papers (10 pages maximum, single-spaced, two-column, standard IEEE conference US letter or LaTeX template) or work-in-progress papers (2 - 3 pages, single-spaced, two-column). All papers will undergo double-blind peer review. Author names and affiliations must be removed from all submissions for the review process. Paper submission will be done via EasyChair.

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Technical Programme Categories and Topics

SATNAC 2025 will have two tracks - Computer Science (CS) and Electronic and Electrical Engineering (EEE), with various topics considered for both tracks, including, but not limited to:

Wireless Communications and Next-Generation Technologies:

Mobile technologies (LTE, LTE-A, 5G, New Radio), 5G and beyond
Low Power Wide Area Networking, Narrowband IoT
Next Generation Wi-Fi, Next Generation MIMO and Massive MIMO, Cognitive Radio, Sensor Networks, Open RAN and Cloud RAN

Artificial Intelligence and Data-Driven Applications:

Natural Language Processing (NLP), Speech Recognition, African Languages, Data Generation and Curation
Pattern Recognition, Computer Vision, Extended Reality, Metaverse
IoT applications, Smart Cities, Advanced Sensing, Virtual Collaboration

Network Operations and Management:

AI and Automation for Network Optimization
Programmable Networks, SDN and NFV
Network Planning and Resource Management

Security, Privacy, and Trust:

Network Security, Secure Network Architectures, Cybersecurity challenges
Information Privacy, Cryptography, Blockchain
Intersection of AI and cybersecurity, e.g., AI-driven threat detection and response mechanisms, Trustworthy AI

Core Network Technologies and Architecture:

Core IP Networks, EPC, Multi-tenancy and Network Slicing
Backhaul and Fronthaul Networking
Routing and Congestion

Data Centers, Cloud and Edge Computing:

Cloud Computing, Scalability and Cloud Elasticity, Adoption and Migration
High-Performance Computing, Edge Computing, Fog Computing
Green Data Centers: energy-efficiency and renewable energy integration

Network Standards and Regulatory:

Radio Spectrum Management
Coexistence in Unlicensed and Shared Spectrum Bands
ITU, ETSI, IEEE, 3GPP

Submissions for 2025 are now open

Important dates:

Call for papers: 13 August 2025
Paper submission deadline: 14 September 2025
Work-in-progress deadline: 14 September 2025
Review Notification: 14 October 2025
Camera-ready paper submission: 30 October 2025
Registration: 14 October 2025 - 30 October 2025
Conference dates: 30 Nov - 3 December 2025

Paper Submission

Evaluation Criteria

Submitted papers will be evaluated based on:

Originality of contribution
Relevance to the conference
Technical/scientific merit
Presentation and clarity