Tertia Smit

Tertia Smit has been employed at BMI-T since 2004 and primarily works in the telecommunications and public sector arena. She is a senior analyst and amongst other things is responsible for the publishing of ICT end user as well as market sizing and forecast reports in the enterprise space.

Tertia has extensively assisted telecommunications providers to understand the telecommunication enterprise market, whether it is by company size, vertical sector or regional representation. In the past she has aassisted companies like Telkom, Neotel, MTN, Vodacom, CellC, Dimension Data, Gijima, SITA, Autopage, and Nashua with market sizing, segmentation, lead generation and competitor profiling. Other than the customised work she does for clients, she has authored or assisted in the following reports:

  • SA Wireless Access and Broadband Report, 2005

  • SA Mobile Data Enterprise and Consumer Applications Report, 2007

  • SA Telecoms Corporate End User Survey, 2005, 2007, 2009

  • SA Telecoms SME End User Survey 2005, 2007, 2009

  • SA Telecoms Corporate Market Sizing and Forecast Report , 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010

  • SA Telecoms SME Market Sizing and Forecast Report, 2005, 2007, and 2009

  • SA Regional ICT Market Sizing and Forecast Report, 2008, 2010

  • SA ICT Verticals Market Sizing and Forecast Report, 2010

  • SA ICT trends in National and Provincial Government, 2009

    • Recent customised work includes:

  • SITA ICT Citizen centric trends research, 2010

  • Limpopo Province -Inclusive Information Society Strategy, 2010

  • ICT and Broadband Penetration PowerPoint presentations for DOC Treasury, 2010

  • Mpumalanga Provincial Government ICT Research, 2008

  • PNC E-Readiness Barometer, 2007, 2010

  • Review of the 7 USALS with Lisa Thornton and Associates for USAASA, 2007

  • USAASA Universal Service and Access definitions 2008

  • ICASA -Universal service and Access Obligations Review, 2010

    • Her academic background is BSc (Wits), an Advanced Management Program (Business School of Manchester) and an Advanced Project Management Certificate (RAU University, Engineering Department.

    Industry Expertise: 

    Public Sector

    BMI-T's expertise in the public sector includes both policy advisory services and assistance in the execution of public initiatives.

    Our global partners include specialists in the field of community networks, econometric models and ICT strategies and policy. Support services include support in organising events, compiling consultative documents,and documenting stakeholder feedback.

    Telecoms

    BMI-TechKnowledge telecoms expertise centre is the leading telecoms-focused advisory service in South Africa, with over 20 years of experience in the field, and is in the forefront of new developments in the market.

    Through both our in-house resources and our extensive network of analysts and consultants spread across the African region and the globe, we advise and assist a diverse range of clients, including the leading mobile and fixed line telecoms operators in the region, regulators and government agencies, investors and infrastructure providers.