Peter Chitamu Email & Phone Number

Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Founder of the Dovetel (T) Ltd and Technical Director.- Conceived the business idea based on long term research on Rural Telecoms- Prepared the business plan and other documents needed to apply for a National license for a telecoms operator in Tanzania under Converged Licensing Framework- Worked to get partners / investors for the project where PME Infrastructure Investment Fund came onboard- Worked as a Planning Engineers to help guard against any legacy network implementations- Promoted the business especially to corporate clients. - Sasatel was the first operators to offer converged services in Tanzania in 2009 where over 75% of clients were mobile broadband users- Sasatel focused on mass market data services as to traditional operators who offer mass market voice services using GSM.

Dar Es Salaam

To help BlueTown (www.bluetown.com) setup operations in Tanzania. BlueTown intends to deploy and offer broadband service in rural areas of Tanzania using Wi-Fi.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Teaching undergraduate and Postgraduates, Research (Rural Telecoms), Consultancy to Industry. Main courses taught include Telecoms Networks, Wireless Networks, Data Networks, Digital Signal Processing (DSP), Signals and Systems and Intro to Software Engineering Techniques.Major consultancy activity was to work as Independent Consultant for Qualcomm in Sub-Saharan Africa and Offering Courses Special Telecoms courses to industry (employees of Telkom SA, Vodacom SA, etc).

Durban - South Africa

Teaching undergraduate and Postgraduates, Research (Rural Telecoms), Consultancy to Industry. Main courses taught include Telecoms Networks, Wireless Networks, Data Networks, Digital Signal Processing (DSP), Signals and Systems and Intro to Software Engineering Techniques.Major consultancy activity was to help prospective operators in underserviced areas (USALs) apply and get licenses from ICASA. My role was to prepare technical plans and technical/solution inputs and drivers in the business plans. Out of 5, three were awarded licenses in KwaZulu Natal and Metsweding.

Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Undergraduate and Postgraduate Teaching, Research and Consulting to Industry. Main research area is Rural Telecommunications Services Provision (Suitable Solutions in terms of technology and economics (Techno-economic evaluations), Business Models, Services and Operational Considerations.Main courses taught include Telecoms Networks, Wireless Networks, Data Networks, Digital Signal Processing (DSP), Signals and Systems, Micro-Processors, Electronics and Intro to Computing / Programming.Major consultancy activity was to on Payment Systems, TV Broadcasting coverage, and special courses offered to industry.Main Research: Rural Telecommunications

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Telecommunications (Wireless Networks)

Research was to design radio system for a wireless network suitable for rural areas of Africa characterized by low population and user.

Master’S Degree, Computer Systems Networking And Telecommunications

The master's degree was a taught course and dissertation (Sub-Band voice coding using DSP). The courses were equal in Telecoms.

Bachelor’S Degree, Telecoms And Electronics

The Undergraduate degree was broad covering courses such as Electronics, Telecoms, DSP, Measurements, Power Systems, Electrical Machines.