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SAMENA: Beyond Connectivity 2007 - Conference & Seminar

January 21 - 23, 2007
Jumeirah Emirates Tower, Godolphin Ballroom,
Dubai, UAE

Seminar Agenda

Agenda (.pdf)

Press Release

SAMENA'S BEYOND CONNECTIVITY CONFERENCE BRINGS LARGE TELECOM MANUFACTURERS TO SAMENA

OMANTEL AND dU REACH AN AGREEMENT AT SAMENA’S “BEYOND CONNECTIVITY”

Day 1 [Click]

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Presentations
	Mr. Justin Connor Director, Legal & Regulatory Affairs TECOM (UAE) Current Regulatory Issues in the SAMENA Region: An Investor Perspective (PDF) • What is EIT? • Regional dynamics • Regulatory dynamics • Investor perspective • Regional competition • Future regulatory challenges
	Mr. James Smith Esq. - Partner Davis Wright Tremaine, (USA) Regulatory Advocacy (PDF) • Advantages of unity in regulatory advocacy • United approach: regulatory lessons learned • Value of SAMENA Telecommunications Council • Roles of Davis Wright Tremaine (DWT)
	Mr. Saud Daweesh President & CEO STC (Saudi Arabia) Telecom Challenges in the Arab World (PDF) • Emerging telecom challenges • Stagnation of fixed-line • Telecom competitive landscape in the MENA region • Addressing policy and regulatory challenges • Defined strategy to face the challenges
	Dr. Mohammed Al Wohaibi CEO, Omantel SAMENA Chairman Toward a Market-Driven Regulatory Regime: The Case of the Sultanate of Oman (PDF) • Legal and regulatory framework • Key areas of regulatory responsibilities • Progress in regulation • Goals for further progress and suggestions
	Mr. Mikkel Vinter CEO Moobility MVNO: Opportunity or Threat (PDF) • Moobility Telecom • The MVNO Model • The questions on every operator’s mind • MVNO and partnership with mobile operators

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Presentations
Session 1 (Wireless - WiMAX Applications - Infrastructure)
	Mr. Dino Bakakis Managing Director Redline (ME) WiMAX Future Starts NOW (PDF)
	Mr. Youssef Awada Business Development Manager INTRACOM , (Greece) WiMAX (PDF)
	Mr. Noel Kirkaldy Director Wireless Broadband Middle East, Africa and Pakistan Motorola, Networks & Enterprise Wireless Broadband Solutions for SAMENA (PDF)
	Mr. Kevin Hourigan Chairman Nova Incepta Wireless Access in the Business Opportunity Spectrum (PDF)

Session 2 (MVNO's & Networks)
	Mr. Osama Qadan General Manager Equinox International (UAE) MVNOs: A Fact of Life?? (PDF)
	Mr. Jayesh Easwaramony Principle Consultant, ICT Practice Frost & Sullivan (South Asia) MVNO: Factors for Success (PDF)
	Mr. Riaz Asher Siddiqui President OPerations Pakistan & V.P. South Asian Region Teralight Ltd. Mobile Virtual Network Operator (PDF)
	Mr. Abdul Hameed Al-Sunaid Chief Executive Officer Mr. Aiman Al-Shehabi Advisor - Group Business Strategy i2 Group MVNO: The Full Story (PDF)

Session 3 (Broadband, IPTV & Convergence - FMS, other Application)
	Dr. Muhammad Yasin Member Technical PTA (Pakistan) Broadband - An Overview (PDF)
	Mr. Samer Halawi Chief Commercial Officer Inmarsat (UAE) Broadband and Convergence Between Fixed and Mobile Networks (PDF)
	Mr. Adrian Pickering Solutions Dev. Director Cisco Systems IPTV: Strategies for Success (PDF)
	Mr. David Castillo President Al Harbi International Middle East, Europe, Africa Broadband and Convergence (PDF)

Session 4 ( Regional Regulatory Views)
	Mr. Phil Reynolds Chief Legal Officer Mobility Telecom (UAE) MVNOs: The Penny Will Drop ! (PDF)
	Dr. Muhammad Yasin Member Technical PTA (Pakistan) Regulator Strategy Perspective (PDF)
	Mr. Abdigani Jama Secretart General Somali Telecom Association (UAE) Market Regulatory Issues (PDF)

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