SAMENA Telecommunications was formed and launched officially in April
2006 in Dubai via a meeting of the initial Founders and Founders Board
of Directors. This group set an agenda for the year that was aggressive
in establishing the Council’s itinerary.
Important parts of any organization are the organs that drive the interests
of the membership, such as the committees. It is a designated area of
high interest for SAMENA in the year 2007, since membership is beginning
to come to a scale which is necessary in order to form viable and working
committees
Committees Listing:
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Technology Committee
Broadband
– NGN, Quad Play, ADSL(2), VDSL2, G. HDSL, FMC, Fixed Wireless WiMAX,
CDMA, WiFi, Mobile – WiMAX (802.16e), HSDPA, GSM, 3GPP,
4G, WCDMA, LTE & other
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Interoperability Committee
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Revenue Assurance Committee
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Value Add Service Committee
IPTV, Mobile Content,
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Regulatory Committee
Rates, Pricing, Spectrum Management, Licenses, etc.
The function of the committees will differ in target, but in an operative
manner, they will function somewhat similar in nature, incorporating
multiple means of communications to the committee members. Such
Committee Activities and Functions
• Scheduled conference calls
• Potential supplier, regulator and other entity questionnaires and
surveys
• Training Sessions focused on bringing value to the members
• Mini meets focused strictly on the committee items of interest
• Authorship of position papers of related interests to SAMENA membership
We need to obtain highly active and outspoken members to participate
and lead the committees. Each committee will have a Chairman and be
considered together as a Board of Governors, which reports to the Board
directly. As the committees begin to drive the issues, the Board of
Governors will format together with the Board, the plan of action into
the future with regard to the SAMENA committee activities, opinions
and positions.
