400 executives confirm attendance at the region’s premiere Conference on Media and Telecoms Convergence
Arab Advisors Group’s Fifth Annual Media and Telecommunications Convergence Conference 2008 will be held on June 2&3 2008 in Amman - Jordan. To cope with the strong demand, the organizers have increased the conference maximum capacity to 450 delegates.
The Fifth Annual Media and Telecommunications Convergence Conference, set to take place in Amman on the 2nd and 3rd of June Under the patronage of HE Jordan’s Minister of ICT Eng. Bassem Al Rousan, has been met with strong interest from regional and global companies. 400 senior delegates have already registered to attend the conference representing over 135 regional and global operators, vendors, government agencies, banks, and professional services companies from over 21 countries around the world. To meet the strong demand, the organizers have taken steps to increase the maximum capacity to 450 delegates.
“The strong interest in attending this year’s conference and the wide array of sponsoring and exhibiting companies is a clear demonstration of how the entire area of telecom and media convergence is a real world issue, challenge and opportunity for media companies, regional telcos and governments alike,” said Arab Advisors Group’s Founder and General Manager Jawad Jalal Abbassi.
Thirty nine senior and visionary speakers from a diverse array of telecom and media operators and vendors, will share their experiences and visions. The speakers come from Zain Group, Paltel, Jawwal, ESKADENIA Software, GLOBITEL, QUALCOMM, SIGNAL Communications - PRIMUSTEL, Ericsson, Orange, Greenpacket Networks, Optimiza, Batelco, DU, NileSat, Rotana Digital Entertainment, BBC, Oger Telecom, Waseela, Friendi, Nokia, HITS Telecom, Telekom Malaysia, Cyberia, MBC, Nawras, Al Ghad Newspaper, Info2cell.com, wi-tribe, Cisco, Oliver Wyman, Xpress, Tech Mahindra, Rapid TV news and Spot On PR.
“The Media and Telecommunications Convergence Conference has gone from strength to strength each year over since the first annual conference was held back in 2004. We have worked to increase the maximum capacity for the conference to 450 delegates to be able to accommodate the strong interest and still maintain an optimal networking atmosphere between all delegates” said Abbassi.
The Zain Group is the Main Sponsor of the Arab Advisors’ Fifth Annual Media and Telecommunications Convergence Conference 2008. Zain (formerly known as MTC) is the pioneer of mobile telecommunications in the Middle East and now a major player on the African continent. Today, the Zain Group is a leading wireless services provider and the 4th largest telecommunications company in the world in terms of geographic presence with a footprint in 7 Middle Eastern and 14 sub-Saharan countries, providing mobile voice and data services to over 45.7 million active individual and business customers. The company’s mobile telecommunications operations in Ghana will begin later in 2008.
The annual conference also received the support and sponsorship from Jawwal (Palestine), ESKADENIA Software (Jordan), GLOBITEL (Jordan), QUALCOMM, SIGNAL Communications - PRIMUSTEL (Jordan), Ericsson, Orange (Jordan), Greenpacket Networks (Bahrain) and Optimiza.
Conference exhibitors and partners include Waseela, Friendi, Nokia, Hits Telecom, Telecom Malaysia, Cyberia, Elite, DVV Media, Trade Arabia, ITP, Spot On PR, Mena FN, Telecom Review, ISI Emerging Markets, Media ME and int@j.
The Fifth Annual Media and Telecommunications Convergence Conference 2008 will take place at the Four Seasons Hotel in Amman on June 2&3 2008. As part of its vision to advance the knowledge and technology industries in the Arab World, the Arab Advisors Group has waived the delegate fees for telecom and broadcast operators. As for paying delegates, they receive their choice of Arab Advisors Group reports for the same value of the registration fees.
For more details and Online Registration please visit the conference web site at http://www.arabadvisors.com/Convergence/schedule.htm
