SAMENA Telecommunications Council is bringing back its Beyond Connectivity conference on 7-9 April 2008 at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel in Dubai, UAE, where senior decision makers in the telecommunications industry are expected to gather and discuss issues and opportunities confronting the sector in South Asia, Middle East and North Africa (SAMENA).
Last year’s edition of Beyond Connectivity provided SAMENA council members a forum to discuss a multitude of key issues, including broadband technology deployment, vertical market set ups, revenue-generation opportunities, and regulatory challenges.
This year, Beyond Connectivity will once again gather leading telecommunications operators from the SAMENA region, as well as keynote speakers and panellists from around the globe to build on last year’s consensus, while addressing new issues such as Market Liberalization, International Roaming rates, Mobile TV technologies, WiMAX compliance and acceptance, among other pressing concerns facing the industry.
Tom Wilson, CEO, Founder, & Executive Managing Director, SAMENA announced that the event will also launch an important annual publication – SAMENA “Visions 2008”, a comprehensive reference guide to the telecommunications industry in the region.
“With senior decision makers in attendance discussing the industry’s prospects and issues, Beyond Connectivity 2008 will help shape the direction of telecommunications will take in the region. Those who want to be involved in developing a consensus on the steps that we will take should be a part of this event,” Wilson added.
Interested participants are encouraged to register for Beyond Connectivity 2008 by visiting www.samenacouncil.org.
About SAMENA
SAMENA Telecommunications Council is a tri-regional, non-profit telecommunications association that represents South Asian, Middle Eastern, and North African telecoms operators, manufacturers, regulatory authorities, and academia. With a network of members that extends beyond continental borders, SAMENA Telecommunications Council, a multi-continent telecom association, aims to be the ultimate promoter of telecom innovation in its member regions and a facilitator for collaboration and knowledge-sharing between regional telecom entities. Such collaboration and knowledge-sharing between operators, vendors, manufacturers, entrepreneurs, educators, R&D experts, and regulators, aids effective resolutions to technical, economical, and legal issues in regions where tough economical and regulatory environments prevail.
A win-win platform, the Council strives to provide its Members in South Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa the power and the means to actively learn the dynamics of telecom markets in the three high-growth regions. SAMENA Members are provided insights to help expedite fulfillment of their organizations’ existing goals, as well as ideas that will propel the establishment of new. SAMENA is lead by a board of directors consisting of the CEOs of many leading operators in the region.
As an industry organization, SAMENA helps operators in the region address issues relevant and critical to their successful operations, and is constantly in pursuit of ways to encourage the development of novel approaches and ideas that would pave the way for the expansion and better utilization of telecommunications products and services in the region.
Headquartered in Dubai, SAMENA is chaired by Dr. Mohammed Ali Al Wohaibi, Executive President, Omantel and is directed by Mr. Thomas W. Wilson, CEO, Teralight. For more information, visit: http://www.samenacouncil.org/aboutsamena.php
