UNI Strategic

Saturday, 04 Jul 2009

Summit - Africa/Middle East

An overview of the event

The Middle East presents significant opportunities for the development of WiMAX networks. The region’s low broadband penetration represents a large untapped market that operators are keen to target, especially as regulators start opening up the fixed arena to expand connectivity. Numerous WiMAX licenses have been awarded to date and several more are expected in countries like Egypt, Qatar and Oman in the near future and there are also several deployments already underway. This comes at a time when technological innovations are evolving at a fast pace and the norm for these technologies to become quickly outdated. Wimax seeks to address these issues with widely available, cheaper and faster communication services. Will the current IMT 2000 ITU standard affect Wimax developments in the region? Is the region ready for Wireless Gigabit with Advanced Multimedia Support applications? (WIGWAM) or will competing technologies like LTE sweep over Wimax.

UNI Strategic has put together a stellar cast of professionals in the field who will share their knowledge and expertise on what will no doubt be one of the years most talked about telecommunications developments.

Distinguished Presenters

Dr Amr Badawi
Executive President
National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority
Egypt

S Wardany
Spectrum Director
National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority
Egypt

Adlane Fellah
CEO & Founder,
Maravedis Inc

Engr. Ernest Ndukwe
Chief Executive Officer
Nigerian Communications Commission

Mahmoud Zanad
Director Broadband Services,
Zain Bahrain

Shalid Miah
CTO,
Wateen Telecom

Madanmohan Rao
Founder,
Asian Media and Information Communication Centre

William Stucke
Chairman,
African Internet Service Providers Associations
(AfrISPA)

Dr Fadhlullah Suhaimi Abd Malek
Head, Group Strategy & Planning,
Telecom Malaysia Bhd
William Fagan
Executive Director, ictQatar

Dr Youngwha Kim
General Manager
Wimax Testing
Telecommunications and Technology Association Korea

Dr Tang Pen San
Executive Director
Packet One Sdn Bhd

Dr Mohamed Elghamry
President & CEO,
EgyptSat

Abdel Madjid Ait Amer
Director of Operations,
Smart Link Communication SLC Algeria

Antonio de Sousa
CEO,
Teledata Mozambique

Dr Sameer Taha
Genaral Manager
Waseela

Prof Manny Aniebonam
President / CEO,
AfriHUB

Tom Flak
Senior VP, Company Operations & CMO
Soma Networks, USA

Key Summit Highlights

• Obtain market outlook for Wimax deployment trends
• Wimax vs competing technologies
• Key Industry Developments
• Challenges for Regulators
• Fixed vs Mobile Wireless
• African Continent Case Studies
• Optimizing Spectrum usage and planning
• Case Examples from mature markets
• Pricing strategies
• The future of Wimax vs alternate technologies
• Voice over Wimax
• Wimax in commercial deployments

8 reasons not to miss the Wimax Summit 2008 MEA Cairo

1. Select international panel of speakers from US, Asia & Europe
2. Key insights into Wimax Deployment and Post Roll out Strategies
3. Learn of new technologies and case studies for Wimax
4. Exchange views on Spectrum utilization efficiencies
5. The event meant primarily for Operators, Service Providers and Regulatory Bodies
6. Develop key contacts within the industry to move your company ahead
7. Acquire leading mindshare and business direction for the year ahead
8. Gain knowledge via sector by sector format approach to key developments in the
industry.

Who should attend:

The audience will include: