The 28th of March 2000 was the final day of
ARABCOM 2000 which was held from 25-28 March at Phoenicia Intercontinental Hotel, and
Beirut Hall site, Beirut Lebanon.
ARABCOM 2000 was held Under the Auspices of the Lebanese Minister of Post &
Telecommunications Dr Issam Naaman with the collaboration of the Ministry ,in the presence
and participation of the ITU, Arabsat , the League of the Arab states, Gulf Co-operation
Council, European Commission, Arab sates Ministers of Telecom. Operators attended by
manufacturers, suppliers, consultants, Top Telcos decision makers & investors Chamber
of Commerce, High ranked Military officials and many others…
The Event attracted over 10,000 professional visitors including 15 Arab states Telecom
Ministers , Minister Representative, and Ministerial Delegations in addition to a large
number of , International Organization, a large number of highly placed VIPs from both
government and Industry, who came to see the latest technologies on display from
Telecommunications, to information technology and other communications sectors.
ARABCOM 2000 was the 3rd event of its kind to be organized by Hitek magazine & The
Xperimental Group both professional and specialized in Telecom field since 1993 in Lebanon
and the region with a rich portfolio of over 10 Telecom shows and 56 congresses
Closing Ceremony
At the end of day 2 at the Congress an International committee of Delegates and High
ranked representatives issued ARABCOM RecommendationsARABCOM
CONGRESS
The Congress opened on Saturday 25 March at 9:30 am with speeches from.Katia Tayar the
Organizer, Lebanon Minister of Post & Telecommunications H.E. Minister Dr Issam
Naaman, International Telecommunication Union BDT Director Mr Hamadoun Toureh, Minister of
Telecommunication of Syria H.E. Minister Radwan Martini, Minister of Telecom of Kuwait
H.E.Sheikh Ahmad el Sabah, Minister of Telecom of United Arab Emirates H.E. Minister Ahmad
Hamid El Tayer, Minister of Telecom of Palestine H.E. Minister Imad Falouji, Representing
Minister of Telecom of Tunisia Mr Sadek el Jamli, Representing Minister of Privatisation
of Morocco Director of privatisation Mr Ahmed Hajoui, Representing the Gulf Cooperation
council Director of Telecommunication Mr Nasser Tamimi, representing the League of the
Arab States Mr Al Afandi and Mrs Nefertiti, Representing Minister of Communications of
Lybia Mr Faraj el Kaseh, International Telecommunication Union Regional Office for the
Arab states Chief Director Mr Sami El Bachir , International Telecommunication Union
Chairperson of Gender Issue Mrs Patricia Faccin, International Telecommunication Union
Telemedicine Chairman study group Mr Leonid Androuchko. The Congress was attended and some
panels were chaired by General Directors of Ministry of Post & Telecom in Lebanon
Director Mr Andraous, Director Mr Ouweidat, & Director Mr Mawlawi
The Speakers
Arabcom Congress encompassed over 40 sessions and featured more than 49 speakers, who
came from all over the world to discuss the challenges facing the Telecommunications in
the Arab states and latest telecom Technologies.
Andersen Consulting Philippe Rixhon -Associate Partner. FLAG Telecom H.E. Minister Jamal
Al-Sarayrah - Senior Advisor .BRITISH TELECOM John Mac Mahon Senior Regulatory Advisor .
Centigram Communications Shane Stowells Regional Manager . Comtel Networks Solutions Mark
Toohey Engineering Operation Director . Easyphone Ryad Boukhris Vice President Middle East
& Africa. European Commission Hans-Peter Gebhardt Director General Information
Society. F-Secure Corporation Ilka Ranta Business Development Manager. Fastlink Robert Lee
Sales & Marketing Director .THURAYA Hassan Omran Chairman & CEO . FLAG Telecom
Walid Irshaid Vice-President MEA. Graphium Guy Robert Managing Director . GRIC
communications Adil Pastakia Regional Sales director . IBASIS Dan Powder Maker Vice
President EMEA. INTELSAT Samir Dajani Group Director INTELSAT Felix Damiba Manager
Application Support .ITU Dr Leonid Androuchko Chairman Telemedicine . ITU Patricia Faccin
Chairperson Gender Issue .ARABCOM Katia Tayar Chairman & CEO. ITU /BDT Hamadoun Touré
Director . ITU Sami El Bachir Director Arab states Regional Office. Kuwait Ministry of
Finance & Communication H.E. Minister Sheikh Ahmad El Sabbah. LIBANCELL Hussein El
Rifaï Chairman General Manager - LIBYA GPTC Dr Hussein Issa Sigiuk General Manager .LIBYA
GPTC Dr. S.M. Elhabashi Consultant . LOCKHEED MARTIN David Green Business Development
Manager. LUCENT Technologies Khaled Rifaï System Engineering Manager .MOROCCO Director of
Privatization Najib Hajoui .ORASCOM Naguib Sawiris CEO . PANAM SAT Matthew Botwin
Regulatory Affairs. QUALCOMM INC. Charles Oshunremi Vice President . SIEMENS Stephan
Eberhagen Director of International Business consultancy . SIEMENS Dr Ramon Nogueroles
Technical Area Manager SIEMENS.Martin Kloppenburg Director Sales, Optical Networks
.SIEMENS Paul Cullen Product manager. SODETEL Dr Louis Hobeika Chairman &CEO . SUBEX
SYSTEMS LTD Subash Menon Managing Director . THE STRATEGIS GROUP INC. Heather Henyon
Consultant, International Wireless Practice. TUNISIA CERT Ali Ghodbani Director General .
TUNISIA PARC TECHNOLOGIQUE Mohsen Triki Director General . TUNISIA TELECOM Slaheddine
Maaref Central Director . VARETIS Roland Jaegers Senior Consultant . ZAJOUL Abdullah
Al-Rakhis President & CEO -Lebanon General Dr Mohammed Atoueh Intelligent Networks
ARABCOM offered Shields to the Ministers & Organisations in recognition for their
Support
THE EXHIBITION
For the 3rd time in the Arab states region Suppliers, manufacturers, Operators exhibited
at a show. Unlike any previous exhibition ever seen in the Region, ARABCOM 2000, was
focused for Highly professionals and Ministries in part and end users in a the other part.
Demonstrations of the latest in Infrastructure, Networking, Satellite Communications,
Information Technology, Private Network, Rural & remote services, Video conferencing,
Multimedia technologies, Internet applications, Cabling, Diagnostic and Testing, PABX /
PBX / ISDN / Frame Relay/ Multiplexers / Switching and many more... ARABCOM 2000 was the
venue for the launching of a new series of Technologies, Products and services in Telecom
Development field, which examines the relation ship between Telecom and these fields.
STATISTICS
Visitors 10,000 ( till 28 march 4 pm ) - Ministers 8 - Delegates from Telecom
administrations 45 .Director Generals 10 - Ambassadors 45 - Chief Executive Officers 200-
Exhibitors 40 from 30 Countries - Exhibition 4000 sqm - Congress participants 500 -
Congress Speakers 49 - Accredited Local & International Journalist 128
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