ARABCOM 98  

2nd March 98  was the final day of ARABCOM 98 the First International Telecommunication Development Congress & Exhibition for the Arab states, which was held from 26 Feb - 2 March at  Le Bristol Hotel, and Beirut Hall site. ARABCOM 98 was held Under the Auspices of the Lebanese President of The Council Of Ministers Mr. Rafic Hariri, Supported by the ITU, League of the Arab states, Gulf Co-operation Council, ETSI, World Bank, IFC. 

The Event attracted over 5,000 professional visitors including 9 Arab states Telecom Ministers in addition to a large number of Ministerial Delegations, International Organizations. 
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 98 was the First 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 8 Telecom shows and 42 congress & seminars. 
 

  • The Congress 
Encompassed over 40 sessions and featured more than 40 speakers, who came from all over the world to discuss the challenges facing the Telecommunications in the Arab states. The Congress opened on Thursday 26 Feb at 9:30 am with speeches from Mrs. Katia Tayar the Organizer, Lebanese  Minister of Information Mr. Bassem el Sabeh representing The Prime Minister, and Mr. Ahmad Laouyane Head  ITU / BDT. 
 
  • Recommendations

    • It was agreed to send a Letter to the General Secretary of the ITU, explaining the wish of all the participants to nominate " ARABCOM " as The Arab states Telecommunication event, and it was approved to Organize each year an ARABCOM gathering all Ministers, General Directors, Executives, Developers, Operators, Manufacturers, Decision makers under one roof to continue the discussions started, and to enhance the role of international Organizations regarding Telecom development in the Arab world.
 
  • The Exhibition

    • For the first time in the Arab states region Operators exhibited at a show. ( Ericsson - Alcatel - France Telecom - SIRTI - Motorola - GlobalOne - Iridium - Arabsat - MCI - Gulfsat - TESAM Globalstar …) 
    Unlike any previous exhibition ever seen in the Region, ARABCOM 98, was focused for Highly professionals and Ministries  in part and end users in a very small 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 98 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.
 
  • ARABCOM 98   Event Statistics 

    • Participants 5,000 - Ministers 9 - Delegates from Telecom administrations 98
    Director Generals 25 - Ambassadors 23 - Chief Executive Officers 54
    Exhibitors 43 from 30 Countries - Exhibition 4000  sqm -Congress participants 346 
    Congress Speakers 47 - Accredited  Local & International Journalist 98 
                                                                                                                    
 
  •  ARABCOM  Arab states Telecom Ministers & Delegation participants
Telecom Minister of Sultanate of Oman - Telecom Minister of Qatar 
Telecom Minister of Syria - Telecom Minister of Sudan - Telecom Minister of Palestine - Telecom Minister of Lebanon - Telecom Minister of Jordan - Telecom Minister of Libya  
 
  • Ministerial Delegeations : 
Bahrain - Kuwait - UAE - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Lebanon - Jordan - Oman - Qatar - Tunis - Libya - Syria -  
  
  • International Partcipants : Over 200 International  Delegates 
ARABCOM International Exhibitors
The Arabcom 98 exhibition quickly became the talk of the town in Beirut as thousands of visitors attended the event at Beirut Hall. The companies and organisations exhibiting proved to be a stellar array of global players 
  
  • ITU ( Geneva ) ,  ETSI ( France ) , 
  • Motorola ( USA ) , Ericsson ( Sweden ) , 
  • Andrew ( UK ) , Harris Farinon ( USA ) , 
  • Arabsat ( KSA ) , Dar El Handassah ( UK ) , 
  • Liban Cables ( Lebanon ) , International Cables ( Egypt ) ,
  • Camusat ( France ) ,  Sodetel ( Lebanon ) , 
  • France Telecom ( France ) ,Globalstar-TESAM ( France ) , 
  • Lybian GPTC ( Libya ) , Al Madar ( Libya ),
  • IARU ( Sultanate of Oman ), Alcatel ( France ), 
  • Data Management ( Lebanon - UK - France - USA ) , 
  • MCI ( USA ) , Iridium ( USA ), Glenayre ( USA ), 
  • Sirti ( Italy ) , Nec ( Japan ) , Sumitomo ( Japan ) ,
  • GlobaOne ( UAE ), Arraycomm ( India ),
  • Startec (Canada),Consultronics ( UK - Canada) ,
  • International Turnkey Systems ( Kuwait ), 
  • Gulfsat ( Kuwait ), Compumatix ( Lebanon ) , 
  • Electro industries ( KSA ) ,Ditacomm ( Lebanon ) ,
  • Digital Microwave Corporation ( Jordan ) , 
  • ERSS ( Egypt ) , SRT ( Canada ) ,
  • Syrian Korean company Samsung ( Syria ) ,
  • Vega Group ( Lebanon ) , Caffe net ( Lebanon ) ,
  • Hitek magazine ( Lebanon & Pan Arab )
  
       
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