BIOGRAPHY Mr. Mohsen Malaki Program & Consulting Manager, CEMA Region Mohsen Malaki joined IDC in May 2001 and is based in IDC CEMA's headquarters in Prague, Czech Republic. Mohsen Malaki is the Communication Group's Program and Consulting Manager for the MEA Region, covering the telecommunications, mobile, data, and Internet markets of the Middle East and Africa. While at IDC, Mr. Malaki has conducted extensive research on the telecommunications markets of the MEA region. Studies have included market sizing and forecasts for the telecoms, mobile, managed data network services and Internet access markets for Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Morocco, the UAE, and other MENA countries. Mr. Malaki has led several consulting projects focused on the region, including an assessment of the international MDNS market for Arab countries, in-depth profiles of selected countries in the region for regulations, demand, and liberalization plans as they relate to mobile data services, and an analysis of the rural telephony market situation and recommendations for an international satellite services provider.