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11:30 – 12:00 Tour of Exhibition
Networking Coffee Break |
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| 12:00 – 13:30 Plenary Panel 1 |
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Moderator: Bahjat El-Darwiche
Principal
Booz & Company
Biography Presentation
“ Broadband a necessity for Socio Economic Development & Growth”
This thought-provoking panel brings together top global experts to discuss how connectivity--or lack of it--is a major determinant of poverty and economic success; provide case histories of successful applications of telecommunication technology that have provided major benefits to emerging populations, and show how companies can profit by addressing the technological challenges and barriers that have held back progress in the past.
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Samer Salameh
Chairman & CEO
Alfa
Biography
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Ali Al Ahmed
Group Chief strategy Officer
Etisalat
Biography
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Osman Sultan
CEO
du
Biography
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Ghazi Atallah
Managing Director
NexGen group
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Dino Bakakis
Managing Director Middle East
Redline Communications
Biography
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Mickael Ghossein
CEO of Orange Jordan
Jordan Telecom Group
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| 15:30 – 16:30 Plenary Panel 2 |
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Moderator: Jeremy Foster
Marketing Director
Ericsson
Biography
Broadband Services Evolution: Opportunities and Challenges for Operators / Services Providers
This panel will discuss the opportunities emerging from the evolution of mass market services ,digital home, Digital office, Digital cities, digital life, managed services and the resulting major challenges for service providers ,convergence, interoperability and internetworking, added value and cost control.
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Topic: Broadband as a platform for services in the home- Opportunities and
Challenges
The consumer has an increasing choice about which communications services to use. This presentation looks at the broadband as a platform for further services in the home including the competitive landscape and value web targeting the consumer user.
Key issues include:
- What value does the user derive from the digital home and life?
- Who wants a stake of your consumer subscriber
- Whats the experience of converged services to- date
- Internal aspects need addressing - which ones and why? |
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Speaker : Sherif Hamouda
Vice President Communications, Media and Transportations
Oracle
Biography Presentation
Topic: Customer Centricity: How to Increase Customer Satisfaction and Reduce Operating Costs
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Ahmed Ossama
Managing Director
TE Data
Biography |

Jihad Srage
Vice President
Business Development
Qualcomm
Biography
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Andreas Hessler
Vice President Networks
Ericsson
Biography
Presentation
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Sherif Hamouda
Vice President Communications, Media and Transportations
Oracle
Biography |
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16:30 – 17:00
Networking Coffee Break & Exhibition Tour |
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| 17:00 - 18:30 Session 1 |
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Enabling Full Service Broadband Network Transformation
Building effective networks to address developing needs- Mobile & Fixed line Broadband - Wimax - LTE - Fiber Optics. |
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17:00 - 17:20 pm
Speaker : Narain Doergaram Tewarie
Senior Solutions Consultant for Consulting & Systems Integrations, MEA
Nokia Siemens Networks
Biography Presentation
Topic: Enriched customer communication - customer excellence a strategic imperative or wishful thinking? |
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17:20 - 17:40 pm
Speaker : Dr. Marwan Jabri
Co - Founder & CTO
Dilithium Networks
Biography Presentation
Topic: Video Traffic Optimization |
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17:40 - 18:00 pm
Speaker : Andreas Hessler
Vice President Networks
Ericsson
Biography Presentation
Topic: Society is Evolving Broadband |
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18:00 - 18:20 pm
Speaker : Michael Rodgers
Product Marketing Strategist
Openwave Systems
Biography Presentation
Topic: Mobile Data 2.0: Next Gen Services for Network Operators in Emerging Markets |
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8:30 pm ARABCOM group Gala Dinner per Invitation |
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11:30 – 12:00
Networking Coffee Break & Exhibition Tour |
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