The Middle East Spectrum Conference

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This conference will take a solutions-orientated approach to spectrum management and is the first event of its kind specifically devoted to the Middle East. The sessions have been specially designed to reflect the concerns of the region.

The event has been organised in collaboration with the Telecoms Regulatory Authority in Oman with the aim of identifying the key issues and setting out the solutions which have emerged from the latest research and from experience in other countries.

The speakers are all acknowledged experts in their field, drawn from a wide range of backgrounds including government, regulators and academia.

This is a high level event which will be opened by an Omani government minister, His Excellency Mohammed Al Khasibi, who is also the Chairman of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority.

The event includes numerous networking opportunities and will include a dinner on the evening of Tuesday 29 September hosted by the Telecoms Regulatory Authority of Oman.

The full agenda is available here but topics at this conference will include:

• Replanning GSM networks
• Balancing government and private uses of spectrum
• Managing analogue TV switchover
• The role of spectrum in boosting economic growth
• Environmental issues
• Stimulating broadband access
• Border co-ordination issues

Among the speakers are leading experts from several countries, including:

• Naashiah Saud Al-Kharusi, Telecoms Regulatory Authority of Oman

• Professor Martin Cave, Warwick University Business School
• Robert Touret , Special Assistant, Spectrum Refarming, ANFR
• Tom Phillips, Head of Regulatory Affairs, GSMA
• Dr. Amer Al-Rawas, CEO, Oman Telecommunications Company
• Amit Nagpal, Partner, Analysys Mason
  

You register for this event online or by filling in the faxback form on the back page of the brochure.

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