Middle East's strategic telecoms summit to kick off in Dubai

Organised by Terrapinn, Telecoms World Middle East 2007 will address the challenges and key issues that are shaping the landscape of incumbent and alternative operators in the Middle East. The conference is set to take place on the 18th-21st of November at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Dubai.

“Following two strong years, Telecoms World Middle East has established itself as the premier forum for this region’s telecoms industry, addressing strategic decisions essential to ensuring a competitive advantage. The three-day conference aims at delivering invaluable insights about this specific industry while providing visitors and delegates with networking opportunities beneficial for the overall business,”

said James Taylor, Conference Director for Telecoms World Middle East, Terrapinn. “This year witnessed some major highlights in the region’s telecom industry, including Du’s entry to the UAE market and Qtel acquiring Wataniya. These changes will have an important impact on the market and will play a major role in the upcoming year.”

Bringing insights from over 40 expert speakers from across the region, Telecoms World Middle East 2007 is to focus on a number of key areas which include: Strategies for operator growth; IP peering and interconnection; the impact of liberalisation and deregulation; the potential of broadband services; new market opportunities; the effect of value added services and VoIP on voice services and successful mobile service and retention strategies. The pre-conference workshop, lead by LCC, aims to communicate to industry players the best practices for managing a 3G network; the session will examine the network from RF design and deployment services through to the recommended management of End-User Quality of Experience with key performance indicators.

The Telecoms World Awards Middle East is to kick off for the first time this year, highlighting the most innovative and exciting players in the region’s telecoms market. With a range of various categories, every sector of the region’s telecom industry will be recognised and honoured.

“The Telecoms World Awards have been created to celebrate the industry’s most outstanding achievements, highlighting the leaders, innovators and pioneers in the telecoms industry,” Taylor continued. “We are very excited about the ceremony and look forward to honour leading players in the market this year.”

Telecoms World 2006 saw a strong attendance with over 350 senior level executives, of which 77% were Directors and CEO level attendees. Visitors from 43 different countries were present in last year’s exhibition indicating a huge interest in this region’s dynamic market.

Telecoms World Middle East is organised by Terrapinn, publishers of Total Telecom magazine and organisers of the Carriers World series of events. The conference is sponsored by LCC, &ftgroup, axiom and du.