Regional telecommunications leaders to share vision for future high-speed services at Broadband Global Summit in Dubai

This year's Summit will welcome over 60 high level speakers, including 38 carefully chosen operator case studies, sure to prove invaluable to international and locally based attendees alike. In addition, Broadband Global Summit will feature an interactive pre-conference workshop led by Ventura Team and a highly focused exhibition.

The exhibition floor will also include a special VIP area, along with a networking zone, press area and our exclusive Broadband TV. We are honoured to announce Etisalat's support of the show as Strategic Operator Partner this year. Other companies who have invested into the event as sponsors this year to date include Huawei, Ericsson, ZTE, Nokia Siemens Networks, Detecon and Alcatel-Lucent.

"Broadband Global Summit 2010 will provide all of the leading operators in the region with an unmissable platform to reveal their latest insights and plans for investment into a world-class broadband infrastructure. We are especially looking forward to welcoming Mr Ahmad Abdulkarim Julfar, Group COO of Etisalat, who has confirmed his participation as the Opening Keynote speaker of the event,"

announced Helen Ponsford, Conference Manager at Informa Telecoms & Media.

This year's event will also feature an exclusive LTE Focus Day on the 8th March, with a series of high level, commercially orientated presentations from Etisalat, STC, Qtel, Du and many more. Limited spaces available - register today to confirm your participation at this must-attend event.

Among the many exciting features of the event, Nokia Siemens Networks (Lead Sponsor of the LTE Focus Day and Silver Sponsor of the Broadband Global Summit) will be showcasing a major new live LTE demo. Enjoy video sharing and streaming, learn why latency is important, and being one of the first to make a Voice over LTE call.

Broadband Global Summit 2010 will host more than 60 speakers from all of the region's

most preeminent operators. Speakers include:
• Ahmad Abdulkarim Julfar, Group COO, Etisalat, UAE.
• Mohammed Al Ghanim, Director General, TRA, UAE.
• Shainoor Khoja, Director of Corporate Affairs, Roshan, Afghanistan.
• Abdulaziz I. AlTamami, Chief Operations Officer (COO), Mobily, Saudia Arabia.
• Ross Cormack, CEO, Nawras, Oman.
• Suleiman Maani, CEO, Kalaam Telecom, Bahrain.
• Lotfollah Sabouhi, VP, CRA, Iran.
• Joerg Zeddies, CCO, Romtelecom, Romania.
• Samer Salameh, CEO, Alfa Telecom, Lebanon.
• Samir Abu Zahra, CTO, Zain Jordan, Jordan.
• Janos Winkler, COO, Consumer Services, Magyar Telekom, Hungary.