VoEx International chief strategy officer Asaad Y. Alnajjar to speak at UNESCWA Iraq Telecom Conference

To be held March 9th and 10th at the UN House in Beirut, Lebanon, the conference will focus on bringing telecom decision makers, vendors, executives, financiers, and GSM operators together to discuss new routes for Iraq's communications infrastructure, design-build process, standards setting, and regulations. Participants will be given the opportunity to meet with and hear from other major telecommunications players, as well as display relevant case studies that can be used as benchmarks for Iraq's future. Senior officials from both the UN and the Iraq Ministry of Communication have already confirmed their involvement, in addition to numerous other representatives from major telecom companies and organizations.

Mr. Alnajjar's presentation will be entitled "The Future of Telecom in Iraq," during which he will comment on the region's most used technologies, address the applications which will be most beneficial to the development and growth of the country's telecommunications, and describe some of the concepts that could expedite the telecom build out in Iraq. Mr. Alnajjar will also be acting as a session chairman, leading discussions on the structurization and regulation of Iraq's expanding telecom infrastructure and participating in a panel discussion on finance and security issues.

For the past year, VoEx has played a distinguished role in providing multiple channels of communication to the newly liberated Iraq. Through advanced satellite technology, VoEx has supplied many major corporations, call centers, and internet cafes throughout Baghdad with high-speed internet connectivity and excellent long-distance services utilizing its enhanced VoIP network. Recently, as part of a strategic partnership with the companies Globalstar and Globalnet, VoEx began the marketing and distribution of "Shehab" Satellite-GSM phones, allowing individuals throughout Iraq to make affordable mobile telephone calls to anywhere in the world. Furthermore, the top management of VoEx continues to provide many services to Iraq's government, private sectors, and CPA operations.

Mr. Alnajjar has been very active in the research and development of communications and information technology over the past ten years. His work has included extensive research in multilingual Internet, e164 and DNS resolution, IP based products and applications, and the evolution of communications standards and policies. Mr. Alnajjar has given many speeches addressing telecom advancement in the Middle East and has been consulted regularly on issues related to regulations in Iraq.