Mohammad Hassan Omran, Etisalat’s chairman,
will address the Strategic Telecoms Summit at 9.15am.

Etisalat’s chairman, Mohammad Hassan Omran is a keynote speaker on the first morning of the Strategic Telecoms Summit, which is being held alongside MECOM 2008.

Omran, who will be speaking at 9.15 this morning, will offer a strategic outlook on the telecoms sector from Etisalat’s viewpoint. He acknowledges there are three regional telecommunications companies vying with the traditional global giants, of which Etisalat is one.

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MECOM is the largest telecoms event to be hosted in Abu Dhabi, drawing
participants from within the UAE, the region and abroad.

The Middle East Communications Exhibition and Conference
(MECOM 2008) – the region’s premier event for the telecommunications industry, opens today at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre.

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Mark Wardle, VP of Innovation Programmes is set to reveal the results of an independent survey.

Keith Read, BT Group’s director of regulatory compliance is calling upon Middle East-based telecoms operators to take a more proactive approach towards regulatory compliance during today’s Strategic Telecoms Summit at the MECOM exhibition.

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Malek Sultan Al Malek, executive director of Dubai Internet City, is confident more global ICT players will establish bases in the UAE.

The executive director of Dubai Internet City (DIC) expects more global telecoms players will take advantage of the growth in the Middle East and North Africa region, to launch bases in the UAE.

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CEO Jassem Mohamed Al Zaabi is confident Yahsat
will raise US$1.2 billion in financing.

Yahsat, the UAE’s first nationally- owned satellite operator and wholly-owned subsidiary of Mubadala, will be exhibiting at MECOM 2008 (stand 2D 10), having announced it will be detailing its plans to seek US$1.2 billion to finance its satellite communications system.

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