New Trends for building and Financing
Broadband: Policies & Economies
24-25 September 2013, Manama, Bahrain
TRA Bahrain
Agenda
September 24
8:00 – 9:00
Registration and welcome coffee
9.00 -9.30
90.30- 11.00
Opening session
-
Dr. Mohammed Al-Amer, Chairman – TRA
Dr. Slaheddine Maaref, ITU Regional Office of Cairo
Session 1
Impact of Broadband on socio-economic development
Chair of Session 1 : TRA
Panel
- Mohamed Mahmood, Director Technical & Operations – TRA
Bahrain : Kingdom of Bahrain 3rd National Telecom Plan and NGN/A
- Pr Eric Bolin, Professor, Technology Management and Economics
Sweden, : Impact of Broadband Speed on GDP Growth and Household
Income: Findings from a Comparative Study
- Mr. Saheddine Maaref, Senior Advisor , International
telecommunication union -Regional Office for the Arab
States : “Positioning of ICTs in Economic Models in Developing Countries”
11.00 – 11.30
11.30- 13.00
Q&A
Coffee break
Session 2
Enabling sustainable, economic well-being through
broadband services (Feedback on experiences)
Chair of Session 2 : Mr. Nizar Bouguila, DG, Tunisia Telecom
Panel
- Dr Sami TABBANE, ITU Expert
- Dr. Michel Rogy, ICT Policy Advisor – World Bank “Meeting the challenge
of developing Broadband infrastructure in MENA”
- Mr.Nizar Bouguila, Tunisia Telecom « Telecom operators’ role in
promoting Broadband and enabling national sustainable economic
well-being (Case of Tunisie Telecom) ».
-
Dr. Khalid Almutawah, Academic Consultant, Assistant Professor at
University of Bahrain, Broadband Role on Research & Education for
Higher Education Institutes,
Q&A
13.00 -14.00
14.00 -15.30
Lunch
Session 3
Financial mechanisms to develop broadband
Chair of Session 3 : TRA
Panel
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Mr Ivan Skenderoski – Salience consulting (NBN Commercial operating
models) “Government supported national fibre initiatives: Commercial
Models & Examples”
Mr Yazid Al Gharaibeh – Huawei Technologies “Alternative revenue
streams supporting National FTTH deployment case”
David Hughes, Intercai Mondiale, UK “Financing decision making for next
generation broadband”
Mr Shaharyar Jawaid, Islamic Development Bank “Islamic Development
Bank Experience in Financing National Connectivity/Broadband
Programs"
15.30 – 16.00
16.00 – 17.00
Q&A
Coffee break
Session 4
Reviewing and Updating ICT Regulations
Chair of Session 4 : Mrs. Ola Hamdi Kamel, senior economist ,NTC Sudan
Panel
- Rene Summer, Director Government and Industry Relations –
Ericsson (ICT Policy for Networked Society)
- Nancy Sandburg – ITU Geneva
- Dr Kamel Saadaoui, Chairman INT Tunisia. "Moving from the telecom
code to the Electronic Communications Code".
Q&A
09.00 -10.00
September 25
Session 4 continue
Reviewing and Updating ICT Regulations
Chair of Session 4 : Mrs. Ola Hamdi Kamel, senior economist ,NTC Sudan
Panel
- GSMA( TBC)
- Mr Florid ZURBA, Director Telecom Administration, Ministry of Telecom
and IT (MTIT), Palestine, “Broadband challenges and opportunities in
Palestine”
- Mr. Mohamed Ould Ahmed, Ministry, Mauritania, “Mauritanian
Experience”
10.00 -11.00
Session 5
Role of Regulators in enabling NGA/NGN infrastructure and
services
Chair of Session 5 : TRA
Panel
- Ahmed Raghy,NTRA, Egypt
- Mr. Bennaoum Abdelkader , Ministry , Algeria
11.00 – 11.30
Q&A
11.30 -12.30
12.30 – 13.00
13.00 - 14.00
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Coffee break
Chair of sessions
TRA
ITU
Other speakers
Round table
Lunch
Closing