Announcing the programme for Connecting West Africa, 11-12 June, Senegal

What is needed to deliver reliable and affordable communications to West Africa?

Connecting West Africa is the place to find out about networks and infrastructure developments in Africa’s most promising region. Over two days (11-12 June in Dakar, Senegal), the conference and exhibition will offer in-depth discussions on and networking opportunities with the region’s leading minds.

The brochure with full details on the programme and how to participate is available here.

Connecting West Africa is the new brand for the Com World Series’ event in the region (formerly West & Central Africa Com), looking specifically at the networks and infrastructure developments. Over two days, the conference will address the major concerns in terms of connectivity in West Africa and help key stakeholders plan for the future: fibre and satellite development, cost of bandwidth, new needs from consumers and enterprises, partnerships, cost-efficiency, investment, rural telecoms and more..

Leading speakers include senior representatives of Orange, ExpressoTelecom , Google, Sonatel, Intelsat, Sierratel, Starcomms, O3B Networks, Tigo, Telecom Italia Sparkle, Helios Towers Africa, ECOWAS and more.

Plan your visit now and prepare to network with the decision makers in the region’s communications landscape.

If you have any question or if you’d like to participate contact:
- For programme enquiries and speaking opportunities: Julie Rey, Julie.rey@informa.com
- For sponsorship and exhibition enquiries: lee.dendy-sadler@informa.com
- For marketing and PR opportunities: Subuola.alinkugbe@informa.com
- For VIP and free passes for operators and regulators (limited availability): sofia.marti@informa.com

Cambium Networks joins EurasiaCom as sponsor alongside ComZA, Comviva, Intersec and Vidiator

Wireless broadband and microwave solutions  provider Cambium Networks confirmed their participation as sponsor to EurasiaCom, taking place in Istanbul on 26th ad 27th March.

They will be represented in the conference by Ian Bayly, VP Sales & Marketing for EMEA, who will join the expert roundtable on meeting broadband needs across the region and will give a presentation. Cambium Networks joins other sponsors ComZA, Mahindra Comviva, Intersec and Vidiator.

EurasiaCom is the leading event for the telecoms, media and ICT sector in the region - comprising Eastern Europe, Russia, the CIS and Turkey. Top operators and digital brands will be represented onthe conference programme, including Vimpelcom. Altimo, Turk Telekom, Virgin Mobile CEE, Turkcell, TeliaSonera, Google, MTS, Yota Devices, Megacom and more.

For more information on the programme and how to participate click here.

'On the Edge of Transformation': Viewpoint by Sergey Nichiporuk of MTS Ukraine ahead of EurasiaCom

Sergey Nichiporuk is Head of Strategy at MTS Ukraine. Here he gives his thoughts on how the telecommuncations industry is evolving, ahead of his participation as a speaker at EurasiaCom in Istanbul on 25th March.

"Each industry undergoes different stages in its evolution and development, which transform the value chain and business models of its participants.

Despite the fact that voice remains one of the most effective means of communication, the era of traditional fixed voice telephony is over.  In various geographical markets revenues from fixed telephony and volume of consumed services are steadily decreasing year over year due to the onslaught of different substitutes (wireless mobile telephony, VoIP applications and etc.).

At the moment the Telecom Industry has fully entered the era of data services.  The expansion of population coverage by high-speed 3G and 4G wireless and up-to date fixed optical networks, the growth of connected devices volume (smartphones, PC, tablets, Smart-TV, Set-top-boxes, game consoles, media-players) as well as the emergence of traffic consuming on-line services and applications (games, video and audio content, cloud services and online data storage) have led to a surge in consumer demand and stimulated rapid growth of fixed  and wireless Internet broadband access penetration levels all over the world.

The volume of services, quantities of subscribers and operators’ revenues from fixed and wireless broadband in most of the markets (developed and emerging) have tripled and still continue to demonstrate double digit growth rates.

The lifestyle and consumers and their preferences are gradually changing.  Customers use smartphones and tablets for various applications, social networking, on-line gaming, multi-media messaging, data storage, streaming of audio and video content.

On the one part the proliferation of data leads to cannibalization of traditional telecom services. However on the other hand it creates opportunities for growth of operators’ revenues in mature and saturated markets at the same time creating an opportunity for introduction of new technologies and rapid development of the industry.

In future, at the time when the data market will reach saturation the growth of revenue from internet access will also eventually decelerate. 

The next stage that telecom industry is about to enter is the era of OTT (over-the-top) services and All-IP communications that will allow to process traffic flexibly and provide subscribers with various portfolios of services incl. dynamic connection of customer fixed or wireless access points to services of various companies. 

With  theincrease of IPTV and HD content popularity (3DTV, 4K, 8K) the traffic is expected to grow by 10 times and even more, that will impose greater requirements for telecom providers’ networks capacity and throughput.

Telecom operators will have to invest large amounts in modernization of infrastructure to cope with the market requirements, while the main beneficiaries of traffic growth will become mainly OTT-players.

In the era of all-IP communications Telecom players will face a non-trivial challenge how to transform their business models to save and capture value and obtain payback from investments in networks development.

Pure fixed telephony operators will either disappear or transform themselves via modernization of infrastructure in fixed internet access providers, to offer subscribers individual bundles of different IP-services.  Even now in some of developed markets operators like AT&T already consider abandonment of legacy PSTN networks and full transition to Internet based protocol services starting since 2018. 

Cable TV operators will also become extinct or forced to transform their business models, to turn into either online content aggregators or Internet-access providers, since neither customers nor content producers will require them to distribute or deliver the content the final consumer. 

In future the challenge for connectivity providers can be overcome only via transformation of pricing model for Internet access services as well as reconsideration of commercial relationship between Telco and Internet-players to redistribute the pile of revenue (i.e. both-sided charge of data consumers and content providers for quality, speed of access, data volumes and extra services). "

Sergey Nichiporuk is a keynote panellist at EurasiaCom, in the session on 'Meeting broadband needs across Eurasia'. Click here to find out more.

Be the first to see the East Africa Com conference agenda!

East Africa Com
Safari Park Hotel
Nairobi, Kenya
www.comworldseries.com/eafrica

The 9th annual East Africa Com returns to Nairobi at the Safari Park Hotel in Kenya on the 21-22 of May. East Africa is now established as a leading ground for innovation in the telecoms, media and ICT industry. The East Africa Com programme reflects the dynamism of this market, with representatives from the region’s foremost operators, alternative service providers, innovative start-ups, creative developers and more.

What will you learn?
The two day event will feature 40+ expert speakers from the entire digital ecosystem and you will learn from keynotes, panel discussions, case studies and sessions dedicated to Digital Transformation, Broadband & LTE, Connecting East Africa, Customer Experience Management, Digital Services, Mobile Money, Mobile Marketing in East Africa and the inaugural APPGIG. 

Be the first to see the East Africa Com conference agenda 
http://eaafrica.comworldseries.com/download-brochure/ 

Have you registered? (Quote booking code: BLOG/EASTEM1) 
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- Apply for a Free* operator pass (*conditions apply) 
Here: http://eaafrica.comworldseries.com/free-pass/ 

- Claim your discounted ticket – save $300 
Here: https://commerce.informatm.com/events/i68gp.html 

- Do you want to sponsor or exhibit? Find out more 
Here: http://eaafrica.comworldseries.com/sponsors-exhibitors-brochure/ 

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Hear from the Movers and Shakers of the Telecoms, Media and ICT industry: 

OPERATORS & ISPS 

- Richard Bell, CEO, Wananchi Group 
- Mickael Ghossein, CEO, Orange Kenya 
- Jose Henriques, Vice-President: Data and Online, Airtel 
- Ken Munyi, CEO, AfricaOnline 
- Ali Ahmed Yarouf, CEO, Canar Telecom, Sudan 

OTT, SOCIAL MEDIA & CONTENT PROVIDERS 

- Joseph Mucheru, Sub-Saharan Africa Ambassador and Country Manager Kenya, Google 
- John Karanja, Founder, Whive, Kenya 
- Chams Diagne, Africa General Manager, Viadeo 
- Emma Kaye, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Bozza.mobi 
- Santos Okottah, CEO, Eziki TV 

APPS & THE MOBILE MARKETING ASSOCIATION 
- Patrick Maina, Chief Executive Officer, Crowdpesa.com 
- Andrew Moguya, Founder, AfriApps 
- Daniel Ogwok, Web and Mobile Developer, Brudan, Uganda 
- Frank Maina, East Africa Chair, Mobile Marketing Association 

To see the full speaker line up and conference programme - download the conference agenda 
Here: http://eaafrica.comworldseries.com/download-brochure/ 

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Register today for your FREE* or Discounted pass! 

Regional operators and regulators can attend for FREE, whilst early booking discounts apply to all others. 
Secure your delegate ticket by the 16th of April to save $300 today. 
Ticket Options: 

- Regional Operators* and Regulators 
(*Conditions apply) – Free* 
http://eaafrica.comworldseries.com/free-pass/ 

- Regional Non Operators - $999 
- International Operators* and Regulators $999 
- International Non Operators $1,999 
https://commerce.informatm.com/events/i68gp.html 

- APPGIG for East African APP 
Developers(Conditions apply) – Free* 
http://eaafrica.comworldseries.com/free-appgig-pass/ 

Register quoting your booking code: BLOG/EASTEM1

We look forward to receiving your registrations!

Kind Regards 

The East Africa Com Team 
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East Africa Com is Sponsored by: 
Comza: http://eaafrica.comworldseries.com/sponsor_partner/comza/ 
Eutelsat: http://eaafrica.comworldseries.com/sponsor_partner/eutelsat/ 

Official Charity: 
Ogra: http://eaafrica.comworldseries.com/ogra-foundation/

Eurasia "has become one of the major innovation hubs" says Berna Samiloglu of Turkcell in interview ahead of EurasiaCom

Berna Samiloglu is Director of New Businesses and Entrepreneurship at Turkcell. The Com World Series team caught up with Berna ahead of the EurasiaCom conference and exhibition, taking place at the (Swissôtel The Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey, 26-27 March) to find how companies can encourage innovation and entrepreneurship.

EurasiaCom: Please describe your company’s position and objectives in the Eurasia region

Berna Samiloglu: The region has become one of the major innovation hubs. The contribution of the region to the global economy is expected to increase.
Turkey is playing a key role with its growing economy and demographic characteristics. Digitalization has been a major issue for the last two decades in the country and now we are talking about increasing awareness and use of fixed and mobile broadband penetration, internet, social media and many other topics.
The country aims to reap the benefits of digital economy. Turkcell has been leading the local GSM industry since its foundation with now 35 million customers only in Turkey and over 60 million customers in the region.
In partnership with other industries, we continuously introduce innovative products and services to our consumers and corporate customers to provide them with new value added services beyond  voice communication and commodity value added services like messaging. There are big opportunities in areas like Machine to Machine, Cloud, New Media, Digital Advertising and Marketing for both consumers and corporates. We want to be a major experience provider in this region with our large partner ecosystem.

Eurasia om: What do you think are the top 3 major trends that are affecting your business in 2013?

Berna Samiloglu: As I just named, we are aligning our business objectives based on major growing topics such as Machine to Machine and Cloud. These areas are expected to creare a large portfolio of services in both consumer and corporate market. For instance, we expect a tremendous growth potential in telemetry applications for areas like healthcare and smart city  including energy management, public transportation, appliances management as well as industrial optimization solutions. Also there will be high demand for cloud services as we provide solutions to meet privacy and security concerns of customers complying with regulatory framework.
In all these areas, telecom operators face an increasing competition from OTT players. We have seen the impact of OTT players in areas like voice, messaging and social media. We believe building smart partnerships will help both OTT players and telecom operators in terms of easy commercialization, fast penetration and differentiation.

EurasiaCom: How can telcos and digital market players understand customers’ needs better?

Berna Samiloglu: Innovating with customers has been one of the top agenda items for our company. First you need to understand pains and needs in the market, both consumers and corporates. You need to build product and services based on expectations of your market. To do that, you need to closely follow local and global consumer and technology trends, you need to invest in market research to gain customer insights.
You need to be in the field with your customers to better observe and understand their needs. Also you have to continuously track use of your products and services after launch to optimize based on customer feedback.

Eurasia Com: What new services will have the biggest impact on the market in 2013 and onwards?

Berna Samiloglu: Besides M2M and Cloud, peer to peer services will also continue to grow and to be disruptive. With increasing bandwidth and speed, mobile applications will be major driver to create these p2p world. With all these new content and applications, of course big data & analytics will be another major topic. We will begin to use multiple personal connected devices and experience seamless services in areas like multiscreen, social TV. Starting with mainly retail, we will see shift towards digitalization of traditional sectors. Online and offline shopping experience will be merging with advanced customer experience. Recognition, recommendation and marketing automation tools will help differentiation. The impact of e/m commerce will be increasing.

Eurasia Com: How can companies encourage innovation and entrepreneurship within their teams?

Berna Samiloglu: Innovation should be a motto for all business units. We have been building an innovation network including all internal and external stakeholders such as employees, partners, vendors, developer communities etc.
Internally, we have been investing to increase awareness of our employees about innovation and give training on how different methodologies could be used to develop innovative solutions. Ideation, concept generation sessions in light of customer insights. We do this through online and offline channels. For instance, We have an internal innovation portal to gain feedback and suggestions from our employees on some themes to develop product and services. These insights help to reshape our concepts, value propositions or solutions.
Additionaly, when you look at external innovation resources like startups, you see that they apply new techniques like lean startup approach for business model and customer validation. Startups have  much more limited resources compared to large corporations and these startups need to be a lot more efficient in their businesses. We need to import these techniques into large organizations as well. In my previous comments, I named OTTs a major competitor for telecom operators. All those OTT players are now equipped with these techniques and they are doing just fine.

Berna Samiloglu will give a presentation at EurasiaCom on Wednesday 26th March on "The next wave of growth opportunities for the telecom industry". For more information and to register click here. 

Ogra Foundation will be the Official Charity of East Africa COM 2013

The Com World Series is is proud to announce Ogra Foundation will be the Official Charity of East Africa COM 2013!

OGRA Foundation works with and for vulnerable communities in Kenya to improve and promote health through five pillars:
1. Disease prevention and control
2. Promotion of maternal and child health
3. Community empowerment
4. Health systems strengthening
5. Emergency preparedness and response through partnerships

Since its founding in 2000 Ogra Foundation has made great strides in its core business by making healthcare available and affordable to the underserved populations in the community.
Hear more about Ogra Foundation’s work including their M-Health project – Zidi - at East AfricaCOM or contact http://www.ografoundation.org


About East Africa Com

East Africa Com is the annual event for the telecoms, media and ICT sector in the region. It is designed to showcase the innovation, entrepreneurship and developments taking place in the region’s digital space.
The audience will include 600 high-level representatives of telcos, alternative players, broadcasters, content providers, vendors, suppliers, as well as the new generation of ICT start-ups leading innovation in the region.
Confirmed speakers include the CEOs of Wananchi, Orange Kenya, AfricaOnline, Whive, Canar Telecom and senior representatives of Google, Airtel, Safaricom and more.

For more information on the event and how to participate visit http://eaafrica.comworldseries.com/ or contact Julie Rey on julie.rey@informa.com

Eurasia Com 2013: Apply for your Free* or Discounted Pass!

Eurasia Com

26-27 March 2013,

Swissôtel The Bosphorus, 

Istanbul, Turkey 

Eurasia Com taking place on the 26-27 March at the Swissôtel, The Bosphorus in Istanbul goes beyond the world of traditional telecommunications: it brings together the most innovative companies from the region’s digital market. The two day event will feature 40+ speakers from the entire digital ecosystem and will equip you with ideas, inspiration and insights which will enable you to gain a competitive advantage in the market place. 

What will you learn? 

You will learn from keynotes, panel discussions, case studies and sessions dedicated to Digital Eurasia, Transforming Networks, Connecting Eurasia, Customer Experience Management, Serving the Enterprise, Digital Enterprise, M2M Services, the APPGIG and much more. 

Download the conference agenda: http://eurasia.comworldseries.com/download-agenda/

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Share strategies with Digital and Telco leaders of the industry including:

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OPERATORS & ISPS 

  

- Rob Shardlow, Group Sales & Business Development Director, Virgin Mobile CEE 

- Oleg Raspopov, Vice President, Head of Business Unit Foreign Subsidiaries, MTS 

- Dmitry Kromskiy, Head of the CIS Business Unit, Vimpelcom 

- Mustafa Kiral, Vice President, Altimo 

- Cenk Bayrakdar, Chief New Technology Business Officer, Turkcell 

- Yorgos Ioannidis, Chairman, Azerfon 

- Yusuf Kirac, Network Director, TurkTelekom 

- Batyrbek Djumabekov, CTO, MegaCom, Kyrgyzstan 

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  OTT, CONTENT & APPS 

  

- Onur Cekmegil, Director Mobile and Business Development, MyNet, Turkey 

- Abdul Vakhed Niyazov, Chairman, SalamWorld 

- Dmitry Mineev, Chief Content Officer and Head of Business Development, Nemo Telecom Ltd, Russia 

- Özcan Ermiş, CEO, KVK 

- Eftal Gezer, Co-Founder, Sorarlar 

- Sedat Kilic, Industry Leader for Telco and Retail Industries, Google 

  

REGULATOR 

  

- Kemal Huseinović, Director General, Communications Regulatory Agency of Bosnia and hercegovina

Download the conference agenda 

http://eurasia.comworldseries.com/download-agenda/

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REGISTER TODAY for your FREE* or discounted pass! 

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Eurasian *operators and regulators can attend for *FREE, whilst early booking discounts apply to all others. Secure your delegate ticket before 19 February to save €400 today. 

Find out who qualifies as an operator. Click here: http://eurasia.comworldseries.com/who-qualifies-as-an-operator-2/ 

Register quoting your Booking Code: Blog/EU1 here: http://eurasia.comworldseries.com/register 

We look forward to receiving your registrations!

The Eurasia Com Team

Check out the key trends in Africa's digital market, from debates at AfricaCom

As 2012 comes to a close it is fitting to reflect on the main trends in Africa's digital market. The year has certainly been busy thanks to ever-increasing competition between operators, a boom in data usage, the continued rise of media brands including social media and the thirst for more local content.
AfricaCom 2012, held in Cape Town in November, provided a great platform to check the state of the market.
Here's a recap of the main themes that were discussed at the event. Don't hesitate to add your thoughts!

If you have trouble seeing the picture find it on this link: http://files.informatandm.com/uploads/2012/12/africa_digital_market_infograph.pdf

See you next year at Middle East Com | 23-24 September 2013

*** Share your thoughts on this year’s event #MECom @allaboutcom

The second day of Middle East Com opened with Nokia’s view of the smartphone market. Shiv Shivakumar, Head of India, Middle East and Africa at Nokia outlined key drivers for the growth of the smartphone and consumer tablet market as  education, entertainment and experience. Shiv was joined by Blackberry’s Managing Director for the Middle East - Sandeep Saihgal to answer questions about the direction of device manufacturer strategies, and future partnerships with telcos.

Day 2: Nokia's Keynote Session

The keynote content panel featured MBC, d1g.com, SOUQ.com and On Demand Group.  Panellists discussed their mobile specific strategies and the consumer desire for content on the move.  Panellists agreed that regulation remains a challenge, and that while content is being accessed on the move it is not being translated to mobile commerce at this stage.

Day 2: Content panel featured MBC, d1g.com, SOUQ.com and On Demand Group

A key highlight of yesterday was the LTE stream, with speakers addressing a packed conference room to update on the region’s LTE deployments.  The MVNOs Middle East conference continued yesterday, with a keynote presentation from Renna’s CEO Joakim Klingefjord and an extremely popular regulatory panel discussion following a presentation from the Saudi regulator.

Day 2: The LTE session 

Extended networking sessions, the introduction of speed networking and Dubai’s newest venue helped to make this another successful Middle East Com and we look forward to welcoming all to Middle East Com 2013 on 23^rd-24^th September next year.

Day 2: Speed Networking Session

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What are your thoughts on this year's Middle East Com?
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Take a look at more photos from the conference
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See below:

- Driving innovation in Digital Ecosystem - presentation by #Etisalat VP of Commerce at #MECOM: http://twitter.yfrog.com/oc2w5nczj

- Coffee break at #MECOM: http://twitter.yfrog.com/hwl1znvj

- Members of #Huawei team at #MECOM: http://twitter.yfrog.com/hs263dbj

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What our attendees said about this year's show:   

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“Congratulations to all of you for a job well done!! This is by far the best Informa show I’ve attended.”
Rasky Espineli Rasco, CEO & Founder, GSG-OptoTech FZE

“Lovely event and I definitely encourage more telecom professionals to attend next year. Informa is awesome!”
Ayman Irshaid, CEO, Areeba Areeba

"This was a fantastic opportunity to meet both the telecom operators in the region and the OTT players and explore future opportunities and cooperation in area of digital telecommunication."Said Al-Shanfari, Department Head – Business Development, Nawras, Oman

“I would have to admit that when I first heard about Speed-networking, I was not too sure of what to expect. However, it has been for us a great success and found it extremely well organized and interesting. Meeting people for 2 minutes each time and even if you do not end up with a relevant operator, you shake hands and go to the next person. I have had the opportunity to meet many relevant people which was my reason of being here.”

Ramon Valero, Sales Account Executive, Open Wave Mobility (Sponsor)

“Middle East Com 2012 was really very informative and interactive. It gave me the opportunity to meet & know operators, delegates, vas vendors & consultants under the same platform. One of the most fruitful and organized conference I have attended. Full marks to the organizers!”

Muzammil Ali, VAS Delegate, Ericsson

“An exhibition/conference focused on the cutting edge of Telecom Technology. I think it is the ideal event to catch up with the largest solutions to network systems, the vast array of applications and choices available in the market place”

Stafford Batchelor, Managing Director, Batchelor Associates

“The overall attendance to this event has enhanced our experience through learning and listening to other telecom professionals experiences and exercises. It has been a pleasure to have attend this event.”Atef Attili, Retail Sales Manager, Paltel

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Thank you to all the Sponsors of Middle East Com 2012
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Comviva * Comverse * Comza * Bics * Blackberry * Huawei * CSG International * Tellabs * Openwave Mobility * Analysys Mason * Wimax Forum * Effortel  

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See You Next Year!
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To get involved early for the 2013 show,
please visit our website: www.comworldseries.com/me

Middle East Com 2013
23-24 September 2013
JW Marriott Marquis, Dubai,
United Arab Emirates 

The 17th annual Middle East Com opened today in Dubai...

***Join us for Day 2!***    Share your thoughts on #MECom @allaboutcom 
   
The 17th annual Middle East Com opened today at the JW Marriott Marquis Hotel in Dubai.  

Delegates enjoyed an inspiring keynote speech, presented by Osman Sultan, CEO of du. Mr Sultan focussed on the expectations of the new digital generation, and the role of the telco in meeting those expectations. Du’s CEO acknowledged the need for partnership, between OTT players and telco’s, and between telco’s themselves. He emphasised the need for openness and scaleability to embrace in order to realise the potential for innovation and creativity in the digital world.

Delegates at the Keynote session

The theme of innovation was continued during a panel featuring Etisalat, du, Areeba Areeba and Pinger. The panel were questioned on whether operators had it in their DNA to innovate – or would it be preferable to leave that to the small entrepreneurial start-ups?  The operators emphasised the benefits they can bring to the OTT players – with a focus on their billing capabilities, authentication of users, and the vast information they have about their customers.

Ihab Hinnawi the CEO of @Ihinnawi #Umniah @Umniahbelong in a panel at #MECom

An interview with Google’s Mohamad Mourad continued the theme of innovation, with delegates being given an insight into the internet giant’s creative strategies.  Mr Mourad emphasised the need for bottom-up thinking, and the importance of attracting the most talented professionals to develop a truly innovative proposition.

Speed Networking at #MECOM well attended by VIP operators & vendors

With break-out streams focussing on Digital Services, Transforming Network Economics, Customer Experience Management and MVNOs, delegates were treated to a comprehensive insight into the opportunities available in the Middle East’s digital world.

Tomorrow’s keynote sessions feature Etisalat, Nokia, Samsung and Blackberry, together with leading content developers showcasing the progression and development in localised Arabic content.  The break-out sessions feature the 2nd day of MVNOs, alongside a focus on Mobile Money, Mobile Marketing and LTE.

We look forward to seeing you at the second day of Middle East Com.

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Make sure to join us for Day 2
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There is an outstanding speaker line-up for day 2 of the event as well -  
make sure to join us tomorrow!  
     
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Sponsors of Middle East Com
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Comviva * Comverse * Comza * Bics * Blackberry * Huawei * CSG International * Tellabs * Openwave Mobility * Analysys Mason * Wimax Forum * Effortel