Conferences and Presentations
Magenta Global Telecoms organized a GLOBAL WIRELESS BROADBAND 2008 SUMMIT "The Future of Wireless Broadband" - Middle East, Africa, South Asia, Russia, Central Asia
from 30-31 March 2008, InterContinental Doha Hotel, Doha, Qatar.
Wireless Broadband is booming in the Middle East, with market growth rates of 25% to 100%. In Africa, Wireless Broadband
technologies have whole countries leap-frog into the Communication Age. In particular, all eyes are focused on WiMAX, the
abruptive technology that became an IMT standard last October. The next 12 months will be crucial for WiMAX. Notwithstanding
the volatility in the capital markets, it is estimated that the total capital to be invested in WiMAX networks and technology
will be more than US$30 billion over the next year. Total VC/PE investments for WiMAX in 2008 should double the US$2.073
billion invested in 2007. Likewise, M & A activity in the WiMAX industry should exceed US$3.4 billion for 2008. The 12
months will also bear witness to an unprecedented amount of radio spectrum auctioned worldwide for use with WiMAX.
Capital invested to acquire WiMAX spectrum could reach more than US$15 billion, and those who acquire spectrum will
also invest in the necessary network infrastructure this year.
This international summit, brought together globally, key decision makers, telcos, regulators, WISPs, service providers from
the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Europe & North America, to discuss new opportunities and challenges arising from the Wireless
Broadband boom, and chart the direction for “The Future of Wireless Broadband”, in Qatar, one of the hotspots in the forefront
of telecom liberalization.
CEO Quasi Stellar Basit S. Alvi addressed the conference in Doha Qatar and spoke about Challenges of WiMAX adoption over IMS and Unification of services
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Keynote Speakers
| Name | Designation | Company |
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| William Fagan |
Executive Director |
ictQATAR |
| Shaikh Fahad Bin Jassim Al-Thani |
Chief Operating Officer |
Qatar Telecom |
| Michael Lai |
CEO |
Green Packet International |
| Basit Sajjad Alvi |
CEO |
Quasi Stellar, Pakistan |
| Mohammad Alwathiq Shaqrah |
Director, Radio Spectrum Dept |
TRC, Jordan |
| Philippe Vogeleer |
Chief Strategy Officer/Secretary General |
Jordan Telecom Group – Orange Jordan |
| Fahad Al-Shirawi |
CEO |
2connectbahrain, Bahrain |
| Hicham Kerrouch |
Senior Manager, New Technologies |
Meditel, Morocco |
| Dorcas Batwala |
Quality Assurance Manager |
MTN |
| Femi Oduntan |
Head of Strategy & Operations |
Globacom, Nigeria |
| Khalid Al-Rifai |
Group CTO |
VTEL Holdings |
| Robert Syputa |
Co-Founder/Senior Analyst |
Maravedis |
| Walter Groppi |
CEO |
BluWan |
| Babak Arshad |
General Manager |
Datak Telecom, Iran |
| George Anionye |
Managing Director |
FGC Wireless, Sierra Leone |
| Turhan Muluk |
Chairman |
MEA Regulatory Working Group, WiMAX Forum/Intel Turkey |
| Ali Saghaeian |
Chief Analyst |
Teyf, Iran |
| Kai Wulff |
Managing Director |
Kenya Data Networks |
| K V Seshasayee |
Member, Board of Directors |
Quipo Telecom, India |
| Amit Chawla |
EVP, Global Business |
Veraz Networks |
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