AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 2006 Universal Broadband Access - A Basic Right If so, How and Why
CONTENTS <strong>Connect</strong>ions First words from <strong>the</strong> Editor-In-Chief’s desk by Fredric J. Morris Imprint Subscription Promotional Features CBOSS 5 7 11 14 17 21 24 26 28 33 33 37 40 42 47 52 52 56 Advertisements All articles are available as downloads. Visit us online at www.connect-world.com Belgacom Detecon ITU Telecom <strong>World</strong> <strong>Connect</strong>-<strong>World</strong> INTEC ITU WSIS GSM 3G <strong>World</strong> Series (Africa) Terrapin Telecoms<strong>World</strong> Futurecomm JDSU GSM Middle East & Gulf PTC Terrapin Subnet GSM <strong>World</strong> Congress (Asia) Global FMC Forum Terrapin Digital <strong>Connect</strong>-<strong>World</strong> Broadcasting & Media Congress Pegasus Consultancy Terrapin Cards Ericsson Cisco 2 2 60 9 IFC 3 4 10 15 19 22 29 30 32 35 38 43 44 49 50 53 54 57 59 IBC OBC National Development Broadband in Egypt 5 by His Excellency, Dr Tarek Kamel, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Egypt Universal broadband access - basic <strong>right</strong>s and aspirations 7 by Dr Hessa S. Al-Jaber, PhD, Secretary General, ictQATAR, <strong>the</strong> Supreme Council of Information & Communication Technology, Qatar Rural Development ICT, broadband and rural development in Africa 11 by Robert B. Kozma, Ph.D., Emeritus Director and Principal Scientist, Centre for Technology in Learning, SRI International, California, USA Convergent Billing Converged billing - enabling African mobile 14 by Birger Thorburn, CTO, Converged Billing Solutions Group, Comverse EMEA Broadband Deployment Closing <strong>the</strong> digital gap 17 by Ruediger Muehlhausen, VP, Group Messages and PR at Siemens Communications Digital Divide Bridging new digital divides 21 by Jean-Hervé Jenn, President, International, Convergys Corporation 3G Networks 3G in <strong>the</strong> Kingdom and <strong>the</strong> Middle East 24 by Saud Bin Majed Al-Daweesh, President, Saudi Telecom Company Wireless Broadband Wireless broadband - changing business in Africa and <strong>the</strong> Middle East by Pertti Johansson, President, Qualcomm Middle East and Africa 26 Universal broadband - can it pay in Africa 28 by Michah Himmelman, Founder and President, MaxBill Ltd Wireless Wireless - building <strong>the</strong> Middle East and Africa 33 by Jose R. Figueroa, Corporate Vice President & Regional Manager (EMEA and LAC), and Ali Amer, Senior Director of Sales (MENAPAK), Motorola Networks. Digital Inclusion and Corporate Responsibility Africa and <strong>the</strong> Middle East - broadband access for growth 37 by Paul Bell, Senior Vice President, Dell EMEA Triple Play Triple play in Africa - a pipe dream 40 by Desi Lopez Fafi é – Managing Director, African Operations, Oracle Corporation Data Security Mobile data security 42 by Massimo Migliuolo, Vice President for <strong>the</strong> Global Mobile Vertical at Cisco Systems Metropolitan Wireless Broadband The promise of metropolitan wireless broadband 47 by Makoto Ikari, General Manager, Wireless Broadband Division, Corporate Communication Systems Equipment Group, Kyocera Corporation Digital TV Broadband and digital TV - new cultural dimensions 52 by Neil Gaydon, CEO & Mike Tometzki, New Business Development Manager, Pace Micro Technology Education Education and universal broadband access 56 by Dr Mounir Hamdi, Director, Computer Engineering Programme, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology All articles are available for download at www.connect-world.com 1