Le panel virtuel de Telecom Review a eu lieu le 25 novembre, sous le titre "5G : Quelles promesses pour l’Afrique ?". Le panel a mis en lumière la situation globale de la 5G en Afrique, la désactivation des systèmes traditionnels, transition des bandes, évolution de la voix, impact sur le réseau de backhaul, comment monétiser la 5G, les défis réglementaires et l’importance de la sécurité du 5G. Le public a participé à une session très interactive présidée par Toni Eid, PDG de Trace Media et fondateur de Telecom Review, avec la participation de Hatem Mestiri, Directeur technique, Ooredoo Tunisie ; Didier Kla, Directeur Orange Business et Broadband, Orange CIV ; Bassim Bennani, Directeur du marketing pour l'Afrique, Nokia ; et Zouheir Lakhdissi, PDG, Dial Technologies et investisseur providential.

Telecom Review’s virtual panel took place on November 10, under the title of “Digital transformation driving the next phase of innovation”. The panel highlighted the different areas of digital transformation, understanding the cloud’s role in digital transformation, meeting emerging opportunities and challenges, innovating business models, and investing in digital skills to meet digital transformation goals, among others. The audience joined a very interactive session chaired by Toni Eid, CEO, Trace Media and founder, Telecom Review with the participation of Sebastian Alberto Delgado, vice president, IoT & AI, Etisalat; Günther Ottendorfer, chief technology & infrastructure officer, Ooredoo Qatar; Karim Benkirane, chief commercial officer, du; and Danial Mausoof, head of sales, mobile networks, MEA, Nokia.

Telecom Review’s virtual panel took place on October 5, under the title of “Digitizing the capacity industry”. The panel highlighted the latest developments in the wholesale industry, digital infrastructure, on-demand services, and the future of the wholesale industry in terms of data traffic increase. The audience joined a very interactive session chaired by Toni Eid, CEO, Trace Media and founder, Telecom Review with the participation of Ali Amiri, Chief Carrier & Wholesale Officer, Etisalat Group; Cengiz Oztelcan, CEO, GBI; Emmanuel Rochas, CEO, Orange International Carriers; Eric Cevis, President, Verizon Partner Solutions; Eric Handa, CEO & Co-Founder, AP Telecom; Frédéric Schepens, CEO, MTN Global Connect.

Telecom Review’s virtual panel, powered by SES, took place on September 13, under the title of “Revolutionizing connectivity through innovation”. The panel highlighted the different roles innovation is playing in the journey to revolutionize terrestrial and satellite connectivity. The audience joined a very interactive session moderated by Andrea Faggiano, partner, telecom, information, media & electronics practice lead, Arthur D. Little Middle East with the participation of Hamid Nawaz, general manager, Middle East & Central Asia, SES; Chra Hussain Arif, chief commercial officer, Asiacell Iraq; Kamil Hilali, chief strategy officer, Zain Group; Georges Jaber, vice president, wholesale, BD, Salam Saudi Arabia; and Hani Askar, general manager global, Batelco.

Telecom Review organized a virtual panel on May 20th entitled “Beyond 5G: The endless benefits of 5G to operators”. The panel aimed to highlight what goes beyond 5G’s traditional definition and all the hype around it. The audience joined a very interactive session chaired by Toni Eid, CEO and founder of Telecom Review Group, with the participation of Alex Sinclair, CTO, GSMA; Dr. Ibrahim Gedeon, CTO, TELUS; James Kirby, SVP & Head of EMEA Business, CSG; Dr. Mohamed Madkour, VP Global Wireless Networks Marketing and Solutions, Huawei; and Mohamed Al Marzooqi, VP Technology Synergies, Etisalat Group.

Telecom Review organized a virtual panel on April 27, 2021, where industry experts discussed the topic of network automation & SD-WAN in the era of virtualization. Network automation and SD-WAN have been trending in the telecoms industry given their benefits and role in the digital age. In order to know more about this topic, the panel gathered Roque Lozano, SVP IP & Optical Networks, MEA, Nokia, Aloke Tusnial, Vice President, Cloud Business & Solutions, Spirent, Khaled Al Belooshi, VP Fixed Networks, Etisalat, Neil Templeton, Vice President, Digital Innovation Marketing, PCCW Global and Dr. Ibrahim Gedeon, CTO, TELUS. The panel discussion was moderated by Mr. Kevin Vachon, Chief Operating Officer, MEF.

The Infoblox SP Virtual Summit by Telecom Review was held on February 17 and addressed the theme “Thoughts and consideration for designing next generation service providers network”. The virtual summit tackled the requirements of next generation SP networks.

The two-hour virtual event featured keynotes and a panel of C-level executives representing leading telecom operators Etisalat UAE, Etisalat Misr, Ooredoo Qatar, stc and Vodafone Qatar.

Telecom Review organized a virtual panel which saw the participation of 300 registrants, to discuss the opportunities offered by 5G fixed wireless access networks to consumers and mobile operators. Abdulrahman AlMufadda, CTO, Zain KSA and Ali Jitawi, customer business team head Zain, Nokia talked in depth about the importance of this technology. The panel discussion was moderated by Amer Mdanat, general manager (KSA), NXN.