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    Dubai hosts 9th annual GSM in Middle East, Gulf and North Africa conference

    Al-Bawaba
    October 4, 2004 Monday

    By Mena Report Reporters

    The ninth annual GSM in the Middle East, Gulf and North Africa
    conference and exhibition is due to take place 5-6 October 2004, at
    the JW Marriott Hotel, Dubai, UAE.

    Held under the patronage of the Minister of Communications for the
    United Arab Emirates, GSM in the Middle East, Gulf and North Africa is
    the established annual meeting place for the GSM community in the
    region. This year the event will incorporate the North Africa region,
    an initiative backed by a marketing campaign to Algeria, Chad, Egypt,
    Eritrea, Ethiopia, Libya, Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia.

    Organized by IBC Global Conferences, the event will showcase the
    latest in GSM technology, solutions and services. It will provide a
    platform for the region's mobile industry to learn from key industry
    speakers on the critical business, strategy and technical issues
    facing the region as well as providing market case studies of the
    leading services, applications and products.

    "GSM in the Middle East, Gulf and North Africa conference and
    exhibition is a unique event, focused purely on the GSM market,
    technology and services," said Fiona Loud, marketing manager, IBC
    Global Conferences. "The event aims to provide a platform where GSM
    operators, network vendors and software developers can meet and
    exchange experiences in order to better serve the customer in the
    region and enrich the lifestyle of the people," she added.

    "Mobile subscribers in the Middle East and North Africa grew to 38.8
    million at the end of 2003, an increase of 40.1% on 2002. This figure
    is forecast to rise to 51.9 million by the end of 2004, fuelled in
    particular by rapid subscriber growth in the North African markets of
    Tunisia, Egypt and Algeria," said John Everington, Senior Analyst at
    EMC World Cellular Database, a company internationally reputed as the
    best source for operational data and analysis on the mobile industry.

    Opportunities for 3G in the region, regulation and liberalisation
    developments, customer retention and acquisition strategies, effective
    pricing strategies in a competitive market, billing for increased
    revenue and customer relationship management (CRM), together with
    developing GPRS for the corporate market, will be among the conference
    topics.

    Endorsed by the Emirates Telecommunications Corporation - Etisalat and
    sponsored by the world's leading GSM technology providers, including
    Huawei Technologies, Ericsson, Siemens mobile, Convergys, LogicaCMG,
    Metrica, Gemplus, Giesecke & Devrient and Atos Origin, the GSM in the
    Middle East, Gulf and North Africa exhibition will demonstrate the
    latest in GSM technology, services and solutions.

    According to EMC World Cellular Database analysts, the Middle East is
    one of the few regions in the world where the mobile
    telecommunications industry is still expanding and experiencing strong
    growth.

    IBC's GSM in the Middle East and Gulf 2003 set an attendance record
    last October in Dubai with an increase of 43% on the previous year,
    reflecting the new developments and challenges facing the GSM
    community in this region. The audience of over 500 included over 160
    mobile operators and delegates from more than 31 countries including
    UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Yemen, Syria, Jordan, Libya,
    Oman, Qatar, Egypt, Turkey, Algeria, Tunisia, Palestine, Armenia, UK,
    France, Belgium, Sweden and Germany. (menareport.com)
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