It will be hosted by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of the Kingdom of Bahrain (TRA). The International Telecommunications Society (ITS), TRA and the University of Strathclyde will join forces to organise this important event.

This even will mark the expansion of the ITS activities to the previously underserved, but increasingly important region of the Middle East and North Africa.

The conference intends to open possibilities to discuss the issues, which are not only internal to the telecommunications sector, but also relate to the interaction between this sector and more general socio-economic environment (including general economic growth, international trade, addressing the needs of low income people or people with special needs, links with environmental issues etc.).

Main topics of the conference

• Telecommunications and the Environment;
• Telecommunications and Economic Growth;
• Achieving Affordable Access for All: Innovative Approaches;
• Providing Services that People Need;
• Making Market Work for Poor;
• Telecommunications and other Related Sectors, including Finance, Content etc.
• Regulating for Growth;
• Internationalisation of Telecommunications
 

Target audience of the event

ITS members, non-members (including representatives of regulators, market players and their associations, international organizations, consumer groups, academy), students.
 

Date and location of the conference

The conference will be held on 26- 28 October 2008, at the Crown plaza hotel in Manama – Kingdom of Bahrain.