Location: Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt.
EMERG workshop on the “Future of fixed networks” will be held on April 19th-20th in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt.
In most western European countries, fixed line penetration rates have been traditionally high (although coming down in recent years) whereas in the MENA region fixed network has often not reached full coverage of the national territory and the penetration rates of the fixed sector have usually been surpassed significantly by mobile. In this respect there may be similarities between the MENA countries and some eastern European countries.
This workshop aims at looking at strategies to develop and introduce competition in the fixed network sector, taking into consideration the special position of the fixed network in many countries of the MENA region.