February 05, 2010

Dr. Kamal Shehadi gave a presentation titled “The Future of Telecommunications in Lebanon” at the American University of Technology (AUT) campus in Halate, on Tuesday February the 2nd.

In his speech, Dr. Shehadi provided an overview of the Lebanese telecommunications market and highlighted the future of telecom liberalization in Lebanon by shedding light on its economic and fiscal impact associated with sector reforms (mainly mobile, fixed and broadband).

He also analyzed the different segments of the market and identified the bottlenecks preventing the Telecom sector in Lebanon from expanding, thus leaving Lebanon trailing behind its neighbors in almost all aspects of broadband networks and services.

Finally, Dr. Shehadi highlighted the broadband licensing plan proposed by the TRA to ensure competition in backbone high speed network, international gateway facilities, and access Networks and stressed on the importance of empowering the TRA to develop the Lebanese telecom market and ensure the highest benefits to all stakeholders.