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SAMENA Telecommunications Council
SAMENA Telecommunications Council is South Asia - Middle East
- North Africa (SAMENA) region’s premier industry association
of telecom operators and service providers. SAMENA Council
voices network operators’ issues and needs to regulators,
policymakers, and international institutions. SAMENA Council
is a sector development partner to the private and the public
sectors, and empowers stakeholders to communicate together
and addressing the most pressing industry issues, in order to help
create a sustainable business environment for the industry, and to
accelerate digital development in regional economies.
As an international non-profit organization, SAMENA Council is
contributing to the understanding of cross-stakeholder priorities
within the public and the private sectors. The Council has created
a unique regional position as the regulatory reach and operator
advocacy organization, promoting institution-level engagements
with leading private and public-sector organizations.
SAMENA Council was founded in 2006. In February 2020 in
Bahrain, Saudi Telecom Company, represented by Eng. Nasser
Bin Sulaiman Al Nasser as its Group CEO, was re-elected to chair
the Board of Directors of SAMENA Council and Batelco was again
elected to vice-chair the Board of Directors under the leadership of
Batelco International Investments CEO Mr. Ihab Hinnawi.

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