RIPE NCC holds roundtable meeting in Bahrain to explore opportunities and challenges in the Arab Countries Internet Sector
RIPE NCC successfully arranged a roundtable conference of Arab telecommunications ministries and Arab ICT regulative bodies recently at the Ritz-Carlton, Manama in Bahrain. The conference, which was opened by His Excellency Eng. Kamal bin Ahmed Mohammad, Minister of Transport and Telecommunications, Kingdom of Bahrain. Axel Pawlik, Managing Director of RIPE NCC, reviewed key means on how to drive in even more advancement and economic growth for the Arab region's Internet industry. In addition, the roundtable addressed the difficulties presented by cyberthreats and cybercrime-- especially throughout cyberattacks on governments and internet service providers (ISPs) in the Arab countries.
H.E. Mohammad, the Bahraini Minister of Transport and Telecommunications explained the significance of the meeting as an interactive platform aimed at reviewing the most vital concerns influencing the present and future standing of the Internet market, which is currently the keystone of the advancement of the economic situations of countries all over the world. He stressed on the value of the substantial discussions, which looks to developing efficient and efficient services to arising and potential challenges to make certain optimal defense versus cyber hazards and cybercrime faced by federal governments and Internet service providers in Arab nations.
H.E. Minister Mohammad included: "We are pleased to host such a quality-focused forum in the Kingdom of Bahrain, which shows the sophisticated actions we have actually taken to offer an optimal atmosphere for attracting financial investment in the field of interactions and infotech in order to develop an integrated knowledge economy. We waiting to working very closely with the Ministers of Communications and the heads of the governing bodies in the Arab world in the effort to establish innovative and reliable guidelines and standards to increase the development of this vital market-- using sophisticated modern technology in support of the development, prosperity and advancement of our nations and cultures."
When it comes to Axel Pawlik, Managing Director, RIPE NCC: "With these roundtable sessions and comparable events that we are regularly arranging, RIPE NCC is devoted to proactively adding to advancing the advancement of the Internet sector in the Arab region and to go over all the problems and plans related to this industry, especially in terms of challenges and opportunities. We are steadfast in our efforts to locate reliable services to the arising obstacles in this industry as we look for to develop it in line with the highest international standards. We are making constant initiatives in cooperation with governments and various other members to adopt a clear method that adds to the typical purposes of creating the field and adopting the most recent technology for the Internet."
The meeting was attended by H.E. Eng. Loutfi Bashareef, Minister of Information Technology and Telecommunications of Yemen, in addition to numerous guvs, deputy governors and managers from Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Yemen and the director of Telecom Bureau in GCC H.E. Eng. Mahmood Sayyar. The event included several sessions that checked out the technological challenges dealing with the Internet sector in addition to Internet sources in the Arab region and capacity building efforts focused on supporting the additional advancement of the Internet community in the Arab world. H.E. Minister Mohammad and Pawlik, led the opening session with their call to additional anxiety on the have to resolve key concerns and support signed up with initiatives to find effective remedies to the obstacles dealing with the Internet sector in the Arab region-- utilizing all readily available resources to accelerate the development of this field.
The very first panel discussion, which was qualified 'Internet Resources in the Arab region,' was led by Chris Buckridge and Paul Rendek from the RIPE NCC, and dealt with the Global Administration of Internet Resources, the RIPE NCC Policy Development Refine, Administration of the Internet Numbers in the Arab Region and IPv4 and IPv6 Address Job Plans and Statistics.
The 2nd panel discussion was led by Marco Hogewoning, RIPE NCC, which centered on the IPv6 Innovation Chance for Business Advancement and Economic Growth. He also spoke about the 'Challenges and Opportunities of the Internet of Points (IoT).' The sessions additionally covered the discussion of numerous case studies and successful stories from leading industry expert; Dr. Ebraheem Al-Furaih, Replacement Governor and General Manager of Internet Services at CITC, Saudi Arabia Eng. Abdul Rahman Al Marzouqi, Manager of the Internet Development Policies and Programs Division at TRA UAE and Jan Vannieuwenhuyse, Senior Engineer-Advisor, Approach Numbering and Internet Administration at BIPT in Belgium. Meanwhile, Hisham Ibrahim from the RIPE NCC took part in the session talking about the Cyber Protection Obstacles in an Altering Number Source Atmosphere.
