April 9th, 2000

Paltel participated in the 3rd Annual Arab International Telecom Development Congress and Exhibition

Palestine participated in the 3rd Annual Arab International Telecom Development Congress and Exhibition held in Beirut- Lebanon during 25-28 March 2000, through a team headed by His Excellency, the Minister of Post and Telecommunications, Eng. Imad Falouji, and from the Palestine Telecommunications Company (Paltel): West Bank Regional Manager/ Bahjat Khaldi, Marketing Director/ Suleiman Mashriqi and Marketing Executive/ Mahmoud Jallad. Hitek Magazine, represented by Ms Tayar, and the Xperimental Group sponsored and organized the congress, which was concluded with brilliant success.

The opening of the congress was attended by over 800 personalities from many Arab and foreign countries led by their Excellencies the Arab Ministers of Telecommunications, representatives of the presidential palace and the official presence of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). Besides, a great number of businessmen, representatives of the Arab and International Chambers of Commerce and owners of biggest telecommunications firms attended as well.

The congress touched upon hot issues relating to telecommunications technicalities and technologies as: internet, privatization, the 3rd generation of mobile phones, networks, new solutions and services for worldwide telecommunications, latest personal mobile telecommunications alongside Tele-Medicine.

Most significantly about this congress is the exchanged experience generated by the presence of the telecommunication sectors representatives from around the Arab countries as Libya, Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco Tunisia, Saudi Arabia and Palestine. Actually, it was a unique opportunity for direct contact between end users and operators.

Paltel's participation was undeniable. It conducted certain seminars, press conferences, and a special stand in which documentary films & CDs were played with a briefing on Jawwal's and Paltel's roles in developing the telecommunications sector in Palestine. Furthermore, it distributed different brochures & leaflets about its services, met with all the attending delegations as a step towards future cooperation and finally presented some worthwhile recommendations at the end of the conference.