{"id":4738,"date":"2019-12-11T11:06:13","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T11:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/?p=4738"},"modified":"2019-12-11T11:06:49","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T11:06:49","slug":"m360-mena-5g-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/m360-mena-5g-workshop","title":{"rendered":"M360 MENA: 5G WORKSHOP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4739\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mohamed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2173\" height=\"1568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mohamed.jpg 2173w, https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mohamed-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mohamed-768x554.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mohamed-1024x739.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2173px) 100vw, 2173px\" \/>The workshop was facilitated by Mohamed Abbes, Public Policy Director, GSMA and included two panel discussions. The first panel was focused on discussing the challenges in infrastructure deployment and the policy enablers that will help to facilitate the rollout of 5G infrastructure as the success of 5G is dependent on the collaborative effort of operators, industry and policymakers. In the second panel, they discussed the key drivers of 5G, enablers to unlock its potential, national 5G plans, and policy actions to encourage required investment drawing on experiences from previous generations and early 5G deployments. Some of the issues that were explored included:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Lessons learnt from 3G and 4G deployments in MENA that can be carried forward to the 5G era;<br \/>\n\u2022 5G deployments in leading markets and implications for other regions;<br \/>\n\u2022 Key policy levers to accelerate infrastructure deployment \u2013 i.e. additional spectrum, access to sites \/ small cells, backhaul as a key element, infrastructure sharing; and,<br \/>\n\u2022 Policy actions and insights.<\/p>\n<p>The panellists included:<br \/>\n\u2022 Dr Andrew Arowojolu, CRO Zain Group<br \/>\n\u2022 Mr Robert Middlehurst, VP, Regulatory Affairs at Etisalat International<br \/>\n\u2022 Dr Ahmed A. AlSohaily, Chief Technologist at CITC, Saudi Arabia<br \/>\n\u2022 Dr Mani Manimohan, Head of Digital Infrastructure Policy &amp; Regulation, Government and Regulatory Affairs, GSMA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The workshop was facilitated by Mohamed Abbes, Public Policy Director, GSMA and included two panel discussions. 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