Mr. Mario Maniewicz was elected Director of the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau at the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2018 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He took office on 1 January 2019.

Mario Maniewicz is an electronic engineer specialized in telecommunications. He has been with the ITU for over 30 years, where he has held various positions of responsibility in the Radiocommunication and Development Bureaux as well as in ITU Regional Offices.

As Director, Mr. Maniewicz is responsible for the management of the Radiocommunication Bureau, which organizes and co-ordinates the work of the Radiocommunication Sector whose aim is to ensure the rational, equitable, efficient and economical use of the radio-frequency spectrum and satellite orbits.

He holds an MSc in Broadband and Mobile Communications with distinction from the University of Kent (2008). He started his spectrum management career as a junior engineer in 2003 at the Zambia ICT Authority, rising to manager spectrum management in 2010 – a position he held until his appointment by the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) as a Radiocommunications Coordinator in 2012. He has been a keen and active contributor to national, regional and international spectrum management successes including development of the first Zambian national spectrum plan, the SADC spectrum plan, the GE-06 Conference during which he was appointed one of the planning experts for Eastern and Southern Africa.

M. MASSIMA –LANDJI Jean-Jacques is a Senior Engineer in Telecommunications, Electronics and Computer science graduated in Paris in 2003. He is actually ITU representative, for Central Africa and Madagascar resident in Yaoundé since 2009.

As Senior Adviser to the Ministry of Communications and Telecommunications of GABON, he was posted in Geneva as the Permanent Representative of Gabon to ITU from 2004 to 2009. He spent before four years in ITU Headquarters in Geneva at the Telecommunications development Bureau (BDT) as Coordinator of Iraq Project, from 2000 to 2004 after a first international experience two years as Regional Director for Central Africa for ICO Global Communications, based in South Africa from 1998 to 2000.

He is a Director of Posts and Telecommunications in the Gabonese administration and has managed the Telecommunications of this country during more than 15 years. He was the first Chairman and set up in 2001 the Regulatory Body of Gabon: “Agence de Regulation des Telecommunications”.

Mr MASSIMA is a recognized ICT senior expert worldwide and shows a proven experience of more than 30 years in the field of ICT. He was involved in the implementation of RASCOM as a continental expert and has chaired RASCOM Board of Directors in 1994 and 1995.

He has chaired several meetings in ITU World and regional Conferences and has been elected for the ongoing duties of Vice Chair of TDAG in WTDC06 and vice chair of TSAG in WTSA 08.

As senior expert Consultant of ATU, he used also to coordinate the African Common positions for several international meetings as the last WTDC 06 and the WTSA 08.

He started this long career in 1983 as specialized engineer in charge of data transmissions and also cumulatively lecturer in the National School of post and telecommunications and in the African Institute of Informatics (IAI) from 1984 to 1987 in Libreville Gabon.

Tom Mbadi Olwero is the Director, Frequency Spectrum Management at the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA). He holds a B.Sc. (Hons.) degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Business Administration degree.

He has over 35 years experience in the ICT sector in ICT Regulation, Planning and Engineering, Licensing and Homologation. He has attended several specialized professional courses in ICT, Leadership, Change Management, Radiocommunication, Spectrum Management among others, and has participated in several International Telecommunications Union (ITU) meetings both internationally and locally. He was the Chair of Kenya’s Preparatory Committee for ITU-R’s WRC-19.

He previously worked for 14 years with the defunct Kenya Posts and Telecommunications Corporation where he was involved in project planning, installation and commissioning of digital switching and radio systems. He has worked for CA for 20 years in Managerial capacities.

He is a member of the Engineers Board of Kenya (EBK), Institute of Engineers of Kenya (IEK), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers US (IEEE), Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA). His research interests are Change Management effects on telecommunications sector and New and Emerging communications technologies.

Stephen Spengler is a 36-year telecommunications and satellite industry veteran with experience in the media, broadband, government, and internet sectors. Mr. Spengler is chief executive officer of Intelsat, the world’s largest satellite services provider. He is current the chairman of the EMEA Satellite Operators Association, where he convenes a Board of other satellite operator Chief Executives around critical issues affecting the industry.
Mr. Spengler’s key accomplishments at Intelsat include the development of Intelsat’s next generation of managed service solutions for an array of network applications; a $2B investment in the groundbreaking Intelsat Epic high-throughput satellite network and a series of strategic equity investments to catalyze satellite innovations. He is currently leading Intelsat’s initiative to establish the industry’s first software defined satellite/terrestrial network based on the 5G standard, designed to provided unprecedented network speeds, economics and coverage.

Mr. Spengler is a member of the United Nations Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development and serves on the corporate boards of Intelsat SA and Kymeta Corporation. He has testified before the U. S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation regarding the future of the commercial satellite industry.

Mr. Spengler joined Intelsat in 2003, and has served in executive roles of increasing responsibility, including sales, marketing, strategy, and business development. These responsibilities leveraged Mr. Spengler’s global orientation and thought leadership. He has generated new business and forged strategic relationships across the world in developed and developing markets and has expertise in meeting the challenges and opportunities that exist in international markets and emerging technologies. Prior to assuming his current role in 2015, he was the president and chief commercial officer of Intelsat. He held senior management positions at Viasat Satellite Networks, Scientific-Atlanta Europe, GTE Spacenet International, and GTE Corporation before joining Intelsat. Mr. Spengler earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dickinson College and a Master of Business Administration from Boston University.

Intelsat owns and operates a fully integrated network of over fifty commercial communications satellites that deliver broadband connectivity to businesses and communities in over 200 countries. It provides diversified communications services to the world’s leading media companies, fixed and wireless telecommunications operators, data networking service providers for enterprise and mobile applications, multinational corporations and ISPs. Intelsat is the leading provider of commercial satellite capacity to the U.S. government and other governments.

Eiman Mohyeldin is a Senior Specialist Spectrum Regulation at Nokia.

Eiman has twenty years of a professional experience in radio research and spectrum regulation and standardization in Siemens, Nokia Siemens Networks, Nokia Networks, and lately Nokia. She is based in Germany, in 2007 she joined the standardization and spectrum team group’s, focusing on spectrum aspects, in particular participating in CEPT, ATU and ITU-R meetings. She is actively involved in the WRC process, participating in the WRC Conferences and preparatory meetings (CPM).

Eiman started her career in 2001 in radio research, focusing on the development of 4G/IMT-A in research and regulation, including participation in various European-funded projects with project management and task leadership positions. She holds a M.Sc. in Communications Engineering from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in 2000.

Martha Suarez was born in Bucaramanga, Colombia. She received her degree as Electronics Engineer from the Universidad Industrial de Santander in 2004. During her undergraduate studies she participated in an exchange program with the Ecole Superieure Chimie Physique Electronique de Lyon, France in 2001. She received her master degree in high frequency communication systems from the University of Marne-la-Vallee, France in 2006 and her Ph.D. degree from the University Paris-Est in 2009. She joined the department of Telecommunications and Signal Processing at the École Supérieure d’Ingénieurs en Électronique et Électrotechnique de Paris ESIEE and the Esycom Research Center where she worked on wireless transmitter architectures. In 2011 she was awarded with a Marie Curie Fellowship and worked at the Instytut Technologii Elektronowej ITE in Poland for the Partnership for Cognitive Radio Par4CR European Project. Her research interests were in the areas of wireless system architectures and the design of high performance Radio Frequency RF transceivers. Since 2013 she joined the National Spectrum Agency in Colombia, ANE, where she worked as Senior Adviser to the General Director and supported international activities of the Agency. Afterwards, in December 2015, she became the General Director of ANE and continued promoting the efficient use of the Spectrum and the mobile broadband connectivity in Colombia. Since the 1st of May 2019, Martha Suarez is the President of the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance DSA, a global organization advocating for laws and regulations that will lead to more efficient and effective spectrum utilization, which is essential to addressing key worldwide social and economic challenges.

M. MASSIMA –LANDJI Jean-Jacques is a Senior Engineer in Telecommunications, Electronics and Computer science graduated in Paris in 2003. He is actually ITU representative, for Central Africa and Madagascar resident in Yaoundé since 2009.

As Senior Adviser to the Ministry of Communications and Telecommunications of GABON, he was posted in Geneva as the Permanent Representative of Gabon to ITU from 2004 to 2009. He spent before four years in ITU Headquarters in Geneva at the Telecommunications development Bureau (BDT) as Coordinator of Iraq Project, from 2000 to 2004 after a first international experience two years as Regional Director for Central Africa for ICO Global Communications, based in South Africa from 1998 to 2000.

He is a Director of Posts and Telecommunications in the Gabonese administration and has managed the Telecommunications of this country during more than 15 years. He was the first Chairman and set up in 2001 the Regulatory Body of Gabon: “Agence de Regulation des Telecommunications”.

Mr MASSIMA is a recognized ICT senior expert worldwide and shows a proven experience of more than 30 years in the field of ICT. He was involved in the implementation of RASCOM as a continental expert and has chaired RASCOM Board of Directors in 1994 and 1995.

He has chaired several meetings in ITU World and regional Conferences and has been elected for the ongoing duties of Vice Chair of TDAG in WTDC06 and vice chair of TSAG in WTSA 08.

As senior expert Consultant of ATU, he used also to coordinate the African Common positions for several international meetings as the last WTDC 06 and the WTSA 08.

He started this long career in 1983 as specialized engineer in charge of data transmissions and also cumulatively lecturer in the National School of post and telecommunications and in the African Institute of Informatics (IAI) from 1984 to 1987 in Libreville Gabon.

Tom Mbadi Olwero is the Director, Frequency Spectrum Management at the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA). He holds a B.Sc. (Hons.) degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Business Administration degree.

He has over 35 years experience in the ICT sector in ICT Regulation, Planning and Engineering, Licensing and Homologation. He has attended several specialized professional courses in ICT, Leadership, Change Management, Radiocommunication, Spectrum Management among others, and has participated in several International Telecommunications Union (ITU) meetings both internationally and locally. He was the Chair of Kenya’s Preparatory Committee for ITU-R’s WRC-19.

He previously worked for 14 years with the defunct Kenya Posts and Telecommunications Corporation where he was involved in project planning, installation and commissioning of digital switching and radio systems. He has worked for CA for 20 years in Managerial capacities.

He is a member of the Engineers Board of Kenya (EBK), Institute of Engineers of Kenya (IEK), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers US (IEEE), Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA). His research interests are Change Management effects on telecommunications sector and New and Emerging communications technologies.

Eiman Mohyeldin is a Senior Specialist Spectrum Regulation at Nokia.

Eiman has twenty years of a professional experience in radio research and spectrum regulation and standardization in Siemens, Nokia Siemens Networks, Nokia Networks, and lately Nokia. She is based in Germany, in 2007 she joined the standardization and spectrum team group’s, focusing on spectrum aspects, in particular participating in CEPT, ATU and ITU-R meetings. She is actively involved in the WRC process, participating in the WRC Conferences and preparatory meetings (CPM).

Eiman started her career in 2001 in radio research, focusing on the development of 4G/IMT-A in research and regulation, including participation in various European-funded projects with project management and task leadership positions. She holds a M.Sc. in Communications Engineering from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in 2000.

Martha Suarez was born in Bucaramanga, Colombia. She received her degree as Electronics Engineer from the Universidad Industrial de Santander in 2004. During her undergraduate studies she participated in an exchange program with the Ecole Superieure Chimie Physique Electronique de Lyon, France in 2001. She received her master degree in high frequency communication systems from the University of Marne-la-Vallee, France in 2006 and her Ph.D. degree from the University Paris-Est in 2009. She joined the department of Telecommunications and Signal Processing at the École Supérieure d’Ingénieurs en Électronique et Électrotechnique de Paris ESIEE and the Esycom Research Center where she worked on wireless transmitter architectures. In 2011 she was awarded with a Marie Curie Fellowship and worked at the Instytut Technologii Elektronowej ITE in Poland for the Partnership for Cognitive Radio Par4CR European Project. Her research interests were in the areas of wireless system architectures and the design of high performance Radio Frequency RF transceivers. Since 2013 she joined the National Spectrum Agency in Colombia, ANE, where she worked as Senior Adviser to the General Director and supported international activities of the Agency. Afterwards, in December 2015, she became the General Director of ANE and continued promoting the efficient use of the Spectrum and the mobile broadband connectivity in Colombia. Since the 1st of May 2019, Martha Suarez is the President of the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance DSA, a global organization advocating for laws and regulations that will lead to more efficient and effective spectrum utilization, which is essential to addressing key worldwide social and economic challenges.

Dr. Bashir Gwandu: The Chairman of Commonwealth ITU Group (CIG), was the Executive Commissioner (Technical Services) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), was also the Chairman of Radiocommunications Advisory Group of the ITU (the RAG), and the Vice Chairman of ITU-R Joint Task Group 4567 (JTG-4567). Gwandu has served as the Vice-Chair of Committee 4 of the ITU Radiocommunications Assembly 2012 (RA-12). He became the Chairman of the CIG in March 2012. He was the Acting CEO of the Nigerian Telecoms Regulatory body, the NCC, from June to July 2010. After receiving his BSc in Physics from UsmanDanfodiyo University, Sokoto and an MSc in Applied Physics from the University of Jos, in addition to a brief Engineering service at the Tactical Air-command, Makurdi and lecturing at UsmanDanfodiyo University, Sokoto, he proceeded to the United Kingdom where he attended MSc Courses in Power Electronics and Drives and MSc courses in Communications Engineering; he further obtained an MPhil degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, all from the University of Birmingham. He returned briefly to Usman Danfodiyo University, Sokoto to lecture before going back to the UK to study for a PhD in Electronic/Electrical Engineering at Aston University and subsequently undertook an MBA Finance course at the Birmingham Business School.

Dr Gwandu has designed many devices that are used in the telecom industry some of which have been patented in Europe and United States. He is a Chartered Electrical Engineer, and a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering Technology (IET) in the UK, and has published over 40 Electronic and Electrical Engineering Research papers in world-class Electrical Engineering journals and conference proceedings. Since 2002, Dr Bashir Gwandu has been involved in research work on Regulation of Utilities.

Dr Gwandu was the Executive Commissioner for Engineering and Technical Standards at the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC); supervised all Directors/Staff concerned with National Spectrum planning, monitoring, and management, Quality of Service Monitoring and Network Optimization, Equipment Conformance Assessment and Interoperability testing -Type-approval, Numbering Plan, Allocation and Management. He was the Executive Commissioner in Charge of Licensing and Consumer Affairs of the NCC until June 2007. At Licensing, Gwandu supervised the Interconnect rate determination of Sept 2006 that led to improved competition thereby leading to significant reduction in telecom Tariff in Nigeria, the re-classification of Sales and Installation Licenses to Class-Category which has encouraged SMEs entry into the market, the issuance of all the 17 Unified- and hundreds of other Licenses in Nigeria that led to increased competition, the Liberalization of International Gateway for GSM operators that allows for carrying of 3rd Party Traffic thereby reducing tariff for International Calls, the elongation of Access Validity period beyond 90days for all networks on execution of every Revenue Generating Event which has cut down consumer loses and inconveniences, the introduction of Anti- Mobile Phone Theft Scheme in Nigeria to curtail phone theft, the introduction of Tariff Comparison Platform for Consumers so as to aid choice, the abolishing charges to Customer Care Lines, the Limiting of waiting times for answer on Customer Care Lines, the Management of Consumer Parliament, and Management of the Nigerian Internet Exchange project for the ICT Industry, the Improvement of Credit Control system of the NCC to ensure prompt payment of statutory fees by operators, the first ever in-depth NCC investigation into the State of the Quality of Service (QoS) of the Nigerian Telecom Networks. He also led the development of the first ever NCC QoS Regulation, and many other regulatory frameworks of the NCC. He was involved in NCC-based training of personnel from other partner regulatory bodies in different aspects of telecom regulation. Gwandu was part of a number of Nigerian Presidential/Ministerial think-tank committees including Vision-20-2020, Nigerian ICT RoadMap, Panel on University Research funding, and the Launch Committee of the recently Launched Nigerian Communications Satellite (NigComsat-1). He represented Nigeria, and sometimes ATU, at the ITU Conferences (such as WRC, WTSA, WSIS, and WTDC) and their preparatory meetings, he is a regular invited speaker at many International Telecom and Telecom Investment Conferences, and has represented Nigeria in many Forums on Telecoms Regulations, and was until recently on the Board of the NigComSat Ltd, and the Board of Digital Bridge Institute. Gwandu having skills in diverse areas of Engineering, Accounting, Finance, the Art of Regulation and Administration; the key competences required of a utility regulator, was on the Board of NCC

Internationally, Gwandu provided leadership and spoke for the African team on Agenda Item 1.4 of ITU WRC-2007, which was the turning point for Africa on ITU WRC matters. He also led the successful pursuit of the Allocation of 700MHz band to Region 1 during WRC 2012, played a major leadership role in delivering the African goals during the Johannesburg WTSA-08 and Dubai 2012 amongst many other achievements.

Mrs Irene Kaggwa-Sewankambo is the Director for Engineering and Communication Infrastructure at the Uganda Communications Commission and Ag. Executive Director. She possesses a vast experience in the ICT sector spanning policy development, research, regulation and implementation in various aspects including internet development, licensing, universal access, quality of service, numbering resource management as well as promotion of research and innovation.

An engineer by profession, Mrs Sewankambo holds a Master of Science in Communications Systems and Signal Processing from University of Bristol in United Kingdom and a Master of Science in Economic Management and Policy (Business Economic Pathway) from University of Strathclyde in United Kingdom. She acquired her Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from Makerere University Kampala.

Prior to this appointment, Mrs Sewankambo was the Head of Research and Development Unit as well as Coordinator of the Office of the Executive Director.

A founding director of Cullen International in 1988, Philippe has worked extensively on EU regulation affecting the telecoms and internet sectors and the implementation at national level across Europe. He is widely regarded in the industry as one of the leading experts in the field. Philippe pioneered the practice of cross-country benchmarking of national regulation – the core methodology used across all of Cullen International’s intelligence services. He leads business development activities for the company – focussing on building Cullen International’s business outside of Europe, in particular in Latin America, the Middle East & North Africa. Philippe frequently presents Cullen International research at industry conferences, client briefings and training courses.

He holds an MSc in Broadband and Mobile Communications with distinction from the University of Kent (2008). He started his spectrum management career as a junior engineer in 2003 at the Zambia ICT Authority, rising to manager spectrum management in 2010 – a position he held until his appointment by the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) as a Radiocommunications Coordinator in 2012. He has been a keen and active contributor to national, regional and international spectrum management successes including development of the first Zambian national spectrum plan, the SADC spectrum plan, the GE-06 Conference during which he was appointed one of the planning experts for Eastern and Southern Africa.

Cameron is a Manager at Aetha Consulting, having joined the company in 2017. Since then, he has gained a wide range of experience in areas including network cost modelling, transaction support and spectrum policy/management. As such, Cameron has worked on behalf of various clients, including both telecoms regulators and operators worldwide.

Cameron has particular expertise in the area of spectrum management and has supported clients ahead of more than 10 spectrum awards and transactions. He has led multiple projects for operators on topics including spectrum strategy, spectrum valuation and bidding strategy, as well as supporting regulators with issues such as spectrum award design. In addition, Cameron has contributed to several white papers and expert witness reports on major spectrum management issues.

Cameron has an MSci degree in Chemistry from Imperial College London, during which he spent a year at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, USA.

Ross is a long-term special adviser to the GSMA on government affairs across a number of issues affecting mobile broadband growth. He fulfils this role through his consultancy business RB Communications. Prior to this Ross worked at Access Partnership where he served as a director charged with government affairs and as a financial analyst for the mobile and satellite industries at TelecomFinance.

A dedicated and experienced communications professional with 26 year’s experience in the communications industry including 9 year’s regulatory experience in the broadcasting and telecommunications industry being employed with the Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia since 2012. She has been instrumental in setting regulatory frameworks in Namibia for spectrum management, infrastructure sharing, quality of service, type approval, numbering and a service technology neutral licensing regime for the telecommunications and broadcasting industry including drafting of regulations and consultative documents. Prior to joining the regulator she was responsible for various technical and commercial projects from scoping and planning stage to completion for two mobile operators in Namibia. Currently she serves as vice chairperson of the CRASA Electronic Communications Committee, SADC Rapporteur for Agenda Item 1.5 and Vice-Coordinator for chapter 1 and ATU champion for Agenda Item 1.5 in preparation for WRC-23 as well as Chairperson of WG2 within ITU TG 6/1 for Agenda Item 1.5.

Jean-Pierre Faisan is spectrum policy advisor for TDF, and has been a Board Member of the association Broadcast Networks Europe since 2013.
A graduate from Ecole Polytechnique and Telecom Paris-Tech, he has more than 29 years of experience in the telecommunications industry where he held a series of engineering then managing positions at Intelsat, CCETT (now Orange Labs), Sofratev and Gobé and TDF. He is also the founder and managing partner of Leader Wave, a consulting company specialized on spectrum policy.

Victor Kweka is the Senior Engineer in charge of Spectrum Management in the United Republic of Tanzania, and Chairman for SADC WRC-23 Preparations. Mr Kweka has worked in the Telecommunications Industry for 15 years (Airtel Tanzania-Mobile Network Operator, Nokia Siemens Networks-NSN Tanzania and currently working for Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority-TCRA). He completed his BSc. in Telecommunications Engineering at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in 2005 and MSc. in Communications Engineering at the University of York, United Kingdom in 2013.

Stefan has 28 years experience in telecoms gained as a Director of a mobile operating company and as a specialist telecoms management consultant. He has worked in developed markets in Europe, Canada and the US and also in emerging markets in the Middle East, Africa, and the Far East. As the 2nd person on the ground he played a pivotal role in launching Nedjma, the 3rd Algerian mobile operator. Stefan has worked on over 70 mobile licence bids and spectrum valuation projects. Co-author of the Economist’s Guide to Business Planning.

Cesar Gutierrez joined Huawei in November 2016 as head of Wireless Regulatory Policy for Africa. He leads on key initiatives for Africa such as the identification of the 3300 – 3400 MHz band for mobile and the work in preparation of the WRC19. Previously, Cesar was a Senior Policy Advisor with the Ofcom in the UK where he was involved in several spectrum and consumer policy projects, notably the policy and the implementation of Ofcom’s TV white spaces programme. Before, Cesar was with the European Telecommunications Standards Institute where he was part of the leadership team of 3GPP Radio Access Network group. He had a key role in a number of high profile initiatives, such as the kick-off of LTE specification in 3GPP. Cesar has a degree in Telecommunications Engineering from the Polytechnics University of Madrid, and a Master degree in Business Administration from the University of Oxford.

Mohaned Juwad is responsible for assisting Intelsat’s strategic long-term spectrum position in the marketplace. In his role, he works closely with the company’s vice president on corporate and spectrum strategy and the spectrum strategy team to analyze and identify emerging spectrum opportunities and risks for Intelsat. In addition, he is responsible for managing efforts from Europe, Middle East and Africa that protect, optimize and leverage the company’s spectrum assets in support of Intelsat’s broader long-term growth strategy.  Dr Juwad has over 10 years’ experience within the satellite industry where he held various roles in the past. Prior to rejoining Intelsat in 2016, Dr Juwad served as manager, regulatory licensing and market access, at Avanti Communications Group Plc where he was responsible for managing and acquiring licensing and authorization for Ka-band geostationary satellite services across Europe, Middle East and the Africa region, in addition to overseeing regulatory activities at the ITU, CEPT, and other regulatory bodies. Before that, he worked as a consultant where he worked in ESA funded projects to develop the DVB-S2 standard operating in Ka-band, and also developed Ka-band mortised terminals where he was instrumental in developing a commercial self-aligned antenna.
Dr Juwad earned a Philosophy of Doctorate (PhD) from Isambard Kingdom Brunel University and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering at Herefordshire University.
Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I) is the world’s leading provider of satellite services, delivering high-performance connectivity solutions for media, fixed and mobile broadband infrastructure, enterprise and government and military applications for more than 50 years. Intelsat’s satellite, teleport and fibre infrastructure is unmatched in the industry, setting the standard for transmissions of video and broadband services. From the globalization of content and the proliferation of HD, to the expansion of cellular networks and mobile broadband access, with Intelsat, envision your future network, connect using our leading satellite technology.

Du Yeqing, joined in Huawei in 1999. 20 years’ experience of ICT industry include mobile solution  pre-research, product development, marketing, etc. Abundant experience of Telco business transformation consulting.  From 2017, he was appointed as VP of 5G product line, and charged for 5G strategy and business development.

An Engineer by profession, holds a Master’s Degree in Telecommunications. Worked with the former incumbent National Carrier (NITEL) for 16 years before joining the Communications Regulatory body, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in 2008. Worked for over 10years in the Spectrum Administration Department and presently with the New Media and Information Security Department as an Assistant Director. Actively participated at three WRCs from WRC-12 holding various positions at National, Sub-regional, Regional levels in the course of the study circles. Represented ATU in the Management team of Task Group 5/1 of WRC-19 and served as Agenda Item 1.3 coordinator for ATU at WRC-19. Presently Chair of Chapter 1 at the National level, WG 1B Chair at ECOWAS and ATU levels, also, CPM-23 Co-Rapporteur for Agenda Items 1.13 and 1.5 of WRC-23.

Lisa Cokisa Tele has over 20years of experience in both public and private sector. Currently working for Air Traffic Navigation Services (ATNS) in South Africa, as Infrastructure Planning Project Manager. Lisa has been involved in multi-disciplinary engineering fields such as Radiocommunication & Television broadcasting (SENTECH), Energy transmission (ESKOM) and Aviation (ATNS).

She brings a plethora of experience in planning and executing engineering and Infrastructure development projects.  She has also been involved in the research and innovation for modern technologies for the Broadcasting sector, Energy sector and Aviation sector. This includes planning and implementation of multi-million-rand power sub-stations for the supply of electricity to homes and industries. It also includes the planning and implementation of infrastructure for the Air Traffic Management in the South African airspace. The experience also includes Aeronautical Frequency Spectrum planning and management.

She is qualified with a BSc – Honours degree in Technology Management from the University of Pretoria, a B degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Johannesburg, and Advanced Project Management from UNISA School of Business Leadership.

Lisa has been involved in global forums such as the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) for the development of modern technologies for the Aviation Communication, Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) systems. She was appointed in 2015 as a South African panel member to the ICAO Frequency Spectrum Management Panel. She has also been involved in the Frequency Spectrum Management work of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) World Radio-communication Conference (WRC) at NATIONAL, SADC and AFRICAN levels.

Mr. Mostafa Mousa is a Radio Spectrum engineer with over 8 years of telecommunication regulatory and industry experience. He holds a professional masters (MSc.) degree in Electrical and electronic communication technology engineering.

With experience in different disciplines including international Radio Regulations, Spectrum management and satellite telecommunication technologies and international regulations, Mr. Mousa brings a unique combination of skills in Radio Spectrum Management and satellite projects. He is highly experienced in telecommunications business development; drafting telecommunications legislation, policies and procedures; negotiating and arbitrating telecommunications coordination agreements; licensing systems and managing complex technical projects in challenging environments.

Mr. Mousa was appointed by the National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority of Egypt as Radio Spectrum Engineer since 2013 in 2020 Mr. Mousa promoted to be Manager of frequency international Coordination department, during this period, Mr. Mousa had managed the deployment and technical international radio spectrum coordination tasks of Egyptian satellite networks, including NILESAT and TIBA-1 in geostationary orbit and NARSSCUBE, E-STAR-A and EG-EX-1 in the Non-Geostationary orbits.

In addition to managing national regulatory issues thorough development of national licensing regime for satellite operators and services providers. On the international level, he worked on developing adequate regulations and procedures to enhance the International Radio Regulations that governs Radio Spectrum issues worldwide, through active participation and contribution to the international Telecommunication Union (ITU) and relevant Study Groups regarding Radio resources management and associated orbits.

Mr. Mousa now is serving as Vice chairman of EXPERT GROUP ON DECISION 482 in ITU which are responsible of determine the methodology to calculate the fees of satellite networks that are registered in ITU in addition to that he is also serving as chairman of satellite service group in African telecommunication union (ATU) which are responsible of preparing African common proposals regarding satellite service issues in World Radiocommunication Conference in 2023 (WRC-23).

Daniel Obam works at the National Communications Secretariat as ICT Policy Advisor to the Government of Kenya, and is the Project Manager responsible for implementing the roadmap for migration to digital TV in Kenya. He is an ITU Expert on spectrum management and also has policy and regulatory expertise on wireless broadband.

He holds an MSc in Engineering Management from the University of Southern California and a BSc (HONS-TELECOMMS) from the University of Nairobi, in addition to a Certificate in Project Management & Appraisal from the Arthur D. Little Management Education Institution, Massachusetts.

He is also the Chairman of the ITU Radiocommunication Advisory Group.

Dr Laura Roberti is a Spectrum and Market Access Director at Telesat. She also participates in related ITU-R work. She has a PhD in Electronic Engineering from the Polytechnic of Turin (Italy) and many years of experience working in the industry and academic/research world. Her experience spans satellite/terrestrial telecommunication systems and spectrum management and engineering. She is the author of many research papers in the area of radio propagation and she has worked for British Telecom and NASA.

Mr. Kepaletswe has extensive knowledge and experience on telecommunication and broadcasting regulation. He is one of the founding staff members of Botswana Telecommunications Authority (Now Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority), where he has been involved for over twenty (20) years. Prior to the current position Mr. Kepaletswe was the Deputy Chief Executive – Regulatory Affairs responsible for the technical and economic regulation at the Authority.

He has distinguished career in with a wide experience on various telecommunications regulation aspects such as spectrum management, interconnection, Numbering, cybersecurity, broadcasting etc.

Mr Kepaletswe was previously Head of Spectrum Management and represented the Country actively participating in the World Radiocommunication Conferences (WRC’s) and Regional Radiocommunication Conference (RRC). Kepaletswe played an active role in the identification of the spectrum to the IMT services during the previous WRC’s. As the founding Head of the Spectrum Management division, he has developed the spectrum management framework for the Authority by establishing appropriate National Radio Frequency plan, Spectrum Management Strategy, Broadcasting Frequency plan, Frequency Assignment and Licensing Systems and Spectrum Monitoring systems. In addition, he also served as National Broadcasting Board Member for a period of three years.

Mr. Kepaletswe obtained his B.Eng. Telecommunication Systems Management and Design from the Anglia Polytechnic University & Cable and Wireless College, United Kingdom and MSc. Telecommunication and Information Systems from University of Essex, United Kingdom. He is a Registered Professional Engineer with Botswana Engineers Registration Board (ERB) and a Member of the Botswana Institution of Engineers (MBIE), Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineer (MIEEE).

Khoosh is a Manager, specialising in strategy and business plan development, due diligence, national broadband plan development and socio-economic benefits modelling.

He has a comprehensive knowledge of fixed (including fibre to the premises) and wireless (including 4G, 5G and small cell) technologies. He has delivered a number of due diligence and M&A projects on behalf of both buyers and sellers, including financial institutions and network operators. He has also conducted due diligence for fund-raising activities on behalf of potential investors as well as revenue monetisation transactions on behalf of financial institutions. He has been heavily involved in strategy development for fixed and mobile network operators and for public-sector bodies such as central government and regulators. Khoosh is an accomplished modeller and geographical analyst. He has modelled the costs, revenues and socio-economic benefits for business plans and business cases and has conducted cost–benefit analyses for various stakeholders.

Since joining Analysys Mason, Khoosh has worked on more than 250 assignments for a wide variety of clients, including fixed and mobile network operators, regulators, funding bodies, utility companies, and central and local government bodies.

He holds a BSc in Information and Communication Technologies, an MSc in Wireless Communications, and an MBA.

Christoph is a Senior Expert in the section for International Spectrum Policy at Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) of Germany since 2007.

Christoph gathered most of his experience on international frequency regulation in the area of International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) and Mobile/Fixed Communication Networks (MFCN) in ITU and CEPT. In September 2020, he has been appointed vice chair of ECC PT1 in CEPT.

He represents Germany in ITU-R WP 5D, CEPT ECC PT1 and subgroups of the Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG) on EU level. Christoph is also involved in national spectrum planning, primarily for public mobile broadband networks. He is furthermore coordinating the preparation of several WRC agenda items since preparation towards WRC-15 at national level.

Before this career path at BNetzA Christoph worked at Vodafone/Germany in the departments of Network Design & Optimization and Network Evolution Strategy & Assessment.

Gababo Wako is currently working with Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) as Manager responsible for Spectrum Management.

Gababo has over 15 years’ experience in the communications sector in Kenya in ICT Regulation, Licensing, Frequency Planning and Engineering. He has participated in several ITU Radiocommunication meetings and World Radiocommunication Conferences. He is actively involved in national and regional preparatory process for WRCs.

Prior to joining the CA, Gababo worked with Telkom Kenya where he was involved with planning, installation and commissioning of telecommunication systems.

He holds Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Communications Engineering, a Master’s degree in Electronics Engineering (SWF Germany) and an MBA.

Jean-Jacques Massima-Landji is the International telecommunication Union (ITU) Representative for Central Africa and Madagascar , area office based in Yaoundé, since October 2009. He is responsible for 11 countries , and also coordinating all radiocommunication duties for ITU in the African region.

Before he served for Gabon as special representative to ITU in Geneva 2005 to 2009. He has managed the Iraq project within ITU, Telecommunication development Bureau ( BDT) from 2000 to 2004 and was the first chair of the Regulatory Body in Gabon. Chairman and one of the first member of RASCOM board of directors in 1993 and 1994, he represented Gabon in various Telecommunications events and Conferences at different positions among those as central and then general manager of Telecommunications of Gabon from 1990 to 1998.

M. Massima-Landji was graduated in Paris in 1983 , as Engineer in Telecommunications, Computer science and Electronics . He successively worked for CEA the French atomic energy Entity , joined OPT in Gabon as specialized engineer in data transmission, coordinated the creation switching packet technology networks in the region (Gabonpac, Sytranpac, Campac , before the Internet revolution etc..). He hold certification in English Proficiency and has gathered a wide experience of more than 33 years in the field of ICT and Computer science and regulatory and policies.

Expert in information and communication technologies, Hadja OUATTARA / SANON holds a DESS in Networks, Computer Science and Multimedia. She has exercised increasing and varied responsibilities in the public administration of her country as well as in the private sector and within NGOs.

She has indeed held the positions of Technical Advisor to the Minister in charge of the Digital Economy, ICT Administrator and Program Officer of the Knowledge Management Network at the Center for Economic and Social Policy Analysis, a structure attached to the Presidency of Faso, as well as Technical Secretary of the virtual one-stop shop for public administration at the Ministry of the Public Service.
Adept in the promotion of free software, she contributed to the emergence of the digital ecosystem of Burkina Faso through the NGOs A3LBF, ITICC, ISOC, Coder4Africa, Fondation femme et TIC, etc.

A founding member of the African Free Software Network, she is also an international expert with the OIF in the field of digital entrepreneurship of women and young people.

Her rich international experience in the field of Internet governance and the digital economy has led her to assume the role of spokesperson for Burkina Faso and Africa in international bodies.
Hadja OUATTARA / SANON is currently preparing a thesis in computer science at Ouaga University I Pr. Joseph KI-ZERBO

George is currently the Manager Spectrum Planning and Authorisation at Uganda Communications Commission (UCC). He has extensive experience, in regulatory, and network operations as well as project management in telecoms spanning over 10 years, with vast knowledge in radio spectrum management. George has worked with various multi-national cooperation in the ICT sector inclined to spectrum Management, he has participated in two (2) WRCs, WRC-2015 as Uganda’s lead on Chapter 2 and WRC-2019, handling various responsibilities from coordinating national preparations of WRC-19, ATU WRC-19 assistant coordinator (foot soldier) for AIs 1.1, 1.9.1 and 1.9.2 and EACO WRC-19 chapter 4 lead coordinator, and now coordinating national preparation towards WRC-23. He has participated in various 3GPP projects in respect to 5G NR (3GPP RAN WG1 (RAN1#96)) and RIT evaluation at national level. George is also currently UCC’s technical representative to the IEEE GEPS program, Uganda’s lead on GE84 optimisation for Africa project and Uganda’s coordinator of EACO mobile cross border coordination. He is currently a contributing member and national lead on the ATU Task Group on Spectrum Recommendations for Rural Connectivity.

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Kamal is the Public Policy Director on the Africa Team. In his role, Kamal is involved in the delivery of GSMA Advocacy programmes in the Sub-Saharan Africa region and the dissemination of messages on a wide variety of policy topics, including Spectrum.

He has worked with the Nigerian Telecoms Regulator and, prior to joining the GSMA, he worked with Etisalat Nigeria where he managed Regulatory Compliance, Spectrum Policy and Technical Regulatory matters. Kamal has also been a member of the Technical Advisory Committee that prepares Nigeria’ s participation at International fora on spectrum and other technical matters.

Kamal holds a B.Sc in Computer Engineering from the American University of Cyprus and an M.Sc in Mobile and Personal Communications from King’s College London. In his spare time, he indulges in Photography and has been witnessed cheering for Manchester United.

Jean-Pierre Faisan is spectrum policy advisor for TDF, and has been a Board Member of the association Broadcast Networks Europe since 2013.
A graduate from Ecole Polytechnique and Telecom Paris-Tech, he has more than 29 years of experience in the telecommunications industry where he held a series of engineering then managing positions at Intelsat, CCETT (now Orange Labs), Sofratev and Gobé and TDF. He is also the founder and managing partner of Leader Wave, a consulting company specialized on spectrum policy.

Andrew Rugege, a veteran of 26 years in the Information Technology field is currently the Regional Director for Africa of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the UN Specialized Agency for Telecom and ICT, based in Addis Ababa. He is also the Representative of the ITU to the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the African Union Commission (AUC) in Ethiopia.
Andrew is responsible for collaboration with and assistance to the ITU Members States in Africa and the development of Telecommunications/ ICTs in the continent. He believes that by putting ITU’s resources and expertise at the disposal of African Member States, Telecommunications/ICT can become the backbone of Africa’s knowledge-based social-economic development.
Prior to joining the ITU, Andrew served in different executive positions in the private sector, including as the COO of MTN Rwanda, a mobile Telecom Operator, CEO of Artel Communications, a VSAT-based Rural Telecom services provider also in Rwanda and as Director of International Business Development at ABSinteractive in Washington D.C.
Andrew’s formal training is in Electrical Engineering, and Computer Science & Business Administration, for which he holds Masters Degrees from the Universities of Aberdeen in Scotland and Marist College in New York respectively. Passionate about sustainable leadership in Africa, Andrew is a Fellow of the Aspen Institute and the Africa Leadership Initiative (ALI-EA).

Jérôme Louis, Chartered Engineer of the UK Engineering Council holds a Masters in Regulation and Policy (Telecommunications) from the University of West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, a Masters in Telecommunications Engineering from University of Melbourne, Australia, as well as a BEng (Hons) from the University of Mauritius. He joined the Authority as Trainee Engineer in February 2003 and was appointed Manager – Engineering and Licensing Department in July 2003. He was appointed Director of Engineering in December 2004. Mr Louis is the Officer-in-Charge of the Authority since 2018.