October 2012 - Teletimes

Letter to readersKhalid AtharChief EditorDear Reader,Welcome to the October edition ofTeletimes International.This month stages some very importantregional and International eventsfeaturing imperative discussions ontelecommunications. ITU Telecom World2012 and GITEX Technology Week arescheduled to be held collectively from 14-18October at Dubai International Conventionand Exhibition Centre. The events willhost five days of constructive dialogueand debate leadership and innovation,cybersecurity, smart applications and thefuture shape of communications featuringpanel discussion, roundtables, technologysolutions, keynotes speeches and interactiveworkshops. Teletimes International will bepresent at the event as media partner. Wewill be presenting detail post-event reportsin our next edition. This edition also presentsPre-event report of GITEX Technology week.The month of October will also featureTelecoms World Middle East 2012, The LTEShow and Small Cells, MENA, all in theDubai, UAE. We would also be attendingthese events as media partner.The recent incident of a scorn, anti-Islamicmovie ‘Innocence of Muslims’ incited awave of serious protests across the Muslimworld; so many people have died so farin unrest connected to the film in over 20countries including the U.S ambassador inLibya. The videos were first made availableon YouTube, a video sharing website andsubsidiary of Google Inc. Despite growingInternational unrest stemming in part fromthe anti-Islamic film Google has not removedthe video while also denying a WhiteHouse’s request to remove the film from itssearches. YouTube stating that the companyhas said that the film does not violate thecompany’s terms of service and communityguidelines.Internet companies and platforms such asGoogle, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter basedin the United States, have now becameglobal arbiters of freedom of speech,moderating complex issues that traditionallycome under prefecture of Courts,Governments and International treaty. Needof the hour is to think that “Is Freedom ofexpression online is a right or a privilege?”and “Is there any boundary for such abusiveFreedom of expression”. Probably, it is thetime to place some legislations and definingInternational rules and laws to unprotectefforts to abuse the freedom of expressionrather upholding it.This month we are bringing an exclusiveinterview of Mr. Keiichi Jay Miyahara, ChiefEngineer Network Platform Operations UnitNEC Corporation. Mr. Miyahara shares theoperations and details of NEC Corporationalong with latest technological aspects ofmobile communication. The edition alsofeatures the interviews of Mr. Samer HalawiCEO, Thuraya and Mr. Arshad Mahmood,CEO, Unicom Africa Limited.We are also presenting articles and reportstitled ‘Cloud computing vs NetworkNeutrality’, ‘Conflict arises between theincumbent and Internet service providers’,‘WCIT 2012 – What is it all about’ and‘Digitization and prosperity’ by Booz & Co.This month’s online survey inquired therespondents to tell us about their viewson the revision of ITRs, majority of therespondents (50%) said that it should berevised. Readers will also enjoy latestnews and reports from Etisalat, Verscom,STC, Nokia, Omantel and Techaccess. Asa regular feature, the edition also present“Teletoons” and upcoming events calendarfor Global ICT and Telecom events.We would look forward to receive yourcomments and suggestions to assistus in bringing more value to TeletimesInternational.Enjoy your reading.06 October 2012www.teletimesinternational.com