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Bahrain parliament has always tried to act in favour of the Bahraini people. Mr. Jawahery, the MP, explains the critical role of the parliament in improving the standards of living of the people of Bahrain.
Mr Jawahery talks about the legitimacy of the government of Bahrain, progress towards democracy in Bahrain and gives background to the formation of one of the most liberal countries in the Middle East such as the vote on the constitution and the national charter.
Born in 1956, Abdulrahman A.Hussain Jawahery is a Chartered Chemica Engineer with BSc and MSc degrees in Chemical Engineering from UK, a Chartered Scientist and Chartered Environmentalist. He established his work career in BP Research Centre, UK for 2 years before joining the Gulf Petrochemical Industries Co. (GPIC) in 1983. Having undergone extensive training and development both in the Kingdom of Bahrain as well as overseas, he held a number of senior positions in GPIC including Operations Manager, Urea Project Manager, Plants Operations Manager, General Manager and now as President of the Company.
Batelco International strategy includes potential acquisition in Saudi Arabia market and spreading across 10 geographies reaching the scale of around 25 million customers. Up to today, Batelco is present in Jordan, Kuwait, Yemen, India and Egypt. Batelco’s international strategy is to tap into regional markets to become a strong regional player.
Batelco, the biggest telecom in Bahrain, discusses the strategy in Bahrain over the next couple of years. Batelco Bahrain strategy is to improve services, deliver more value and content to the customer and to retain existing high net worth clients yielding the low cost segment to other players in the market. Strategy in Bahrain is to focus on the existing customer base and improve services.
Batelco, the telecommunication market leader in Bahrain, talks about the regulatory environment in Bahrain. According to Batelco, “there has been too much regulation too quickly.”
The penalizing regulation has put a damper on long term heavy investment choices into the sector – such as optic fiber infrastructure. Batelco is therefore calling for regulatory holidays for the upcoming couple of years to resume the investments.
Peter Kaliaropoulos assesses the telecommunication market in Bahrain and predicts the long term industry trends, beyond 2011. Bahrain is one of the most competitive telecommunication markets in the Middle East. This is because of high levels of penetration for fixed and mobile services and many providers to choose from.
As for the mobile services, three full infrastructure network providers offer services and apps to 1.2 million customers with market penetration greater than 150%. The situation is similar for the fixed network services, ISPs and data networks where broadband penetration for dwellings is over 120%.
Fawzi Ahmed Kanoo, Deputy Chairman of Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo Bahrain, makes a profoundly important case for family business in Bahrain and outlines the future perspectives.
Peter Kaliaropoulos, CEO of Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco) – Biography
Key challenge remains overall industry growth in terms of gross revenue and number of services since we have experienced price erosion due to entry of new companies.
Peter Kaliaropoulos, CEO of Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco)
Key challenge remains overall industry growth in terms of gross revenue and number of services since we have experienced price erosion due to entry of new companies.
