 Welcome to the ITU studio in Geneva, where I'm very pleased to be joining the studio today by Dr. Amar Badawi, who is the former executive president of the NTRA, the National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority of Egypt, and is also the proposed chairman of the World Radio Communication Conference, the WRC-19, which is held every four years, and this year is taking place in Shamashake in Egypt from the 28th of October to the 22nd of November. Dr. Badawi, how do you see your role in steering the complex agenda of this conference that we are about to launch into? To me, the main purpose of the conference is to come up with the right resolutions, the right recommendations for utilizing the most important resource in the telecom industry, which is the spectrum. Spectrum is a very rare resource, and it needs to be managed well in order to produce the most efficient systems, most efficient use, and deliver good quality telecom services at the best prices. This can be achieved through many industries, like mobile industry, fixed telephony, fixed satellite, mobile satellite, in addition to other uses that use the spectrum, like the scientific uses, the maritime uses. So all these industries are, I wouldn't say competing, but they need the spectrum, and it's the duty of all the delegates to sit down together, put their heads together, and be fair to each other, and make sure that each industry will get its fair share of that resource. So my role is really is to help them through providing the right environment, and given, based on my expertise, some guidance on how and make sure that we arrive to the best solution or the best case in a fair and smooth manner. It's a long conference, I mean, apart from long days, long hours, there are going to be lots of days and days of discussions, et cetera. What about when we come to the end of the conference? What would you say would be the most important outcomes of the World Radio Communication Conference? Well, I think this conference is special in a way. The development of technology has really expanded the real estate, which is the spectrum, that is available for the different industries. So there are big chunks of spectrum that are being discussed this time. To me, this presents an opportunity because this should reduce the contention for spectrum between the different industries. So hopefully, we'll reach resolutions in a shorter time than that's possible. And of course, I mean, this will allow for new developments and new products that will be available to the global world and to everyone and to improve the quality of life of all citizens on Earth. This conference is being held in Egypt. How important do you think it'll be for Egypt to have all of these member states gathering there? Well, Sharma Sheikh is a fantastic city, actually. And this is my favorite city in Egypt. It's beautiful. It's nice. And the conference is held in, actually, best time of the year in terms of temperature. Or I mean, the environment itself is nice. Huge facility. It's a new facility. The government of Egypt has provided all necessary equipment, all necessary facilities to make this conference a success. To Egypt, this conference, you have delegates from every country in the world. Every country has to attend, which shines the light on Egypt and shows the benefits of having a great conference like that in Egypt, which will help the country in different ways in putting in the right position worldwide. How do you think that the World Radio Communication Conference will contribute towards shaping the future development of information and communication technologies globally? Of course, as you know, the world is moving into the technology that is called 5G and it's called IMT. Now, this new technology is a big step forward compared to the 4G or the previous technologies. New services will be available. And this conference will provide a lot of frequency bands that are needed to make this technology a success. On the other hand, we're also seeing some newer technologies from the satellite industry, which will help provide very excellent data services everywhere in the world. We used to have a problem trying to deliver good data services in sparsely populated areas, in deserts, in seas. Now, we're seeing new satellite technologies, which I'm sure will have its fair share also of the resources to provide good services to the people who have been deprived from these services for a long time. Thank you very much for joining us in the studio today and taking the time out from your busy schedule. And we look forward to catching up with you again, hopefully, perhaps, towards the beginning, middle, or the end of the conference at some stage. And I say we wish you all the very best. Thank you. And I'll be happy to receive you in Charming Street, inshallah. Inshallah. Thank you very much indeed. OK, thank you.