 We're here at ITU Telecom World 2014 in Doha in the state of Qatar and I'm very pleased to be joined by Mr. Samir Halawi, who is chief executive officer for the Thariah telecommunications company. Mr. Halawi, thank you very much for being with us today. Thank you for having me. I'd like to start off by talking about the central theme here at ITU Telecom World 2014, is future in focus. What developments in technology, policy or business do you see key to the near future? Innovation. Innovation is the key word. We need innovation that is disruptive in the satellite world. The satellite world has been a little bit boring, if I might say, over the last few years and we need to change that. There's been some direction for innovation and for disruption over the last few years, over the last couple of years in particular. We, for example, at Thariah, we have launched something called the Thariah sad sleeve. That changes the concept of what a satellite terminal is. It's basically a sleeve that allows an iPhone or Samsung Galaxy to be plugged in it that transforms that smartphone into a satellite smartphone, giving you access to voice and all the apps that you have on a smartphone anywhere in the world, basically. And that changes the way people look at the satellite world, because instead of having not a satellite terminal, people have an accessory for their iPhone or their Samsung Galaxy, which makes the whole concept of satellite telephony very much more in line with what consumers are used to. And the other element would be convergence, because by having innovative devices that blend in more with the mobile world or the trustier world that everyone is so familiar with, then you are able to converge. You are able to have offerings through mobile operators. And as such, for example, we have signed the deals with Softback Mobile, with Smart, with Airtel now, to offer solutions for the everyday user, every day user today that allows them to access the satellite world from wherever they are. That's brilliant. And what are the principal challenges and opportunities facing the satellite sector today? Well, there are a few challenges. One of them is the fact that it has not innovated enough over the last few years. And, you know, the price of satellites is still the same. The price of launches is pretty much the same. All of this needs to be changed. And in order to change, you need more standardization in the industry, especially in the mobile satellite world. With different standards that each operator has, the economies of scale are simply not present. We need to do something better on the standards. The other element, of course, is spectrum. Now, spectrum is a scarce resource. And spectrum is an area where the satellite world needs more off, let alone trying to defend the position that we already have today. And, you know, there's all the tension today between the mobile world and the satellite world on the spectrum. The fact is that the satellite world is very important to save and improve lives. And we at Theraea in particular, we have launched earlier this year a statement of purpose in the company. So, you know, the traditional vision, mission of the company, statement of purpose, something above that. And ours is very simply to save and improve lives, because that's what we believe every employee in the company does on a daily basis. So, that would not be possible without access to spectrum and without access to the resources that we need in order to do that. Now, I wanted to ask you, you've obviously been very much involved with projects that we've been involved with, the ITU have been involved with saving lives. How important are international cooperation and cross sector partnerships in improving emergency communications? Well, obviously really important, because in order to offer the services that we offer and the times that we need to offer them, a short notice, you have to have cross border transfer of terminals. You have to be able to get terminals into the place at the right time with no problems with customs or regulatory areas. And this is where discussions like in this event help us in working together to achieve that. The Tampere Convention, for example, is something that all countries should be encouraged to sign up to. Of course, the regulatory regime has to be open, and it's pretty much open most of the world, but in some areas it needs to be improved. You mentioned this event. I wanted to ask you, what value do you perceive of events such as ITU Telecom World 2014, for example? Well, the good thing about events like this is the right policymakers are all joined in a place like this. So, you can discuss and debate and elevate where needed. The topics that are important and priority that we really need to do something about, not just discuss, but we need to get things done. And have you got a main message for participants and delegates here at ITU Telecom World? I think one of the main messages is to look at this whole spectrum element, to look at the Tampere Convention and to look at areas around custom duties and what can be done to facilitate the cross border transfer of satellite equipment. But in addition to this, also work with the regulators, work with the governments to see how a satellite can be put at use in a way that is there's a methodical testing every once in a while. Because when the disaster hits, everybody needs to be ready. Now that we've basically been asking everybody who's been coming into the studio here, what single technological development do you think in 30 seconds or less will have the biggest impact in the next five or 10 years? I would say the internet of things, you know, because that's a very big word and the numbers are staggering, the numbers that this is going to reach. And again, satellite is very important for this because of the ubiquity, because the coverage that satellite can afford for small devices that go anywhere, the simply that the trustee world will not be able to serve the small densities of populations in certain areas. So that's going to be a massive opportunity for us. But again, that is driven by innovation. We have to innovate. We're looking at connected cars, we're looking at wearables, we're looking at things that have not been addressed yet by the satellite. Thank you very much for being here today. Thank you very much.