 نحن here at GSR 16 in Shamar Sheikh in Egypt and I'm very pleased to be joined Mr. Lawyer Zoher who is Client Executive Sales for Telecom Egypt Group for Cisco Systems in Egypt Mr. Zoher, thank you very much for evening with us today. Pleasure, pleasure is mine. Now we're in the midst of a digital revolution and I wanted to ask you, how is this helping to build blocks for smart societies? So actually everyone now is talking about the internet of things and that 99% of things are not yet connected to the internet and by year 2020 50 billion devices will be connected to the internet. So imagine the internet boom moving forward with the societies, how these societies can be more advanced and digitized and here in Egypt we've seen the minister talking about the coming smart villages which will be modernized and digitized as well as the new capital which should be a piece of art whether on the architecture side or the technology side. So having said so, this means that Egypt is moving into this era of internet of things and connecting the unconnected with the said this is digitization, this is modernization and this is how we can move forward, enhance and grow more and we have so many successful I would say models of this very advanced communities or societies. We have a city of Chicago, city of Berlin, city of Barcelona and Dubai. So you can see how the internet of things and connecting the things together help in the advancement of the society whether from parking slots, sensors, surveillance, collecting the garbage and rubbish so everything when it's connected to the internet it helps more in the way we operate things and meanwhile it helps on so many aspects and by digitization this will help in the education system and healthcare system and the security as well so from the overall ecosystem you can see a very advanced and modernized society and community. What particular challenges and opportunities do you find here in the region? I would say it will be all about opportunities because compared to the other societies we're still a bit lagging behind so we have the chance to make a big leapfrog hype and move into this area or arena. And how can regulators help in this revolution? So actually regulators are key in reshaping and reforming the societies at large whether regulating the telecommunication industry or even regulating the media and this industry so putting the right regulations, putting the rules that can help this society to move forward as well as availing the right frequencies and the free space frequencies for operators to give more services to the clients and thus to the enterprise clients this will help a lot moving into this digital era so I think regulators will and the regulator will have a big role to play in Egypt in the coming period and you've already heard about the fourth license coming in the market and the regulator now is fine tuning it and finalizing it so now they're doing the role making investment much easier giving good quality of service to the people so they are doing it. Now this event GSR16 brings together key players in the industry and of course regulators and I wanted to ask you why is it important for Cisco to be here? It's very important for Cisco to be here because we are working hand in hand very strong with the government the operators and the regulator for the Egypt transformation for the country digitization and it's really good to participate in such a huge event with 800 participants hosted in Sharma Sheikh as you've heard so many times as you've seen in the past days it's a very nice city it's a city of peace and I mean we encourage everyone to host events here you will find the right hospitality so I think it's very good we're here we're very pleased and happy joining this event in coordination with MTA in the ITU So Hyatt thank you very much indeed Thank you so much