 Welcome to ITU Telecom World 2019 from Budapest, Hungary, where I'm pleased to be joined in the studio by Khalid Bakhild, who is President and Chief Executive Officer of ArabSat. Khalid, welcome to the studio. Thank you. Welcome. Now, innovating together, connectivity that matters is this event theme. What makes connectivity meaningful in your world, and why is it important? Well, in the telecom industry, there has been tremendous technological development, disruption, revolution, and no matter how much we advance in technology and how much we make available equipment without connectivity, that doesn't mean anything. We have about 45, almost 50 percent of the world unconnected according to the latest statistics. So without connectivity, we cannot aspire people, we cannot reach to the rest of the world, 50 percent of the world for their benefits, for their education, for their healthcare. So connection and connectivity is vital, no matter how much we advance in technology. And what single factor do you think is going to drive digital transformation? Well, there are many developments in different sectors, and I think the main factor is collaboration and cooperation among different entities, whether it's regulators, manufacturers, vendors, operators. We've seen like lots of competition, which is good. Competition is good to innovate things, but at the end of the day, we have to cooperate and cooperate to deliver and connect people so we can benefit from this technological advancement. Now, obviously, you're involved in satellites, I wanted to ask you, what is the role of the satellite industry in emergency communications and disaster management? We've seen a fair few recently. How have you been able to help? Well, satellite has much benefit than the terrestrial network. It reaches everywhere. It goes beyond boundaries. In infrastructures in the online and basic telecom networks, people can get connected and that's easy for many population, dense areas, and that's achievable. However, in disaster areas, you lose that. Satellite is resilient and robust when it comes to disasters, natural or war situation or anything. And it goes, as I said, beyond border. So satellite is a really vital means to connect people in those incidents. When the infrastructure is knocked out, essentially, you've got to get the handsets in. Of course. Of course, it deploys handsets to emergency and disaster situations, but obviously you're providing the connectivity there. That's true, but however, there would be not technological barriers, but then you get into regulatory barriers that where the ITU can help and make it seamless to the process of getting this equipment and connection to the needed people in those areas. Let's talk a little bit about the crisis connectivity charter. That is something that's just been signed today. Perhaps you could tell us a little bit about what it's about and why ITU is joining this. Okay. In disasters situation, people get panic and try to connect. Sometimes there is no means of connection, whether it's equipment or space segments to connect people. This charter is just a preparedness for those crises. We in the satellite industry contributed for free capacity and reserved capacity. In terms of incidents like this, we already get deployed in the area and connect people. However, we get stuck sometimes, as we said, with regulatory barriers, politics. ITU has an umbrella that can help and smooth in that process and put procedures in place to overcome those difficulties. Wonderful. I just wanted to ask you, you're here at ITU Telecom World 2019, here in Budapest in Hungary. Just wanted to find out what's the value for you of attending events such as this? This is a great event. ITU, as I said, is the union for many countries. A lot of stakeholders, policy makers, regulators are here. It's good to interact and see what's going on and how to contribute to the development of those activities. Thank you very much for joining us in the studio and for sharing a few of your insights into the satellite industry. My pleasure. And I look forward to catching up with you again at some stage in the future. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thanks.