Telecom sector hopes to pick up in 2006

Kamal Shehadi Managing director of Connexus Consulting E Now that the Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRA) is being put on track with the search for a capable team, how long do you expect it to take until the agency can be fully operational and what should its first actions be? Secondly, is it possible to draw a bottom-line comparison of how much the Lebanese state gained in revenue from taking control of the mobile networks and how much this decision cost the state, and what the net financial balance of the whole dealing was from the date of cancellation of the BOT contracts until 2005, when the original contracts would have expired? I have full confidence that the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority will operate in early 2006, in a transparent and professional manner. The TRA will be very instrumental in formulating a clear strategy for the telecom sector if the government lets