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Alan Horne
Telecommunications Regulatory Authority Bahrain
Alan Horne was appointed as the General Director of the Telecommunications
Regulatory Authority (TRA) in Bahrain in March 2007 by Royal Decree 35
of 2007.
Alan's career has spanned just over 40 years starting with 12 years at
BT, 2 years with Phillips (where he headed the Software Development team
for Private Systems) and 3 years as Director of European Product Management
at Mitel Networks. Alan has a First Class Honours in Electronic Engineering
and a Masters in Telecommunications. He is a Member of the Institute of
Directors (IOD) and Institute of Electrical Engineers (IEE) and Communications
Managers Association (CMA).
In 1984, Alan established InterConnect Communications Ltd as a consulting
company specialising in regulations covering television, radio, telecommunications
and wireless communication services. In 2001, he led the sale of InterConnect
to Telcordia Technologies of the USA.
Alan’s expertise encompasses all aspects of communications and information
systems from regulation and policy through to interconnection and approvals.
He has secured and managed assignments in more than 20 countries in the
EMEA region. He has led major EC funded regulatory projects assisting the
accession countries in approximating their telecommunications laws to those
of the EU. He has considerable experience in such aspects as developing
policy, licensing, acquisitions, investment decisions and all aspects of
regulation.
During his career he has also played an active role representing major
enterprises at the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI),
on the European Telecommunications Platform (ETP) group and the European
Competitive Telecommunications Association (ECTA). Faced with with increased
carrier competition in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Alan has spent
a significant time in assisting operators and regulators on competition,
convergence and security matters.
In 2004 –2005, he was permanently resident in Lebanon as project
manager of a European Commission funded project to assist with the establishment
of an independent regulator for the telecommunications sector.
Alan has regularly organised, chaired and spoken at major telecommunications
conferences run by such organisations as IIR, IBC, ITU and InterConnect/Eurostrategies.
He is the co-author of a number of publications covering such matters as
approvals of telecommunication equipment and regulatory principles.
Alan Horne is the President of the Arab Regulators Network, which is currently
under TRA Bahrain’s presidency term (2007 – 2008).
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