HE Mohamed Nasser Al Ghanim
Director General – Telecommunications Regulatory Authority
HE Mohamed Nasser Al Ghanim is the Director General of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority. Described as one of the few highly experienced telecom engineers in the UAE, Al Ghanim was entrusted with establishing a telecom regulatory body in the UAE in 2004, and in record time he managed to set up a fully functioning telecom regulatory “the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority” of the UAE and succeeded in implementing the regulatory framework for the ICT sector, including the necessary policies, such as Interconnection Agreements and Pricing Policies for the creation of a healthy and a competitive environment. In 2006 and under Al Ghanim’s leadership, TRA licensed the second telecom operator in the UAE; thus putting an end to a thirty year monopoly and opening the UAE market to fair competition in the telecom sector. Throughout his career, Al Ghanim accomplished many notable achievements, both on academic and professional levels.
A telecom and ICT veteran, Al Ghanim graduated from Etisalat College of Engineering in 1994 with a Bachelor in Telecommunications Engineering with honors. His career started with Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat) in Radio communication department. In 1997 he moved to Thuraya Telecommunications Company where he achieved the highest managerial post as Senior Manager Product Development. Al Ghanim was also in charge of the UAE Telecom & E-Commerce Chapters during Free Trade Agreement negotiations. He was also in charge of the committee which formulated the IT Strategy for the UAE government.
Al Ghanim is involved in many international and local working committees and groups; He is the Chairman of the UAE Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Vice-Chairman of the UAE Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Fund and a Board member of National Media Council, he chairs the Spectrum Coordination Committee (SCC) in charge of setting the National Spectrum Plan; he is also the Chairman of the UAE World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) committee who is in charge of following up on the implementation of the WSIS. He is also a member of the Abu Dhabi Quality and Conformity Council.
