Head of Technology Standardization and Spectrum Management, Etisalat
Dr. Abdulhadi is the Head of Technology Standardization, Spectrum Management, IoT & Smart City development and Radio Access Transformation (e.g. NB-IoT, 5G). He has held various leadership roles at the Emirates Telecommunications Group Company (ETISALAT) and UAE since 2008. He is leading expert with more than 10 years of international experience in the strategy, design, development and implementation of next generation networks technologies and related infrastructure as well as the work of many international organizations (e.g. ITU, 3GPP, GSMA, SAMENA), in which he has been Chairing various technical groups. He has also been leading several national and international projects including propagation modeling for the Gulf region, cost modeling of telecom services, analysis of business challenges/opportunities, and modeling/optimization of wireless systems/networks. Also, he is the representative of Arab Group for relevant agenda of Mobile spectrum, IoT & Smart City, OTT… etc, under the ITU World Conferences including WRCs, WTSA, Plenipotentiary and WCIT-12. Before 2008, he was working in three UAE universities and research centers. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in wireless and mobile communication from University of Bradford, UK. He is the author and co-author of many journal and conference papers.
Emirates Telecommunications Group Company (ETISALAT)
Head of Technology Standardization and Spectrum Management