Ramy A. Fathy is the Director of Digital Services Policies and Planning at the Egyptian National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA), where he is directing the development and implementation of sustainable and effective digital services in the Egyptian market. His role at NTRA includes the development of guidelines, regulatory frameworks, viable business models, and effective technical operating parameters, which ensure efficient and effective services' operation.
Fathy has been actively involved at the different stages of development of various intelligent ICT systems and services, in addition to numerous ICT-for-development initiatives including national broadband network infrastructure and services, intelligent transportation systems, eGov, water management, and next generation access planning.
After receiving his PhD Degree in Electrical Engineering, he led a team of experts in key R&D projects including the development of radio network planning and optimization packages for mobile and wireless systems, cognitive radio systems, DSP/FPGA/GPP based implementations of consumer electronics products like descramblers, satellite TV receivers, DVB-T/S tuners, and H.264 video coders.
Fathy has served as the Chairman of the ITU-T Focus Group on Smart Water Management, Vice-Chairman of the ITU-T Focus Group of Bridging the Gap between Innovations and Standardization (Focus Group Innovation). Currently he is serving as the Co-Vice Chairman of WP2 of SG20.
