**Batelco’s Gold Sponsorship Supports Annual Business Event**

Batelco, among the region’s leading business communications solutions providers, is pleased to support Capacity Middle East 2015 as the Gold Sponsor for the event which is being held in Dubai from 10 to 12 March. A number of Batelco’s management team is in attendance at the event, which celebrates its 10^th year anniversary this year.

To further reinforce Batelco’s position as a regional and global leader, the telecom giant is always keen on participating in prestigious events around the world. Capacity Middle East is an annual event attracting prime telecom companies with senior executive participants from the Middle East, Europe, Africa, Asia and North America. Over 1200 telecom professionals representing more than 350 operators are in attendance to discuss their strategies for revenue growth and future investment in the industry.

“Capacity Middle East is established as one of the leading telecom events in the region and we are therefore delighted to align the Batelco name with this prestigious event, as the Gold sponsors,” said Batelco Business Division General Manager Adel Al-Daylami.

“Our participation provides us with the opportunity to interact with other leading telecom companies to exchange and share knowledge. It also enables us to develop our global expansion plans and liaise with global service providers and multinational companies to attract them into Bahrain. Such efforts support our commitment to the Kingdom’s vision towards economic diversity and prosperity.”

“This year, Capacity Middle East sheds a light on leading telecom topics such as the digital and smart world. At Batelco, we are placing a strong emphasis on these topics as we recognise we are operating in an era where business is fast-moving and becoming increasingly digitised,” Mr. Al-Daylami concluded.

In addition to Mr Al-Daylami, the other Batelco representatives in attendance at Capacity Middle East are Manager Datacomm Services & Acting Global Sales Manager Hani Askar, and Senior Product Marketing Managers Taha Hussain, Hasan Zainal and Hasan Alhaddad.