Globally, and in South Africa, 5G is a vital foundation for key digital platform ecosystems that will drive the fourth industrial revolution in the country. Mobile network operators such as MTN, Vodacom, Rain and Telkom have already deployed 5G networks, and this step is done to meet South Africa’s significant growth in traffic for broadband services.
By: Omar Alsaied, RVP business development MEA/Turkey/Pakistan, Infinera
By Vanness You, Vice President Marketing & Solution, Huawei Middle East
Huawei has sealed numerous successful partnerships throughout its journey in the ICT industry. One of them is the partnership with Iceland’s leading mobile operator Nova. CTO Benedikt Ragnarsson gave a keynote speech at Huawei’s OTF 2022 at MWC22 to highlight the operator’s journey to OCS SaaS.
Cloud is said to be the powerhouse that drives today’s digital organizations, in relation to the latest worldwide end-user spending forecast on public cloud services.
Adopting the UAE digital economy strategy, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said that the goal over the next 10 years is to increase the contribution of this sector to the GDP by 20%.
Ookla’s Speedtest Global Index rankings for Q1 2022 are out, putting the Middle East region, particularly GCC countries, at the top. This exemplifies the ongoing efforts of telecom players in these countries in boosting connectivity and digital transformation.
ICT and telecommunications infrastructure is usually one of the first elements that are impacted by wars and conflicts, leading to disrupted communication services and unstable network experiences. However, in some cases, mobile networks can be leveraged to serve the war’s objectives.
In its recently concluded virtual panel titled “The 5G trail: What is next?”, Telecom Review, the Middle East’s leading ICT media platform, gathered top industry experts to explore where we stand today from a 5G perspective, and what is next for this evolving technology.
By Raed Aoude, director of sales, MENA | SEA, CommScope
