Huawei and First Communications and Industry signed a partnership agreement for localization and the digital energy industry, on the sidelines of the Local Content Forum in Riyadh. Communications and Information Technology in Saudi Arabia, as it was sponsored by the Local Content and Government Procurement Authority to promote and develop local industries.
The agreement contributes to the development of the digital energy sector and the localization of its industry, which is one of the objectives of the “Rawafed” program of STC, which aims to transfer knowledge, technology and global expertise from Huawei in cooperation with “Alawwal”, by supporting it with professional manufacturing capabilities and expertise, Transferring knowledge to national competencies, providing job opportunities, and contributing to local supply chains in Saudi Arabia.
This partnership comes in implementation of the agreement signed by STC Group with Huawei during the “LEAP” conference in Riyadh, and is an extension of the initiative to establish a digital energy localization plant to support the data center sector in Saudi Arabia.
The recently signed agreement focused on Alawwal Company providing the factory site, while Huawei will rehabilitate integrated production lines for the factory, equip offices, a training and production support center, in addition to warehousing facilities. The agreement also included the two sides continuing to discuss future ways of cooperation in other opportunities for industrial localization within the Kingdom.
This agreement is a practical step to support increasing the proportion of local content, which contributes to achieving the goals of "Vision 2030", by providing digital energy equipment locally, which increases keeping pace with technologies globally in new local industries, creating an attractive business environment and supporting technical innovation, which in turn It will boost the growth of the digital economy in Saudi Arabia.
Source: Press Release