In efforts to harness true potential of 5G and achieving cross-sector 5G business successes, and building adjacent vertical ecosystems to reconnect, rebuild, and reimagine a fully-connected, intelligent world powered by 5G and 5G-Advanced, SAMENA Council supported MBBF 2023, and contributed perspectives and advocated maximization of the potential of 5G investments.
The 14th MBBF Forum was organized by Huawei Technologies, a valued member of SAMENA Council and an integral contributor to regional digital development, including through its mobile, fixed-line, and cloud infrastructure, mobile technologies, and advanced product lines. MBBF 2023 brought new insights on 5G business models, evolution of mobile technologies, improved user experience, green ICT development, among others.
SAMENA Council highlighted that MBBF has helped set a strong foundation for the evolution of mobile technologies, and is a platform that can help demonstrate unwavering commitment of regional governments and the private sector, including technology pioneers, such as Huawei.
Following 5G investments in the region, the path to 5G and 5.5G growth appears to be relatively clear. Treading it, however, requires critical and timely decisions on all parallel fronts, ranging from technology, resources, use-cases, investments, policy and regulation, carbon control, and both social and business value-creation.
CEO of SAMENA Council, Bocar BA, during his keynote speech drew attention to the potential of 5G and 5G Advanced in meeting the region’s digital advancement goals. BA stated: “Digital transformation, technology integration, and economic diversification are the three main pillars of inclusive progress that we are seeing here in the region, especially in the Middle East, and in particularly in the GCC.”
It has been proven how important and diversified 5G use-cases can be implemented around the world. It has also been proven that integration of the ICT industry with other industries can effectively address multiple fronts, including making progress on the Sustainable Development Goals.
Bocar BA further added: “Maximizing the true potential of 5G and implementing real-life use-cases through sustainable advancements, is now a top priority. As the 5G journey continues and 5G too evolves toward 5G-Advanced, it would be critical to unlock access to new capital to support new network transformation, leading to 5G-Advanced. I feel, 5G-Advanced may very well help mitigate connectivity gaps for underserved areas and communities”.
Coinciding with MBBF 2023, as a separate industry event, SAMENA Council’s SAMENA LEAD awards were held to recognize accelerated efforts by the Industry’s stakeholders in 5G development.
BA referred to the LEAD awards during his intervention at MBBF 2023: “It has been a pleasure for SAMENA Council to recognize, appreciate, and encourage those who are playing a critical role in 5G development in the region, paving the path for evolutionary 5G advancements that can bring benefit for both business and society.”
MBBF 2023 served as an important platform for showcasing 5G evolution, and green 5G solutions and products, including: TDD multi-band multi-channel ELAA for 10 Gbps experiences, the Industry' first FDD full-series GigaGreen to upgrade basic experiences, mmWave AAU with the largest antenna array for continuous 10 Gbps coverage, DIS improvement in performance and energy saving to bring 5.5G indoors, Ongoing antenna and microwave innovation for efficient 5.5G construction, iHashBand2.0 spectrum pooling for optimal 5.5G spectral efficiency, Full-scenario "0 Bit 0 Watt" for optimal 5.5G energy efficiency, and intelligentRAN towards L4 for optimal 5.
MBBF 2023 brought firsthand insights and exchanges on groundbreaking technologies, including cloud-native. In the cloud-native tech talk, SAMENA Council also made contributions and emphasized on value-creation in relation to cloudification and 5G evolution.
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Source: SAMENA Council Press release