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SAMENA Council to Provide Industry Support to Member-led Fixed
Wireless Access (FWA) Industry Club

SAMENA Council has announced that, in the development of 5G networks natural system, robotics, predic-
to help increase FWA penetration within and around the Council's tive maintenance, quality control,
in the regions, it will strategically regions of focus, offering highly useful efficiency and productivity), Retail
support the creation and thought- and scalable applications. (inventory management, personal-
leadership activities of the ELITE FWA ized customer experience delivery,
Club, sponsored by Huawei, a valued SAMENA Council views that major streamlined operations), Environment
member of the Council. industry use-cases of FWA include (intelligent lighting controls, irrigation
Education (virtual classrooms, and water resource management,
The creation of the FWA-centric club, distant education, vocational train- real-time environmental monitoring),
which will receive thought-leadership ings), Healthcare (remote health Work/Job-Creation (remote work,
contributions from SAMENA Council's consultations, remote patient seamless collaboration, video confer-
FWA focused working group, sets a monitoring, remote health adminis- encing, cloud-based tools and
precedent in developing the wireless- tration), Agriculture (environmental resources), and Emerging Technolo-
access business and digital-inclusion knowledge, precision farming, crop gies (supporting growth of IoT, AR/VR
possibilities for both end-users and yields, real-time crop and livestock ecosystems).
enterprises in the region through monitoring, resource management),
collaboration among various regional Transportation/Mobility (connected Launched in December 2023 in Dubai,
stakeholders. vehicles, traffic management, the ELITE FWA Club is dedicated to
fostering a dynamic, industry-wide
dialogue to address technology,
business, policy and regulatory
as well as user-experience issues.
Our mission is to enable Telecom
Operators and digital infrastructure
investors in collaboratively and
sustainably enhancing returns on
5G investments while provisioning
quality-of-service and end-user
experience on 5G networks. For this
reason, the ELITE FWA Club presents
an invaluable opportunity for leaders
in the ICT sector to delve into unique
areas relating to the FWA business,
innovation, customer experience
management, and ecosystem
maturity while advocating for
Operators in the SA-ME-NA roadside infrastructure manage- commercial advancements in the
region and, to some extent, in the ment, dynamic route optimization, FWA sector.
neighboring regions, including Central improved traffic safety, smart-
Asia, have invested heavily in 5G city service delivery), Public Safety The ELITE FWA Club will hold its second
networks. However, satisfactorily (emergency response, disaster meeting on February 28 during MWC
monetizing these investments management, coordination, critical Barcelona 2024.
remains a critical challenge. FWA will service delivery), Manufacturing
play an increasingly important role (connected AI-based, digital, and

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