Page 6 - SAMENA ELITE - October-December 2024

ELITE FWA CLUB ACTIVITY
6 OCTOBER-DECEMBER 2024

SAMENA Council-Led Initiative on Fixed Wireless Access (FWA)
Continues Focus on Revolutionizing Connectivity and Digital
Transformation

During the third meeting of the ELITE
FWA Club, held in Istanbul on October
30th, SAMENA Council CEO & Board
Member, Bocar BA, who also serves
as the Honorary President of the Club,
shared valuable insights on the role
of Fixed Wireless Access in advancing
digital inclusion. He noted the
successful commercial use of 5G FWA
by GCC operators and highlighted
the need for continued collaboration
among ELITE FWA Club members.

BA emphasized that "Operators in
the SA-ME-NA region and in the
neighboring regions, including Central
Asia, have invested heavily in 5G
networks. However, satisfactorily experiences as well as scenarios as well as economic growth. The
monetizing these investments for common benefit. The ELITE FWA executive-level meeting, which
remains a critical challenge. This Club aims to enhance efficiencies brought together leadership from
requires being innovative and across sectors, driving innovation and SAMENA Telecommunications Council
collaboration-oriented in order accelerating digital transformation and Huawei, explored the
to meet connectivity and digital through 5G use-cases. Launched in transformative potential of
transformation goals." 2023, in collaboration with SAMENA 5G-Advanced and Fixed Wireless
Council and members of the Council, Access (FWA) technologies across the
Given that there is a direct correlation including Huawei, the Club met for the Middle East. BA advocated that
between making use of 5G third time during the Global Mobile 5G-Advanced will play a crucial role in
investments and empowering other Broadband Forum 2024 (MBBF 2024) driving digital transformation and
sectors to achieve greater efficiencies in Istanbul. fostering economic growth in the
through new use-cases of wireless region. "By enabling the deployment
technologies, FWA offers plausible The Club's 3rd successful meeting of advanced technologies such as IoT,
prospects, which need to be explored. was subsequently followed by a GCC AI, cyber-security, and automation,
The ELITE FWA Club serves this purpose Media roundtable to discussed 5G 5G-Advanced will create new
by inviting digital ecosystem partners and 5G-Advanced positioning, and industries, jobs, and opportunities for
to join the community and proactively how 5G evolution can play a crucial businesses", BA stated in the media
exchange insights and deployment role in driving digital transformation roundtable.

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