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Draft
under iConnect brand to local carrier
partners and contributing to local social and
economic development. The partnership
with Zain KSA will further promote the
transformation of KSA’s telecom industry
and facilitate high-quality projects under
Saudi Vision 2030." Commenting on the
MoU, Eng. Sultan AlHadlag, Executive
General Manager of Zain KSA stated: "Zain
KSA and CMI have a long-term partnership
in many areas. The MoU will further enhance
our collaboration in market exploration
and product innovation, which serves Zain
KSA’s strategic goals of improving our
service capabilities and product offerings
to individuals and enterprises to accelerate
nationwide digital transformation and
support the national ICT goals." CMI has
invested heavily in the Middle East region China Mobile's leading 5G solutions. CMI's many others. CMI and Zain KSA have
to connect carriers to the reliable, scalable carrier-specific service, iConnect, offers been cooperating in data, voice, roaming,
and resilient network via its extensive global comprehensive professional services and innovative IoT solutions for years.
infrastructure. This includes over 80 cable including Voice, SMS, Mobile, Data, and The strategic cooperation under this MoU
resources and 230 PoPs, with international Professional Services to global operators. between both parties will further bring
transmission bandwidth of over 122T. Zain KSA is a leading telecom service closer collaborations and promote digital
CMI strives to create a partner ecosystem provider in Saudi Arabia, establishing itself transformation across Saudi Arabia to
with regional and global carrier partners as a digital partner covering 5G networks, support its transition to a digital economy
and empower local operators to provide digital payment services, cloud computing, and society.
convenient services and solutions based on IoT solutions, fiber services, drones, and

Chairman of China Mobile Yang Jie attended 2023 Mobile World Congress
(MWC) and gave a keynote speech via "Digital-intelligent Self"

On February 27, 2023 Mobile World
Congress (MWC) was held in Barcelona,
Spain. Chairman of China Mobile Yang
Jie attended the conference and gave a
keynote speech via "Digital-intelligent self".
"Digital-intelligent self" was created
by China Mobile using face modeling,
expression transfer, speech synthesis and
other technologies. It can simulate human
appearance and behavior, and even realize
"digital reproduction" of thoughts in the
future. It was the first time chairman of
China Mobile Yang Jie appeared at a major
event with this image. Mr. Yang Jie stressed innovation of information and energy has innovation of information and technology
that this year marks the 50th anniversary become the main driver of human civilization as a pattern of our times, explore the
of the invention of mobile phones. Over advancement. Now as information deeply value and responsibility of our industry,
the past five decades, the ICT industry integrates into the whole process of and work together to play a bigger role
has achieved rapid growth while making energy conversion and usage, the fusion of in the development of human society.
historic contributions to the development “Watts×Bits” has been triggered. And our Secondly, the integrated innovation of
of human society. Looking ahead, under human society is ushering into a brand new the next-gen information technologies
the ever-faster digital transformation of era led by information, and characterized by has profound influences on the trajectory
the economy and society, more extensive the integrated development of information of industry development. The next-gen
growth opportunities are underway for and energy. This inspires us to further information technologies are shifting
the ICT industry. Firstly, the integrated broaden our horizon, follow the integrated as a chain with multiple breakthroughs

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