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LEADERS' SUMMIT 2023 SAMENA TRENDS

Huawei Hosts the “5.5G Leaders’ Summit” during the Main SAMENA
Council Leaders’ Summit 2023 in Dubai & Highlights the Importance of

Green ICT for Sustainable Digital Economic Growth

Huawei Middle East & Central Asia and environment is crucial for embracing 5.5G’s In his speech, Martin Creaner, Director
SAMENA Telecommunications Council potential fully. As such, the UAE has taken General of the World Broadband
jointly hosted the 5.5G Leaders’ Summit several steps, including the establishment Association, emphasized: “The WBBA
at Atlantis the Palm, Dubai, UAE, with a of the ICT regulatory sandbox.” is bringing together service providers,
theme “10Gbps, Striding towards the 5.5G suppliers, users, investors and governments
Era”, as a part of the main SAMENA Council “I am quite sure that this session will lead to remove the barriers and help realize the
Leaders’ Summit 2023. to relevant and actionable insights on socioeconomic benefits of Giga/10Giga
how we can leverage 5.5G technology to Society for the region.”
The 5.5G Leaders’ Summit brought drive sustainable development and digital
together ICT leaders, regulators, industry innovation in the UAE and globally.” During the summit, Mr. Rashid Alahmedi,
organizations, including GSMA and WBBA, COO of InfraX, said: “5.5G with 10x
vendors, enterprises, analysts, chipsets, In his opening speech, Mr. Steven Yi, network capabilities compared to 5G,
application ecosystem partners, and President of Huawei Middle East and will address the current technology gaps
other experts to share their ideas, discuss Central Asia, said: “Sustainable digital and enable various digital services in the
various topics on creating sustainable 5.5G economic growth relies on three powers: power grid industry. However, business
connectivity, and ecosystem aggregation transmission, computing, and storage. model innovations based on the new
platforms to foster collaboration, accelerate To build these powers, it is crucial opportunities and close collaboration
digital economic growth. to consistently invest in connectivity among stakeholders are key to driving the
infrastructure like 5.5G, prioritize green digital transformation in the power grid as
Since the first launch of the 5G network deployment methods, and foster local well as many other industry sectors in the
almost four years ago, adoption has digital talent.” 5.5G era.”
accelerated in the ME region. 5.5G is the
essential upgrade for 5G, a key milestone Dr. Philip Song, Chief Marketing Officer of Stephen Wilson, Omdia Senior Principal
for the increasingly integrated intelligent Huawei Carrier BG, delivered the keynote Analyst, delivered a keynote and said:
world, while 6G is still in early study. It will about ‘Striding towards the 5.5G Era,’ stat- “The demands on broadband networks
offer 100 times more business potential ing: “With the arrival of the 5.5G era, people are developing rapidly, pushed by a
with a ten-times-better network experience will be able to enjoy true-to-life experience combination of rapid growth in connected
than 5G. such as 3D video. With the maturity of the devices, increasingly bandwidth hungry
RedCap technology and the innovation of applications, and greater reliance on the
H.E. Mohammed Al Ramsi, Deputy Director the Passive IoT technology, the industry cloud. Service providers need to invest in
General, TDRA UAE, gave an opening digitalization process will be accelerated. next-generation broadband technology to
speech at the summit: “Technologies are We hope that all device and application not only meet such demand, but also create
developing and renewing and presenting partners, local content partners and policy new business models that will enable future
us with great challenges and greater makers can work together to create more revenue growth and ensure fast RoI.”
opportunities. Providing a sound regulatory values to society with the 5.5G era.”

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