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joint cooperation agreements regarding UAE Pass with the Workshop was organized and conducted to address the needs
e-governments in the country (Sharjah e-Government Department, of the telecommunications sector, adding: “We have sensed the
Ajman Digital Government, The Electronic Government Authority enthusiasm of TRA’s staff participating in this workshop through
– Ras Al Khaimah, Fujairah e-Government, and Umm Al Quawain their ideas, plans and projects aimed at developing the corporate
Smart Government). Smart Dubai also signed a number of MoUs work environment and boosting productivity. The positive results
with a number of UAE banks, semi-government companies, and we have produced in this workshop are fully consistent with our
exchange firms. The event included a detailed presentation on the goals from the Innovation Strategy, and we will continue in the
most important stages that UAE Pass has gone through and its coming days to implement more initiatives and workshops in this
most important achievements since its launch, highlighting the regard.” The Workshop included several stages, the first of which
great work of government and private entities in this initiative in started with defining the challenges facing the TRA in fulfilling its
order to achieve its success. The event concluded with honoring entrusted responsibilities efficiently, while the second stage was
the strategic partners, including the Prime Minister’s Office, to find unprecedented innovative solutions by ways and methods
Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship, Ministry of Justice, not previously used. The Workshop resulted in a set of innovative
Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates, Dubai Electronic ideas to be considered by a TRA-determined competent
Security Center, Abu Dhabi Digital Authority, Smart Dubai, Sharjah committee, with the best ideas to be selected and developed to
e-Government Department, Ajman Digital Government, Electronic become actionable, and later implemented by a team consisting
Government Authority – Ras Al Khaimah, Fujairah E-Government, of the best idea owners. The TRA makes all efforts in building
and Umm Al Quawain Smart Government. The UAE Pass is future cadres to lead the ICT sector, by adopting strategies and
the first digital national identity for all citizens, residents and methods that qualify UAE leaders for the post-oil phase, which
visitors. It allows users to access the services of local and federal will radically change the landscape of the economic, educational
government entities, and other service providers. UAE Pass also and social sectors. The human cadres will be capable of dealing
provides easy solutions to access services via smartphones with the demands of the next phase, such as artificial intelligence,
without the need for a password or username, as well as the e-commerce, new media, and others. (December 14, 2019) tra.gov.ae
ability to digitally sign documents, and verify their authenticity
without the need to visit service centers. UAE Pass also includes During the UAE 5G conference, the Telecommunications
a digital wallet (Vault) that is used to exchange and submit the Regulatory Authority, TRA, and Huawei released the TRA and
customers’ digital documents for completing their transactions Huawei ‘5G and IoT Joint OpenLab’ in Dubai, aimed at boosting
quickly and without the need to provide paper documents. It also 5G and the Internet of Things, IoT, services throughout the UAE,
includes a digital signature service that ensures the reliability and promoting innovation and collaboration across markets with
flow of transactions in a safe and integrated environment between the intention of creating an open ecosystem that will further ICT
different entities. (December 17, 2019) africazine.com development across the country. The TRA and Huawei 5G and
IoT Joint OpenLab will mainly focus on the enterprise market,
The General Authority for Regulating the Telecommunications including Artificial Intelligence solutions, fixed wireless access,
Sector (TRA) organized a practical workshop on future foresight CCTV, campus private line, and more. Consumer services such
and innovation, participated by TRA management and employees as cloud gaming/VR will also be a focus of the OpenLab. Hamad
in line with the directives of our wise leadership to promote a Obaid Al Mansoori, TRA Director-General, said, “We welcome this
spirit of innovation and future shaping among UAE citizens and TRA-Huawei joint initiative, as part of the authority’s openness
build national capacities in prospecting the future. The five-day to partner with the private sector based on the fact that the
workshop comes in implementation of TRA’s Innovation Strategy, burdens of the new digital age are greater than a single sector;
which aims to instil and foster the innovation culture in the therefore, all sectors must work together to develop the digital
corporate work environment, and empower TRA’s employees in community.” He added, “We at the TRA, as we launch the 5G &
shaping the future. On this workshop, Mr. Mohammed Al Ketbi, IoT OpenLab in Dubai in partnership with Huawei, assure that
TRA’s Executive Director of Innovation, said: “We in the UAE look we will spare no effort to mobilize all energies and work hand
to the future with open minds, seek to foresee what developments in hand with the government, academic and private companies
will bring, and do not hesitate to prepare for the future with the to serve the community, spread awareness, build competencies,
necessary projects. What we are witnessing today in the UAE is establish joint projects and implement future plans, to contribute
what many countries in the world strive to achieve in the future, to achieving the higher national goals, especially the UAE vision
and what we aim to do in the near future is what others see as 2021, and beyond, in implementation of our wise leadership’s
impossible. We have learned from our wise leadership that the directives to work together to create a sustainable and happy
future is for entrepreneurs and the dashing, and that the future future for the society.” Wang Su, Vice President of Huawei Middle
does not wait but is made. In this sense, we strived to develop our East Marketing, said, “5G and IoT OpenLab will be an important
plans and strategies for future shaping and innovation, enabling innovative cross-industry platform for operators, third parties
us to excel in one of the fastest growing sectors. Today at the TRA, and vertical industries in the UAE. It will help all those accessing
we focus on looking to the future, anticipating its requirements and the latest 5G and IoT technology, understanding application
implementing them through innovative plans that are devised and scenarios, developing innovative services and aggregating the
set into motion by our trained and highly qualified national cadres.” 5G & IoT ecosystem for the local market. “Through the OpenLab
Al Ketbi emphasized that the Future Shaping and Innovation platform, Huawei will work with customers and partners around

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