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Eutelsat and Gazprom Collaborate to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
and Improve Energy Efficiency of Gas Pipelines

Eutelsat Communications’ (Euronext Paris: was the optimal infrastructure to meaningful project. The results show how
ETL) Konnect Russia and Gazprom MKS, a oversee complex operations including effective satellite internet can be in the oil
company specializing in gas conservation the centralized management of the and gas industry thanks to its ubiquitous
using mobile compressor stations, network of mobile compressor stations, coverage and flexible functionality for
have published the results of a major designing the logistics for the movement mobile objects. We hope to continue
cooperation project aimed at reducing of complexes, enabling regular monitoring to partner with Gazprom, and others in
the CO2 emissions of Gazprom’s gas of the works, and assuring round-the- projects which serve, among other things,
transmission subsidiaries. The two-year clock communication between dispatch to preserve nature and improve ecological
program focused on reducing the volume of centers and mobile station crews. The situation in Russia. This program has
vented gas during repairs on gas pipelines program yielded considerable benefits, truly showcased the benefits of aligning
at 13 companies, saw some 400 transfers saving circa one billion cubic meters of ecological ambitions with business
undertaken using mobile compressor natural gas, and equating to a reduction objectives, resulting in a win-win outcome
stations across a section of Russia in greenhouse gas emissions of 17 million for the company, our customers, and our
spanning from the North-Western District tons of CO2-equivalent Dmitry Bronner, planet.”
to the Khanty-Mansiysk region. Over such CEO of Konnect Russia said: “We have been
a vast region, satellite communications honored to support Gazprom in this hugely

Huawei Honored at the 3rd Mohammed Bin Rashid
Al Maktoum Business Innovation Awards

Huawei has been awarded the prestigious
'Best Performance Award' and the
'Outstanding Performance Award' during
the 3rd cycle of the Mohammed Bin Rashid
Al Maktoum (MRM) Business Innovation
Awards. The awards were presented to
Jiawei Liu, CEO of Huawei UAE, by H.H.
Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum,
President of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority,
Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates
Airline and Group, and Chairman of the
Expo 2020 Dubai Higher Committee. The
MRM Business Award ceremony was
held under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum,
UAE Vice-President and Prime Minister
and Ruler of Dubai, with the ceremony
hosted by Dubai Chamber. The program ‘Outstanding Performance Award’ this pursued customer-centric innovations
recognizes companies who are proven year. H.E. Abdulaziz Al Ghurair, Chairman that are done openly and collaboratively
leaders in innovation and whose advances of Dubai Chambers, congratulated Huawei with the wider ecosystems in which we
contribute to the development of the for its achievements, saying its exceptional operate. The business success of our
national economy and cultivate a world- performance sets it as a leading example customers is the ultimate measure of
class business culture in the UAE. This for other industry players. He further the value of any technology, product, or
is the third time that Huawei has won the encouraged all winning companies to process improvement. The receipt of these
‘Best Performance Award’, the first being keep striving for excellence, embrace MRM Business Innovation Awards are
in the inaugural cycle of the awards in innovation within their organizations, and further validation of our efforts to support
2017. With three wins, the most by any continue to raise standards within their stakeholders across the UAE to embrace
single company, Huawei was subsequently respective industries. Jiawei Liu, CEO of digital transformation and create new
bestowed with the prestigious Huawei UAE said: "Huawei has always value in the economy and wider society."

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