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10 Gigabit Transformation

SAMENA ACCELERATOR on F5G-A Helps Accelerate 10Gigabit Society into
Reality across the Middle East and Central Asia

UAE, Bahrain, Azerbaijan, and Kazakhstan.
Experience-Sharing from du and Omantel
provided perspectives on how optical net-
works serve at the core of digital foundation
as seen from Operators” eyes. Technology
Readiness segment provided perspectives
from the World WLAN Applications Alliance
(WAA) - China, ETSI Industry Specification
Group (ISG) for Fixed 5G, and Huawei Tech-
nologies, demonstrated advancements in
F5G-A to achieve new service delivery and
user experience milestones, technolog-
ically speaking. In the last half, a discus-
sion, focusing on key drivers of advanced
infrastructure development, enablers and
impediments in network implementation,
and new approaches required on the pol-
icy, regulatory, and sustainability fronts,
were discussed.
SAMENA (South Asia-Middle East-North Bocar BA, CEO & Board Member of SAMENA Telecom-
Africa) Telecommunications Council held
its SAMENA ACCELERATOR on 10 Gigabit munications Council, in his opening keynote stated that
digital infrastructure on October 17th at the “Observations and advancements necessitate that both
One & Only Royal Mirage, Dubai, UAE. Held
in collaboration with Huawei Technologies, Government sector and the Private sector work closely
the Council organized the 2024 edition of together and exchange priorities and capabilities on the
its SAMENA ACCELERATOR to continue fixed network fronts, more closely, and be empowered by
the dialogue initialized in the 2023
edition of the 10 Gigabit ACCELERATOR, each other."
which established a compelling case for
ultra-broadband or “10Giga” network
development by utilizing advancements
in Fiber and IPv6 innovations. The 2024
edition delved into deepening consensus on
accelerating 10 Giga network development
and exploring future-oriented broadband
infrastructure upgrades, enhancing user
experiences, enabling digitalization of
various industries, and, as an ultimate
goal, accelerating the development of the
digital economy in the Middle East and
Central Asia.

The SAMENA ACCELERATOR 2024 was
organized into four sub-segments: In
the Regional Visions segment, the audi-
ence was debriefed about ICT visions and
national ICT development plans from the

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