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China Mobile International (CMI) and Tuya Smart
Signed a Partnership Agreement to Promote the

Deployment and Implementation of IoT

Tuya Smart, a global IoT development
platform service provider, has signed a
partnership agreement with the Middle
East division of China Mobile International
(CMI) to promote the deployment and
implementation of IoT solutions and
projects across the Middle East and Africa,
while aiming to improve technical support
for smart business, smart cities and more.
Tuya’s Johnny Lu said: ‘With the help of
China Mobile and other channel partners,
Tuya-enabled smart devices can quickly
enter thousands of households across the
globe.’

China Mobile International and Yahsat Announce Major IoT Initiatives

The continuing potential of IoT as a solutions provider, has announced a chain tracking. The new platform, which
business model has been underlined by minority investment in eSAT Global, an IoT will leverage Thuraya’s existing and future
two recent deals involving major players connectivity solutions provider that, it says, MSS GEO satellites, will enable millions
in both mobile and satcom markets, in this will bring a new disruptive, low-cost, low of devices to be serviced simultaneously
case China Mobile International Middle latency, direct-to-satellite IoT service to the and efficiently in a cost-effective way. The
East company (CMI) and Yahsat. Tuya market. In addition to Yahsat’s investment service requires no terrestrial repeater
Smart, a global IoT development platform in eSAT, Thuraya, its mobility business, has infrastructure or backhaul, while providing
service provider, and CMI announced this signed a commercial agreement with eSAT, seamless coverage across the globe.
week that they had signed a strategic which will provide Thuraya with secure and Devices equipped with the new eSAT
partnership to promote the deployment long-term access to an end-to-end low communication module will be able to
and implementation of IoT solutions and power wide area network (LPWAN) IoT communicate with satellites using very low
projects across the Middle East and Africa system and portfolio. The partnership with transmit power anywhere within Thuraya’s
(MEA). They also announced that they will eSAT will, the two companies says, enable footprint. Thuraya, in collaboration with
together provide more technical support Thuraya’s service partners to address eSAT, is planning to launch the IoT system
for smart environments such as smart critical IoT requirements in key segments, and portfolio and commence commercial
business and smart cities. Meanwhile including smart agriculture, environmental activities by Q4 2023.
Yahsat, the UAE’s flagship satellite monitoring, digital maritime and cold-

Cisco Tackles Video-Meeting Fatigue with Host
of Technology Innovation to Empower the Hybrid

Work Model

A recent study focused on executives and knowledge professionals over time. In the long run, this has also made employees consider
commissioned by Cisco and conducted by Dimensional Research leaving their current employers, with 42% planning on making the
showed that more than half (56%) of employees spend most of move within two years citing video meeting habits. Commenting
their time in meetings when working remotely with 33% saying on the findings of the report, Ahmad Zureiki, Head of Collaboration
that it takes up half of their workday. This has resulted in 95% of Business, Cisco MEA, said: “The modern work environment is
employees experiencing video meeting fatigue. The overall fatigue not confined to a single space or device anymore. It’s flexible, it’s
is attributed mainly to technological issues, which comprise of mobile, it’s hybrid. Business leaders in today’s world know that their
background noise, poor sound, and video quality. These elements employees are their #1 asset, and that means finding ways to both
have actively contributed to physical ailments with 81% employees accommodate employee priorities and reimagine the workplace to
reporting headaches, neck and shoulder strains and eye strains improve remote work.” He added: “With the hybrid working model
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