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MCIT Saudi Arabia Launches 3rd Edition of ICT Competition

Under the patronage of the Ministry This initiative comes within the Ministry’s Technologies Co., said: “Working with
of Communications and Information strategic plans to qualify human capital MCIT for the third edition of the Huawei ICT
Technology (MCIT), and organization of in digital transformation as the main pillar Competition in Saudi Arabia is an honor.
Huawei international, the third edition and effective tool of development, through We are proud to once more invite students
of ICT Competition was launched at a an integrated program to develop national to participate in this exciting competition,
ceremony attended by Chen Weiqing, cadres, disseminate digital knowledge which offers valuable real-life experience
Chinese Ambassador to Kingdom of Saudi and create a competitive environment opportunities, as well as the chance to win
Arabia, Mark Xueman, Vice President that attracts and stimulates innovation the prize of a lifetime working with Huawei’s
of Huawei Technologies Co., Dennis and digital entrepreneurship, which will experts in our China headquarters.” In the
Zhang CEO of Huawei Tech. Investment contribute to the growth of the ICT Sector.” 2018 edition of the competition, the team
Saudi Arabia Co. Ltd, in addition to “Huawei’s ICT Competition provides a from Saudi Arabia won third place in the
representatives from ICT commission, platform that encourages and educates final round of the competition, which
General Institution for Technological youth in the field of ICT, preparing them to took place at Huawei’s headquarters in
and Vocational Training and a number of further develop the sector in the Kingdom, Shenzhen, China, a great honor and a big
Saudi universities. The competition, which thereby increasing its value and potential boost for them to score more successes at
aligns with the ambitions of Vision 2030 for the future of Saudi Arabia,” he added. the regional and international arenas.
and National ICT Strategy 2023, promotes Mark Xueman, Vice President of Huawei
innovation and creativity. Contestants
are tested on their knowledge of cloud
computing, switching, routing, and network
security. In addition, the competition
gets participants up-to-date with the
latest technologies such as IoT, AI, Big
Data and most importantly 5G, the future
technology. The competition comprises
three stages: preliminary, national final
and international final. The top teams
will advance to the national final stage,
which will take place in November 2019.
The national winners of the competition
will not only receive certificates, trophies,
and prizes, but will also have a once-in-
a-lifetime opportunity to travel to China
and gain insider access to a top global
ICT company. Dr. Ahmed Altheneyyan,
Deputy Minister for Technology and Digital
Capacities Development at MCIT, said: “

DT Obtains Government Approval for Sale of Telekom Romania to Orange

Deutsche Telekom (DT) has received opening the way for a potential deal to its Romanian mobile subsidiary Telekom
approval from the Romanian government be concluded in the coming weeks. DT Romania Mobile Communications to
to sell its stake in Telekom Romania owns a 54.01% stake in Telekom Romania Bulgarian businessman Spas Rousev, who
Communications to Orange, reports local Communications (formerly RomTelecom) is reportedly backed by Russian investment
business news website Economica, citing through Greek telco OTE, while the funds. Telekom Romania Mobile
sources within the company. Srini Gopalan, Romanian government via the Ministry of Communications (renamed from Cosmote
a DT board member, is said to have met Communications & Information Society Romania in September 2014) is owned by
communications minister Alexandru (MCSI) controls the remaining 45.99%. OTE (70.00%), with the remainder held by
Petrescu last week to discuss the deal, In a separate deal, DT is expected to sell Telekom Romania Communications.

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