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highest standards and follows the best which the certificate is granted on, where most notably its generators and air
engineering specifications, which meet he said: “It includes live demonstrations conditioners with large capacities and
the requirements specified on a global of the system under realistic conditions, capabilities, capable of providing the
level, pointing out that the center has and validation of performance, according required electrical loads for servicing
previously obtained a number of prizes, to the data center objective for this the servers, applications and network of
including; the coveted Panduit Certificate, certificate. This certificate also depends devices, in case of conducting operations
specialized in building data centers on reviewing several electrical, mechanical maintenance or switching power devices
worldwide in 2017 and ISO: 14644-Class and facility standards, as defined in and utilities without the need to stop
8 certification for private data centers Tier Design Standard and Topology, a the service permanently. In addition it
free of internal environmental pollution, globally recognized standard for data containss electrical paths to connect the
and ranked first in the Middle East and center reliability and effectiveness”. He alternative network with the same capacity,
Africa. From his side, Eng. Al-Adwan also pointed out that Orange Data Center capability and efficiency.
showcased the practical procedures on offers a variety of outstanding services,

Telecom Egypt and the Administrative Capital

for Urban Development Sign Agreement for the
Provisioning of Telecom and Smart Services Network

Telecom Egypt and the Administrative Executive Officer, commented: “We are to capitalize on and facilitate the national
Capital for Urban Development (ACUD) very proud to have signed this agreement digital transformation. The agreement
signed an agreement to build and operate a with the ACUD and delighted to be involved also comes conveniently at a time when
telecom networks in the new administrative in such an important project. Over the Telecom Egypt has already been working
capital as well as to provide smart and past year Telecom Egypt has consistently to improve internet services in Egypt
security services networks. The agreement demonstrated its exceptional ability to and we will therefore capitalize on our
was signed by Major General Mohamed complete digital transformation projects expertise in the field and exert all the effort
Abdel Latif, the General Manager of the in record time and we are looking forward to develop the best technological solutions
ACUD, and Adel Hamed, the Chief Executive to build on our experience in this field. In to manage a complete system of smart
Officer of Telecom Egypt in the presence of addition, the project comes in line with solutions for this new city. ”
Dr. Moustafa Madbouly, the Prime Minister our priorities in light of our commitment
of Egypt, Dr. Amr Talaat, the Minister
of Communications and Information
Technology and Major General Ahmed Zaki
Abdeen, the Chairman of the ACUD . This
project comes in line with ACUD’s strategy
to provide the new administrative capital
with the latest technological solutions to
manage smart integrated systems and
support the national digital transformation
initiative, especially the plan to digitize
the Egyptian government. Under this
agreement, Telecom Egypt will establish,
operate, lease, manage and maintain the
telecom network of the new administrative
capital, in addition to deploy smart services
and security systems. Telecom Egypt will
provide the telecom infrastructure within
the new capital and will connect it to the
company’s network. The company will also
provide high quality wholesale services
to other mobile network operators. Adel
Hamed, Managing Director and Chief

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