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SAMENA Council Supports 5G Evolution to “Bring 5.5G into Reality”

SAMENA Council has announced its sup- successes, and building adjacent vertical SAMENA Council's sup-
port to the 14th Global Mobile Broadband ecosystems to reconnect, rebuild, and
Forum (MBBF) to be held from October 10 reimagine a fully-connected, intelligent port to MBBF 2023
to 11 at the JAFZA One Convention Center world powered by 5G/5.5G, SAMENA underpins the need to
in Dubai. To be held under the theme “Bring Council's support to MBBF 2023 underpins
5.5G into Reality”, MBBF 2023 will bring the need to work together in new ways work together in new
new insights on 5G business models, evolu- across the Middle East as well as other ways across the Middle
tion of mobile technologies, improved user regions. It also reflects on the Council's
experience, green ICT development, among focus on advocating maximization of the East as well as other
others. potential of 5G investments, including regions.
through meaningful use-cases and
Following 5G investments in the region, applications that can advance the mobile policymakers and regulators, SAMENA
the path to 5G and 5.5G growth appears future, and accelerating technology Council views MBBF 2023 to be an
to be relatively clear. Treading it, however, evolution from 5G to 5.5G and beyond. important step in showcasing 5G evolution
requires critical and timely decisions on all and fostering cooperation building,
parallel fronts, ranging from technology, CEO of SAMENA Council, Bocar BA, has including on green technologies."
resources, use-cases, investments, policy stated that "MBBF 2023 is being organized
and regulation, carbon control, and both by a key member of SAMENA Council, MBBF 2023 will bring firsthand insights and
social and business value-creation. Huawei Technologies. As an industry exchanges on groundbreaking technolo-
representative body for the region’s ICT gies, emerging ecosystems, game-chang-
In efforts to exploit true potential of 5G private sector and as a sector-development ing products, and more within the 5G and
and achieving cross-sector 5G business partner to regional governments, 5.5G (or 5G Advanced) ecosystem.

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