Huawei to highlight business opportunities through integration of tech at SAMENA Summit

For the ninth consecutive year, the SAMENA Telecommunications Council has partnered with Huawei to host the SAMENA Council Leaders’ Summit 2022. The annual gathering of Telecoms multi-industry leaders will be held on May 9th, 2022, under the chairmanship of SAMENA and with the support of the UAE’s Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority.

The Leader’s Summit, held under the theme “Thriving with Resilience & Integration in the New Opportunity Realm,” will welcome Chairmen and CEOs from the private sector, as well as top decision-makers from regional regulatory authorities, global bodies, and institutions, as well as participation from global leaders and entities focused on institutionalizing and fostering cross-sector digitization and collaboration.

The summit will concentrate on the business opportunities made available by the integration of technologies, infrastructure investments, connectivity, and spectrum availability to benefit vertical industries and economic sectors, in line with regional government visions.

More specifically, Huawei will highlight the role of 5G, cloud and digital power in tackling the sustainability needs of the telecom industry and how an integrated intelligent ICT architecture will light up the future. Huawei will further delve into cloud’s integral role in enabling the digital economy and data sovereignty through its ‘Everything as a Service’ model.

Experts will also address how network technology is changing industries and the society, in turn, changing the demands of data in the network, as well as explore connectivity requirements for the 5G era and explore new trends and innovations that will drive new advanced networks. Operators can improve networks capabilities and performance by taking advantage of new technologies and larger bandwidth spectrum such as 6GHz frequency band and the introduction of intelligent capabilities into industrial mobile networks. 

Security will be a key discussion point during the Summit as networks evolve in response to increased demand for reliable connectivity, ultra-low latency, and the need for speed, coverage, and capacity. Huawei will emphasize the importance of fully considering security before commercial use, as well as aligning with global network standards set by organizations such as 3GPP and the GSMA. These organizations developed the NESAS/SCAS global security standard certification system for network equipment, which many Middle Eastern countries have already adopted as part of their national network security policy.

Steven Yi, President of Huawei Middle East, said, “Digital transformation has pivoted to new heights, with 5G era infrastructure and communications technologies taking center stage. Through the Leaders’ Summit 2022, Huawei will fulfill its commitment to bringing technological advances to even more industries and create new value by helping governments and enterprises go digital while operating more intelligently.”  

“The Leaders’ Summit 2022 aims to signal normalcy in business and to help open doors for leadership discourse on critical industry, policy, business, and societal matters as digital transformation accelerates. We look forward to connecting with industry leaders and experts after a hiatus of two years for the physical edition of the Leaders’ Summit 2022, and anticipate that we may productively address technology, sustainability, and cooperation-building challenges on multiple fronts,” said Bocar BA, CEO & Board Member.

During the Summit, the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (UNESCO IITE) and Huawei will announce the release of “Talent Ecosystem for Digital Transformation,” a new joint insight report on ICT in higher education and technical and vocational education (TVET) in the Middle East and Pakistan. The findings of the report highlight the importance of developing ICT talents and creating relevant ecosystems to improve ICT skills in the region and expand access to career opportunities in the digital world.

Huawei is committed to creating value for telecom carriers and assisting enterprises in accelerating their digital transformation in order to foster an industry-wide culture of inclusion and inclusiveness. The company places a high value on ongoing R&D investments. In 2021, the company’s R&D expenditure will be around USD 22.38 billion, accounting for 22.4% of total revenue.