{"id":899,"date":"2020-02-03T12:57:59","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T08:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techxmedia.com\/?p=899"},"modified":"2025-04-18T00:22:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T20:22:25","slug":"du-to-5g-live-stream-uae-astronauts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/du-to-5g-live-stream-uae-astronauts\/","title":{"rendered":"Du to 5G live stream UAE astronauts\u2019 session"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As the official Communications Partner of choice for the 12th<\/sup> Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), is powering a series of 5G-enabled live streams from the Education days at the event. These are the first literature sessions to be streamed locally over a 5G network in the entire Middle East<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The live-streamed\nsessions will form an exciting showcase of how du\u2019s 5G technologies and\nexpertise can be used to empower vital sectors such as the education realm. du\nwill upload and broadcast the live streams via the 5G network to UAE schools\nwho registered to participate in the event through a weblink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sessions at\nEmirates Airline Festival of Literature that will be live-streamed by du\ninclude the \u2018Eight\nDays in Space\u2019<\/em> session featuring Emirati space pioneers Hazza\nAlMansoori, Sultan AlNeyadi, and Salem Al Marri. In addition, du will live\nstream a Creativity and Innovation session with Lebanese writer Rania Zaghir,\nand a session titled \u2018Making\na Stand\u2019<\/em> that features Ziauddin Yousafzai \u2013 the father of Nobel Prize\nlaureate and world-renowned education advocate, MalalaYousafzai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Next-gen\nconnectivity for next-gen experiences\u2019 <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

HE Jameela\nAl Muhairi, Minister of State for General Education, said:<\/strong> \u201cWe are so excited about\nthis live broadcasting opportunity. It will bring Emirates Airline Festival of\nLiterature into our schools and more of our students will be able to listen,\nget engaged and be mesmerized by the stories and adventures told by different\nauthors. We trust that our teachers will enjoy these sessions with their\nstudents by discussing the stories and laughing or crying about them together.\nWe believe that these broadcasts will change classrooms and inspire students to\nparticipate in a creative learning journey.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fahad Al\nHassawi, Deputy CEO \u2013 Telco Services, said: <\/strong>\u201cWe at du are thrilled to be\nchampioning innovative ways to broadcast and expand the reach of this\noutstanding literary event to viewers across the nation and the world. The\nyouth of tomorrow will play an important role in leading the next generation of\nprogress for the UAE, which is why we are proud to be honing our 5G technology\nand network to empower future minds. With this first-ever 5G live stream,\nstudents from schools registered in the country can enjoy the inspiring\nsessions and ideas that Emirates Festival of Literature presents. In addition,\ndu\u2019s intelligent network evolution is the catalyst for greater societal and\neconomic empowerment. By 5G live streaming these sessions, this is a prime way\nfor us to showcase the connected possibilities that enhanced mobile broadband\nconnectivity can create for the UAE\u2019s key industrial verticals, especially the\neducation sector, due to the high speeds and low latency of this technology.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Isobel\nAbulhoul OBE, CEO of the Foundation and founder of the Emirates Airline\nFestival of Literature said:<\/strong>\n\u201cIn my wildest dreams I had never imagined being able to reach schools on the\nedge of the empty quarter or reach the shores of the Indian Ocean. Thanks to\ndu\u2019s technology and determination to make this happen, it is no longer a dream.\nImagine almost 100,000 students will be joined in celebrating space, education,\nand imagination.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018A series of\nfirsts \u2019<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Held under the\npatronage of HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime\nMinister of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai, Emirates Airline Festival of\nLiterature is the pinnacle of the UAE\u2019s literary calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abdulwahed\nJuma, Executive Vice President \u2013 Brand and Communication, du said:<\/strong> “We are proud to be the\nofficial communication partner for the 12thedition of the Emirates Airline\nFestival of Literature, an event that has succeeded in taking the rich literary\nculture of the Arab World to the rest of the globe. As a proud UAE\norganization, du is committed to connecting people and promoting diversity and\nopenness to all cultures of the world. We believe that modern technology is\nable to play a pivotal role in enhancing communication between the various\ncultures that make up the social strata of the UAE. By enabling the connected\nfuture of broadcast technology over 5G, this live stream event is a significant\nstep towards exploring use cases that incorporate next-generation technology to\nsupport the education sector.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the event\u2019s\nofficial Communications Partner, du will provide the connectivity needed to\nenable the Emirates Airlines Festival of Literature to strengthen the UAE\u2019s\nvision of establishing Dubai as a global, creative hub for culture, heritage,\narts, and literature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The live-streamed sessions will form an exciting showcase of how du\u2019s 5G technologies and expertise can be used to empower vital sectors such as the education realm. du will upload and broadcast the live streams via the 5G network to UAE schools who registered to participate in the event through a weblink.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[265,262,267,264,266,73],"contributor":[],"class_list":["post-899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-tech-events","tag-astronauts","tag-du","tag-eitc","tag-livestream","tag-telecommunication","tag-uae"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/DU3-min.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Rabab","author_link":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/author\/rabab\/"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=899"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}