The MoU will cover collaboration on Voice over New Radio (NR) and advanced Charging System that will enhance Batelco’s real-time convergent charging as well as enable the introduction of new smart and innovative IoT products. It will also include cloud-native 5G Core and 5G Standalone (SA) solutions that would help Batelco and Ericsson successfully complete the first 5G SA data call in the Kingdom.

The Forum aimed to provide a channel of communication between carriers and industry partners in order to share information, experiences, and best practises to continually generate value for service providers and assist carriers.

Eng. Hatem Dowidar said: “To be recognised as the world’s strongest telecom brand and as the most valuable telecom brand portfolio in MEA underline the success of our strategic initiatives to build a robust telecom infrastructure that creates added value for our customers wherever we serve. we continue to push our horizons by investing in next generation technology ”.

Sky Kurtz says: “We are delighted to work alongside Ericsson and Du to utilize 5G solutions across the farms in Al Ain. As a company focused on world-leading controlled-environment agriculture (CEA) technologies, our aim is to embrace innovation to tackle global and regional challenges such as food security, water conservation, economic diversification and can contribute to a more sustainable future.”

Due to the abrupt lockdown of offices, schools, and commercial locations during the Covid-19 outbreak, stc’s well-timed 5G service launch assisted it in serving its subscriber consumption of rapid data growth.