Wojciech Bajda, Vice President and Head of Gulf Council Countries at Ericsson, spoke with TECHx Editor to discuss Ericsson’s “Together Apart Hackathon” and the development and rollout of 5G in the Middle East and Africa region.

Ericsson will also migrate the existing Thuraya users to the new platform and oversee its integration with existing systems. The operator’s mobile-data users, especially those in remote locations or areas where traffic is dense, will benefit from higher availability and reliability.