In an exclusive interview with Telecom Review, du's CEO, Fahad Al Hassawi, elaborated on the company's commitment to fostering a more prosperous future grounded in knowledge and innovation. He discussed various aspects, including du's remarkable financial performance, ongoing commercial initiatives, digital innovation endeavors, expansion in fintech, robust workforce, sustainability objectives, and key targets set for 2024.

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David Erlich, Consulting Director at Sofrecom, granted Telecom Review an exclusive interview and discussed the increasing awareness and efforts to estimate and mitigate the carbon footprint of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), with a specific focus on data centers. He highlighted the methodologies used to assess carbon footprints, the significant energy consumption by data centers, driven primarily by server growth and cryptocurrency mining, and the shift towards greener energy sources by major ICT players.

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Omantel holds the distinction of being the first telecommunications company in Oman and serves as the primary provider of internet services in the country. During MWC 2024, Telecom Review had the privilege of interviewing CEO of Omantel, Talal Said Al Mamari. In this exclusive interview, Al Mamari discussed Omantel's collaborative approach to addressing the digital needs of its target market, delving into the opportunities and challenges faced by the company. Additionally, he highlighted Omantel's unwavering commitment to its customers and the broader community.

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Huawei's brand love and reputation as a company has been growing from strength to strength in the Middle East, proven by the latest YouGov 2017 Brand Index Rankings. For the second consecutive year, Huawei has secured rank 3 in the UAE Top Index Improvers list, with a significant improvement of 50% in its index scoring. In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Huawei ranks second place, with an index improvement of 87%. By consistently enhancing its brand reputation and scoring year on year, Huawei has been winning a firm foothold and recognition in the region.

The Index Rankings show the brands with the highest average Index scores between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017. The ‘brand health' ranking takes into account consumers' perceptions of each brand's quality, value, impression, satisfaction, reputation and whether they would recommend the brand to others.

"The Huawei Consumer Business Group is committed to delivering intelligent devices that anticipate users' needs and fit more organically into the way people work and live," says Gene Jiao, President of Huawei Consumer Business Group, Middle East & Africa. "Looking ahead, Huawei expects to spur continued growth as the company pushes its devices further through innovations in artificial intelligence and machine learning that will drive the new ‘smart era' forward."

Huawei recently signed a memorandum of understanding with The Executive Council of Dubai to be one of the first smartphone companies to introduce Dubai Font to its users. The partnership is a further testament to Huawei's commitment to spearheading cultural and technological innovations for its consumers in the region.

As a favourite brand of consumers, Huawei offers value, excellence and reliability across its comprehensive range of products to meet the needs of the most demanding global users. With a core focus on innovation and consumer experience, Huawei has been pooling together the best R&D minds from around the globe to build global innovation capacity and create products and services of the utmost quality and unrivalled excellence.

With 30 years of innovation as a brand, Huawei continues to top the list of a number of global agencies. Fortune 500 included Huawei among its top global 100, ranking 83rd with a revenue of $78.51 billion. Huawei also ranked number 49 in the 2017 BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands and number 40 on the Brand Finance 2017 Global 500 list of the top most valuable brands in the world.

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