The theme of the Huawei Analyst Summit 2024 is "Thrive with Intelligence,” showcasing the significant progress in integrating artificial intelligence (AI) to innovate intelligent products and solutions.

Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), commercially rebranded as du, has published its financial results for Q1 2024. Revenues increased by 4.1% to AED 3.58 billion, reflecting the company’s continuous commercial momentum and market competitiveness. Notably, the digital telco’s net profit reached AED 603 million, a substantial 62.7% increase year-on-year, primarily reflecting a strong EBITDA growth.

Nokia has announced that e& UAE, the telecom arm of e&, will leverage Nokia’s cloud interconnect solution to provide connectivity services for hyperscalers in the UAE. By using Nokia’s FP5-based technology, e& UAE can now offer significantly-higher, quality connectivity to hyperscalers in terms of performance, scale, and security to support mission-critical applications delivered across evolved business-class services.

Smart cities use information and communication technologies to enhance quality of life, sustainability, and efficiency in infrastructure and processes. By 2025, the Middle East expects to invest nearly USD 50 billion in smart city projects. In densely populated urban areas, services like building management systems, video, and Wi-Fi use huge amounts of internet bandwidth. Therefore, smart cities need the construction of high-bandwidth, highly secure, reliable, and flexible all-optical networks to reduce operational expenses (OpEx) and support future growth.

Bahrain Network (BNET), the national company responsible for providing fiber-based broadband in the Kingdom of Bahrain, has proudly announced the appointment of Dr. Mohamed Tayeb Mahmood as its Chief Technical Officer (CTO).

During GISEC 2024, Telecom Review conducted an exclusive interview with Rodrigo Brito, Head of Cybersecurity Portfolio at Nokia, to discuss the company’s AI-powered security innovation and commitment to ensuring GenAI integration is implemented efficiently and securely. 

Vodafone Qatar has announced its financial results for the first quarter of the year, showing positive improvements across all key indicators.

By Elvi Correos, Senior Journalist, Telecom Review Group

Huawei Cloud showcased its industry-leading intelligent and simplified cloud native security solutions, which protect entities across the Middle East and Central Asia against sophisticated cyberattacks, during GISEC Global 2024 in Dubai.