Ericsson has announced that Fadi Pharaon, Senior Vice President and Head of Market Area Middle East & Africa, has decided to leave Ericsson to pursue other opportunities. Pharaon has held his current position since 2019 but has been with Ericsson for 26 years during which time he has held several management positions within the company. Pharaon will leave Ericsson at the end of August and a successor will be announced in due course.

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On the sidelines of the Digital Readiness Retreat 2024, the Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) launched the UAE Design System 2.0 (DLS 2.0) for Federal Government websites, with the support of the Higher Committee for Government Digital Transformation.

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Continuing to reign supreme in the digital realm, artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing industries worldwide, such as telecommunications. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC), a staggering 90% of new enterprise applications will embed artificial intelligence by 2025, indicating a substantial shift in leveraging its capabilities. In addition, a considerable number of organizations are turning to AI to improve their operations and services.

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Consider the convenience of accessing government information or assistance around the clock. This possibility occurs through the utilization of AI tools such as Generative AI service desks, ChatGPT-like AI chatbots, and virtual assistants.

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Telecom Review Group was invited to attend the SAMENA Leader’s Summit 2024, which explored the theme “Evolving Toward Integration, Intelligence, and Sustainability in Infrastructure.” This summit serves as a platform for dialogue among stakeholders from various industries, including prominent technology companies, emerging leaders in the digital ecosystem, policymakers, and decision-makers in the digital economy.

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The upcoming FutureNet MENA event, taking place at the Conrad Hotel, Dubai, on May 14 and 15, aims to spearhead conversations around the strategic and commercial priorities in today’s digital world. Delving into the intricacies of network evolution, the event endeavors to dissect the blueprint for the future of networking. With a central theme of ‘Network Automation and AI,’ the agenda for the event is designed to address the core elements of the next wave of growth in telecommunications.

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The commercial internet era kicked off in 1995, marking the start of the dot-com boom. Moreover, the advent of wave division multiplexing (WDM) and the rollout of fiber optic cables in the mid-1990s greatly expanded the capacity of the internet, which had a ground-breaking impact on culture, commerce, and technology. As a result, the world witnessed the rise of near-instant communication via e-mail, instant messaging, voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone calls, video chat, and the World Wide Web, giving way to communication platforms such as blogs, social networking services, and online shopping, etc.

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