Reports and Coverage

NXN, a leading provider of end-to-end smart digital services for digital transformation in the MENA region, has announced that it is to become part of ZainTech, a new regional entity established by Zain Group, a leading telecommunications operator across the Middle East and Africa providing mobile voice and data services. The news follows the buyout of remaining minority shares of NXN’s MENA operations, in accordance with the strategic investment and agreement that was entered into by Zain Group and NXN’s co-founders in 2016.

Gitex Global Leaders Vision event heard Africa’s leaders talk about the digital transformation taking place in the continent. The session ‘Vision Africa’ aimed at highlighting the shared visions of creating an integrated and inclusive digital society and economy with a unified goal to improve the quality of life of citizens through economic empowerment, diversification and growth.

The Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) is presenting an interactive presentation entitled "TDRA everywhere" through its stand at GITEX 2021, which shows the high readiness of the telecommunications sector in the United Arab Emirates in the event of any malfunction in global cables that could result in interruption of Internet service or communications.

Urban environments are transforming, thanks to the powers of technology and data being harnessed to make cities safer, smarter, more efficient, and more sustainable. Considering the current situation we are in, Aziza Akhmouch, head of the cities, urban policies, and sustainable development Division, OECD said that “the pandemic is going to accelerate the rethinking of cities and how we live.”

Imagine playing immersive virtual games indoors where the projected objects interact with the surroundings as you navigate them through the corridors and lampstands from your hand-held devices. Or imagine the possibility of manufacturing firm employees working on digital content overlaid onto physical objects to safely operate and maintain equipment and even undertake training on physical equipment through digital training modules. Welcome to the world of spatial computing where the merging of the digital world with the physical one takes up a whole new level thanks to emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), cameras with sensors, and computer vision trackers of the environment, and IoT that provides the user interface for spatial computing.

By: Zoran Lazarevic, chief technology officer, Ericsson Middle East and Africa

Highlighting the role of ICT for a cleaner and sustainable future, Huawei hosted the Better World Summit (BWS), bringing industry stakeholder together to share and discuss the company’s innovative solutions designed to help industries reduce emission and energy use.

By: An Jian, President of Carrier Network Business Group, Huawei Middle East

NetEvents organised a virtual event titled ‘Industry Leaders Round-Table: Innovative networking strategies to accelerate your competitive edge’ where Industry CIO/CTO shared their views and varied approaches for improving current network infrastructure to benefit their business.

Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) makes final preparations for the 41st edition of GITEX GLOBAL x Ai Everything, the world’s biggest technology sourcing and networking event of 2021, taking place from October 17-21.