The telecommunications industry significantly utilizes the internet of things (IoT), and the latter heavily relies on the former as well. The dependency of telecoms on IoT has attracted more research than the opposite. It is only the use of telecommunications in the Internet of things that is deeply known by many.

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Network International (Network), the leading enabler of digital commerce across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region, has been selected as a payment and technology partner for one of the leading Sudanese banks in the UAE, El Nilein Bank.

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The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) signed an agreement to create a set of “Global AI Readiness Frameworks” for key socio-economic domains that could help countries adopt best practices in harnessing AI’s full potential.

Read more: Saudi Supports ITU in Developing Global AI Readiness Frameworks

The Plenipotentiary Conference of the African Telecommunication Union (ATU) 2022 requested Member States to support African candidates for ITU positions and noted, in particular, that Dr. Bilel Jamoussi had been endorsed by the African Union as Africa’s sole candidate for the position of Director, ITU-TSB. It expressed unanimous support for him and called upon African countries to vote for him during the upcoming ITU PP-22.

Read more: Dr. Bilel Jamoussi’s Candidacy for the Position of Director ITU-TSB Gaining Widespread Support

A UAE-based corporate and retail bank became the first bank in the UAE and the Middle East region to open a virtual Metaverse location in Decentraland, a popular blockchain-based virtual world. What such moves by organizations foretell is the growing trend toward the adoption of a digital economy that embraces the use of technologies such as blockchain, virtual assets, artificial intelligence, mixed reality, and so on, both in a business environment and everyday consumer services. 

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