In its recently concluded virtual panel titled “The 5G trail: What is next?”, Telecom Review, the Middle East’s leading ICT media platform, gathered top industry experts to explore where we stand today from a 5G perspective, and what is next for this evolving technology.
By Raed Aoude, director of sales, MENA | SEA, CommScope
By: Omar Alsaied, RVP business development MEA/Turkey/Pakistan, Infinera
Just when we thought that the hype around 5G has come to an end, a new spotlight is shed on the next network generation. As much as 5G is powerful, the capabilities of 6G will be unimaginable. Even though 5G still hasn’t materialized all over the world, however, getting ready to 6G is now a reality, even if it might seem far-fetched at this stage.
Huawei has sealed numerous successful partnerships throughout its journey in the ICT industry. One of them is the partnership with Iceland’s leading mobile operator Nova. CTO Benedikt Ragnarsson gave a keynote speech at Huawei’s OTF 2022 at MWC22 to highlight the operator’s journey to OCS SaaS.
Today, there is more awareness about the importance of security than before, especially when 80% of businesses that would fail to shift to a modern security approach are anticipated to deal with both increased operating costs and lower attack responses by 2023.
Adopting the UAE digital economy strategy, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said that the goal over the next 10 years is to increase the contribution of this sector to the GDP by 20%.
Businesses have become closely knitted to the semiconductor industry, as chips become an integral part of the supply chain for highly profitable industries like automotive, industrial, ICT, electronics, data processing, and aerospace.
ICT and telecommunications infrastructure is usually one of the first elements that are impacted by wars and conflicts, leading to disrupted communication services and unstable network experiences. However, in some cases, mobile networks can be leveraged to serve the war’s objectives.
Telecom Review’s upcoming virtual panel “The 5G Trail: What is next?” will be held on April 12, 5pm Dubai time, to reflect on 5G networks in service today, the ongoing evolution of standalone (SA) and non-standalone (NSA) 5G architectures, why 5G needs to work alongside AI, IoT, satellites, etc. for maximum efficiency, what are the best use cases for large-scale 5G adoption, frequency interference: satellites, telecommunications and aviation bands.
