Islamabad : Telecommunications leaders and experts from Pakistan and across the world recently virtually attended the SAMENA Telecommunication Council Leaders\u2019 Summit to review plans for unleashing the potential of 5G networks to boost economies and societies in a post COVID-19 environment. The Summit was hosted by Huawei for the seventh consecutive year.
\nShoaib Ahmad Siddiqui, Federal Secretary of IT and Telecommunication; Maj. Gen. Amir Azeem Bajwa, Chairman of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority; Tania Aidrus, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Digital Pakistan, Mark Meng, CEO of Huawei Pakistan were all in attendance for this year\u2019s SAMENA Telecommunications Council Leaders\u2019 Summit.
\nMark Meng, CEO of Huawei Pakistan committed that \u201cHuawei will support the government\u2019s Digital Pakistan initiative to move toward a diversified, knowledge-based economy with the latest technologies like 5G, AI, and Internet Of Things and unlock new venues of growth and innovation.\u201d
\nThe theme of the Summit was \u201c5G+X: Harnessing 5G Across Industries for Investment Revival,\u201d which shed light on how technology and ICT infrastructure play an increasingly important role in our societies, and therefore our economies. The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the need to strengthen digital infrastructure to better prepare societies for future crises and to make systems more resilient and sustainable, guaranteeing a better and more effective outcome.
\n Federal Secretary of IT and Telecommunication elaborated on this by saying, \u201cCrisis presents both danger, and opportunity. Let\u2019s focus on all the opportunities in the current pandemic and develop the ICT sector as the true key technology enabler for digital harmony, connectivity and cooperation among all sectors of society.\u201d
\nMr. Bocar A. BA , CEO of SAMENA Telecommunications Council also shared his opinions and stated that we are \u201cincreasingly witnessing progressiveness across Pakistan\u2019s ICT policy and regulatory landscape\u201d and he deemed it \u201cnecessary for 5G preparations to be accelerated in the country\u201d in the hopes of achieving \u201cdigital inclusion\u201d at all levels of society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Islamabad : Telecommunications leaders and experts from Pakistan and across the world recently virtually attended the SAMENA Telecommunication Council Leaders\u2019 Summit to review plans for unleashing the potential of 5G networks to boost economies and societies in a post COVID-19 environment. The Summit was hosted by Huawei for the seventh consecutive year. Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135635,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology"],"yoast_head":"\n