Vodafone Qatar Continues Investing In Its Wireless
Network through Strategic Partnership with Huawei
April 30, 2019
Vodafone Qatar and Huawei have entered into a strategic agreement to
significantly expand and enhance Vodafone Qatar’s entire
wireless network infrastructure including a largescale 5G
technology rollout.
This agreement will see two industry leaders at the forefront of
digital innovation come together to accelerate the digital
transformation of Qatar to meet the country’s economic growth
targets and national agenda.
The landmark agreement was signed today at Vodafone Qatar’s
Headquarters by Vodafone Qatar’s Chairman H.E Mr. Abdulla Nasser
Al Misnad and Mr. Charles Yang, the President of Huawei Middle
East. Also present were both companies senior management.
Commenting on the agreement, Vodafone Qatar’s Chairman H.E Mr.
Abdulla Nasser Al Misnad, said: “Vodafone Qatar is proud to be
laying the ground for future technologies that will support
Qatar and its vision to be a leader in the development of smart
cities and digital economies of the world. We are delighted to
further develop our partnership with Huawei, who has been the
front-runner in terms of innovation related to their early role
in the standardization of 5G technologies globally. The planned
expansion and enhancement of our wireless network will place it
in the ranks of the best in the world.”
Vodafone Qatar’s CEO H.E Sheikh Hamad Abdulla Al Thani, added:
“Vodafone Qatar’s wireless network to date has offered Vodafone
Qatar’s customers a world class service that’s leading on speed,
quality and availability on both data and voice. This new
agreement with Huawei will further accelerate the transformation
in adoption of the new generation of technology such as
5Gtechnology and Internet of Things that will support the
applications for smart cities, artificial intelligence and
others.”
President of Huawei Middle East, Charles Yang, said: “We are glad to
see Vodafone in the first wave of 5G rollout globally. Huawei is
committed to working with Vodafone to drive digital innovation,
take advantage of 5G large-scale commercial rollout best
results, and together build a mature 5G ecosystem that thrives
on shared success and promotes social progress along the way.
Early proliferation of 5G is vital to building the digital
economy in Qatar. Huawei will ensure providing its end-to-end 5G
solutions in Qatar, utilizing the best experiences and practices
out of working in over 170 countries worldwide.”
Since switching on its 5G network in August last year and receiving
the spectrum license to operate 5G commercially from the
Communications Regulatory Authority in January this year,
Vodafone Qatar has already deployed 5G in dozens of locations
across the country and marked several milestones. Last week, the
company announced that it made 5G technology commercially
available to its customers with the launch of - Vodafone
GigaHome- the latest innovation in home internet solutions.
Recently, the Company also made the first live 5G call using a
5Ghandset and the first live 5G holographic call in the region.
5G offers the ‘real time’ connectivity to power ‘smart devices’ of
all kinds. This opens up a whole host of new capabilities in
gaming, virtual reality and augmented reality applications. 5G
technology will also help unlock the enormous potential of
Internet of Things (IoT) that will drive economic benefit and
improve livelihoods. This includes smart cities in which
self-driving cars interact with traffic systems and connected
homes seamlessly control temperature and energy – the benefits
of 5G technology are endless.
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