During the third meeting of the ELITE FWA Club, held in Istanbul on October 30th, SAMENA Council CEO & Board Member, Bocar BA, who also serves as the Honorary President of the Club, shared valuable insights on the role of Fixed Wireless Access in advancing digital inclusion. He noted the successful commercial use of 5G FWA by GCC operators and highlighted the need for continued collaboration among ELITE FWA Club members.
BA emphasized that "Operators in the SA-ME-NA region and in the neighboring regions, including Central Asia, have invested heavily in 5G networks. However, satisfactorily monetizing these investments remains a critical challenge. This requires being innovative and collaboration-oriented in order to meet connectivity and digital transformation goals."
Given that there is a direct correlation between making use of 5G investments and empowering other sectors to achieve greater efficiencies through new use-cases of wireless technologies, FWA offers plausible prospects, which need to be explored. The ELITE FWA Club serves this purpose by inviting digital ecosystem partners to join the community and proactively exchange insights and deployment experiences as well as scenarios for common benefit.
The ELITE FWA Club aims to enhance efficiencies across sectors, driving innovation and accelerating digital transformation through 5G use-cases. Launched in 2023, in collaboration with SAMENA Council and members of the Council, including Huawei, the Club met for the third time during the Global Mobile Broadband Forum 2024 (MBBF 2024) in Istanbul.
The Club's 3rd successful meeting was subsequently followed by a GCC Media roundtable to discussed 5G and 5G-Advanced positioning, and how 5G evolution can play a crucial role in driving digital transformation as well as economic growth. The executive-level meeting, which brought together leadership from SAMENA Telecommunications Council and Huawei, explored the transformative potential of 5G-Advanced and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) technologies across the Middle East. BA advocated that 5G-Advanced will play a crucial role in driving digital transformation and fostering economic growth in the region. "By enabling the deployment of advanced technologies such as IoT, AI, cyber-security, and automation, 5G-Advanced will create new industries, jobs, and opportunities for businesses", BA stated in the media roundtable.
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