Page 8 - SAMENA Trends - April-May 2021

FEATURED SAMENA TRENDS

The SAMENA Telecommunication Council
Leaders’ Summit 2021 has been conducted
in the "year of recovery", with nine year
remaining to the completion of the Final
Decade of Action, and at a time when the

intrinsic value of 5G and other allied digital
technologies are being assessed against
the social and business values they create.
Much collaboration has begun to shape up
among Telecom Operators and Education,
Healthcare, and Finance sectors, and various

industries such as Ports & Shipping, Mining,
Oil&Gas, are being more vocal about their
needs for digital transformation through 5G,
AI, Cloud, and other allied technologies. This
demonstrates the importance and necessity
of industry-wide and cross-industry digital
transformation not only for commercial and
economic reasons but also for health, overall
well-being, and sustainability causes.

Messages from the Policymakers,
Regulators, the Private Sector, Renowned
thought-leaders, and thinkers representing
the world's leading organizations touched
upon the core of where our focus needs
to be: making reality possible with the
right policy and technology-deployment
decisions. Such messages were delivered
in the context of economic development in
the digital age; in view of the requirements
for a fully inclusive and equitable future for
all; to address the necessity for advanced
ICT infrastructure and digital technologies
and platforms; and to fulfill the need for
identifying key stakeholder engagement
areas and priorities that can help the
Industry as well as the world community
8 APRIL-MAY 2021