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LEADERS' SUMMIT 2024 SAMENA TRENDS

Shifting Paradigms in Technology, Infrastructure, and the Digital Environment

The Industry is now home to new technologies, applications, mobile and meeting varying regional and market needs in terms of
and fixed-line infrastructure advancements, super-efficient energy sustainable digital-led development
technologies, and advanced computing systems, demonstrating
how other industries could be reshaped and how new paradigms in A key finding of the discussion was that the future of infrastructure
intelligent working, secure digital environment, and sustainability is now less about speed and more about services, prioritizing
driven initiatives could be put into effect by the private sector and security, resilience, reliability, and life-impacting applications,
the government sector decision-makers. such as health services and financial inclusion. Best effort is
no longer sufficient. We need pragmatic, reality-based, human-
This panel discussion during the Leaders’ Summit delved into centric technology deployment, and the Industry requires
national policy and regulatory plans for future infrastructure regulatory frameworks that integrate financial and socio-economic
development in the region; collective responsibilities and sustainability objectives. These discussions align with SAMENA's
expectations in view of technology emergence, infrastructure priorities by fostering an environment where telecom operators
advancements, and complexities arising in the digital environment; can thrive being in the transforming digital landscape.

AI, Sustainability & Intelligent Digital Transformation

As the telecom sector continues to evolve, a key focus is on sus-
tainable, intelligence-driven digital transformation, which plays a
crucial role in addressing global environmental challenges, includ-
ing mitigating the impact of greenhouse gases, not only in oper-
ations but also by catalyzing innovations with other ecosystem
partners. Given enhancing computation power, cloudification, and
with the potential to beneficially exploit the power of AI, emerging
ICT talent, the ICT industry is at crossroads where it can both con-
tribute to and benefit from sustainable development-led strategies.

This panel discussion focused on leveraging cloud and IoT
technologies to enhance sustainability and drive growth; achieving
technology integration and agility in the telco sector to reduce
carbon footprints; and how AI is providing capabilities that we
can readily leverage, and not fear, to help accelerate digital
transformation and progress on sustainability imperatives.

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