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LEADERS' SUMMIT 2024 SAMENA TRENDS

SAMENA Council’s Recognition of the UAE’s Regulatory Leadership in ICT Development

For well over a decade, SAMENA Council
has physically witnessed the UAE’s digital
transformation and the TDRA-UAE’s
exceptional enabling role in making it
possible, in collaboration with the private
sector.
Now in 2024 – in what may be called the
year of 5G-Advanced, SAMENA Council
continues to witness the TDRA’s leadership
in the advancement of digital technologies
– this time, on the “International Mobile
Telecommunications technology 2030”; the
sixth generation of mobile networks (6G).
The 6G Roadmap, unveiled by the TDRA
prior to the Leaders’ Summit 2024,
is a demonstration of an effective,
multi-pronged commitment to digital
inclusion, security, privacy, environmental In all this, globally, the TDRA's role has which the national digital transformation
sustainability, and collaboration with the been equally well-established, especially in vision continues to materialize under
private sector. setting new digital benchmarks, developing the leadership of TDRA, it was SAMENA
international communications and Council’s pleasure to present to the TDRA
As an observer as well as an active supporting processes that help in building SAMENA Council’s token of recognition
part of the region’s digital ecosystem, Member State and sector-level consensus, and appreciation for “Regulatory
SAMENA Council notes that the UAE as well as representing the UAE as a leader Leadership in National and Global Digital
is the only country to chair two World on the fiber, 5G, 5G-Advanced, and now 6G Transformation”, received on behalf of the
Radiocommunication Conferences, most fronts. TDRA by HE Mr. Mohammed Al Ramsi,
recent being the WRC-23, with its historic Deputy Director General of TDRA - UAE and
achievement of consensus on the 6GHz In the way national ICT plans have met Chairman of WRC-23.
spectrum; another subject that has been and are meeting fulfillment in the UAE
discussed. and the consistency and speed with

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