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Council considers this Declaration to
be an important milestone and the five
principles it sets forth truly require very
close collaboration among Governments
and Telecom Operators. Moreover, there
is a need to harmonize and accelerate
timely development of 5G, which is not
just another mobile network technology,
but refers to a large digital ecosystem,
considering 5G will facilitate multiple
digital segments, such as IoT, Industrial IoT,
AI, VR, MR, blockchain, among others, to
thrive and contribute to the regional vision
of smart-city development.” He continued,
“Challenges in the digital economy are
multiple and range from extending basic
connectivity to the still-unconnected and
addressing privacy and user-protection
online, and from investment sustainability
to engaging other economic sectors in a
synergistic manner. The 17 Sustainable
Development Goals agreed by all the work together. Out of respect for national unlike any other we have ever witnessed.
UN Member States for the next decade, ICT visions and necessity, SAMENA I congratulate Saudi Arab’s CITC and
several of which were represented here Council calls on all stakeholders – from Ministry of Communication & IT for
in this Arab Ministers meeting, serve as Telecom regulators and network operators successfully organizing the Arab Ministers
a motivation and guiding force for us, the to non-Telecom regulators and industries meeting and for the opportunity to share
private sector, and our leaders in the realm - to come together for collaboration and the Private sector’s views with the regional
of policy-making and regulation to closely consider 5G as an area of opportunity Policy-makers.”

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