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governments, and small- and medium- continuously reduces the footprint of ICT infrastructure continues to evolve,
sized enterprises to enjoy the same high- equipment rooms, optical fiber installation innovative technologies like cloud and
speed broadband connectivity experiences costs, and network power consumption, AI are allowing those in rural and remote
as those in cities". The RuralStar series while ensuring the rapid deployment of areas to enjoy the convenience of a digital
solutions have provided connections for local communication networks. In Africa world. Huawei Cloud has proposed the
more than 60 million people in remote alone, Huawei has laid more than 250,000 Everything as a Service strategy and made
areas in more than 70 countries. The kilometers of optical fibers, enabling Huawei's more than 30 years of technical
construction of optical broadband 30 million households to access high- expertise and digital transformation
networks offers another important route to speed broadband. User experience has experience available through cloud
realizing a universal service. Huawei has seen constant improvement. The average services. This means that access to
proposed an innovative AirPON solution speed of home broadband already exceeds Huawei's digital infrastructure capabilities
for areas with low population density, 30 Mbit/s, bringing smarter, faster, and on the cloud is now just as easy, affordable,
including remote areas. This solution smoother home network experience. As and sustainable as water and electricity.

Huawei Addresses Cybersecurity Challenges Facing Emerging Technologies
at Major Global Cybersecurity Summit in Oman

Opportunities". He highlighted Huawei's
commitment to building and maintaining
an open and collaborative environment in
the Arab world, where nations are binded
together based on Islam as common
faith, and therefore the OIC and the OIC-
CERT shall be the platform of choice to
usher in a new Islamic Golden Age in
the Metaverse. Cheang also highlighted
Huawei's commitment to the region, with
our commercial membership in OIC-
CERT and efforts to drive 5G security
standardization, emphasizing our localized
approach to supporting partners to
enhance their network resilience in lieu of
5G and Cloud as critical pillars to embrace
rapid digital transformation brought about
Huawei took part in the Arab Regional Drill, the 10th Regional Cybersecurity by the pandemic. Cheang said, "5G faces
Cybersecurity Week 2022 in Muscat, Summit, the FIRST & ITU-ARCC Regional security challenges and opportunities
Oman, from November 6 - 9, where it Symposium for Africa and Arab Regions, brought by new services, architectures and
advocated for sustained collaboration to the 3rd WiCSME Annual Conference technologies, as well as higher user privacy
secure the digital world. Huawei called and the 14th Annual Conference of the and protection requirements. The industry
upon Arab nations under the Organization Organization of The Islamic Cooperation needs to understand the requirements
of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to implement CERT (OIC-CERT), culminating with the of diversified scenarios and better define
the OIC-CERT 5G Security Framework 10th Annual Arab Meeting (ACCT) on 5G security standards and technologies
where the Network Equipment Security 10 November 2022. Under the theme of to address associated risks." "NESAS,
Assurance Scheme (NESAS) standard, "Cybersecurity Innovation and Industry developed in accordance with security
the joint GSMA and 3GPP framework for Development", the event featured a stellar standard guidelines pertaining to vendors'
the security evaluation of mobile network line-up of speakers, case studies, panel product development and lifecycle
equipment shall be the fundamental discussions and unique presentations processes, provides a security baseline
security baseline. The Arab Regional that provided access to a wealth of to evidence that network equipment
Cybersecurity Week 2022 was organized industry-leading knowledge, sharing best satisfies a series of security requirements.
by ITU-Arab Regional Cybersecurity Centre practices and experiences, spotlighting Together with the OIC-CERT 5G Security
(ITU-ARCC) and hosted by the Oman trends, information exchange, cutting- Framework, it offers a measurable and
Ministry of Transport, Communications edge insights and outlooks with actionable controlled environment with a Plan-Do-
and Information Technology through takeaways. During the event, Aloysius Check-Act guided actions for managing
Oman National Computer Emergency Cheang, Chief Security Officer, Huawei 5G security chaperoning rapid digital
Response Team (OCERT). It featured a UAE, gave a keynote on the first day titled, transformation needs of Arab nations,"
series of co-hosted events, comprising "Addressing Cybersecurity Concerns in he added. Huawei believes cybersecurity
the 10th Arab Regional & OIC-CERT Cyber Emerging Technologies – Challenges and is a shared responsibility that cannot be
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