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The Information Technology Authority (ITA) has renewed the Microsoft License Agreement 2015-2018
for the government entities aiming at providing 90 government organisations with the latest Microsoft
software solutions and technologies.
The renewal of agreement seeks to upgrade Microsoft licensing for the government institutions, including
an upgrade of 36,000 windows operating systems and office applications to the latest versions. Around 90
government entities are participating in this agreement in which they will get benefits divided into different
categories including: entrepreneurship, capacity building, and business.
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Etihad Etisalat’s data subsidiary, Bayanat has signed wholesale agreements with three
different Retail Service Providers to serve the community in Yanbu through Open Access
Network. FTTH Mobily, Sahara Net and Shabakah Net are going to provide smart city services
for the residential and industrial areas at Yanbu industrial city.
The Royal Commission in Yanbu is seeking to convert the industrial city of Yanbu to Smart City
by upgrading the basic infrastructure of the city; this is being accomplished by building a 3,000
km long fibre network utilising state of the art international equipment.
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