FEATURE: NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE

At this year’ s GITEX Global, Huawei showcased its vision of an‘ All Intelligence’ future – where AI goes beyond connectivity to drive industry transformation, empower smart cities and support national digital sovereignty. From accelerating intelligent cloud adoption to nurturing local ICT talent and advancing sustainability through AI-driven energy efficiency, Huawei is helping the Middle East move from experimentation to acceleration, positioning the region at the forefront of global digital innovation. Safder Nazir, Senior Vice President, Public Sector at Huawei Enterprise Middle East and Central Asia, tells us more.

This year’ s GITEX theme captured Huawei’ s vision of an AI-driven world. From your perspective, what does‘ All Intelligence’ really mean for this region and how is Huawei bringing it to life?

‘ All Intelligence’ for us means moving from purely connectivity to transforming industries using AI and some of the more advanced technologies.

On the booth, we showcased over 80 solutions, featuring our key products and portfolios. We also launched over 20 new industry solutions and 30 different SME-focused products which allows them to use technology in a rapid way.

There’ s also the Partner Park which is where we work with industry specific partners to deliver our solutions to customers in their local markets. developments – of which there are lots across the region – whereas brownfield cities are looking to transform and upgrade.

We have a mix of both in the Middle East. In Dubai, for example, there are new districts being developed, as well as existing parts of the city being improved.

If we look at the trajectory of smart cities over the last 20 years, we’ ve gone from talking about digital cities to smart cities to cognitive cities and maybe in the future, we’ ll have autonomous cities.

Each of these has come along with a key technology transition. For instance, 20 years ago when we started talking about digital cities, the key technology transition was a move towards broadband Internet.

Safder Nazir, Senior Vice President, Public Sector at Huawei Enterprise Middle East and Central Asia

Smart City technologies are rapidly evolving. What’ s your perspective on the potential of these technologies to unlock new business opportunities and drive economic growth across the region?

Firstly, let’ s break down the two typical types of cities: greenfield and brownfield. Greenfield cities are new

Smart City conversations were driven by the mass adoption of IoT. M2M existed for a long time, but IoT was about the mass adoption and having the ability to understand what’ s happening in the real world in real time.

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