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Dr Tarig Enaya, Senior Vice President of the STC Enterprise
Business Unit, has revealed that smart cities-associated
technology investments that will take place in the next
four years worldwide will reach US$158 billion by 2022 in
accordance with the IDC Report. The figure is expected to
reach US$2.7 billion (SAR 10.125 billion) in the Middle
East and Africa. He mentioned how the tourism sector
has become more intelligent, by providing real-time,
interactive experiences to visitors.
BAHRAIN
Batelco signed a partnership agreement with Huawei, who
will build an Uptime Institute Certified Tier III Data Centre
for Batelco. This is based on the company’s vision towards
Digital Transformation and expansion in new growth areas, and
as part of its of its strategy to provide smart digital solutions
to the public and private sectors through a coherent and
integrated system, that includes infrastructure for storing
and managing data.
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