NEWS
Ooredoo Qatar goes live with 5G commercial
services using Nokia cloud-native core network
Finland-based telecoms kit vendor, Nokia,
has announced that Ooredoo Qatar has
launched a Nokia-powered cloud-native core
network for commercial 5G services, allowing
the operator to provide superior mobile
broadband services to its roughly two million
subscribers in the Gulf state.
The new core network facilitates
automation for improved network efficiency
and streamlined network management.
In addition, the transformation of the core
network also enables Ooredoo Qatar to
bring new and exciting use cases such as
Industrial IoT (IIoT), Voice-over-Broadband
(VoBB), Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWi-Fi) to its
subscribers. According to the telco, Nokia’s
equipment and professional services will
help Ooredoo Qatar to scale its network
more efficiently with automated operations
and enhanced robustness.
Yousuf Abdulla Al Kubaisi, Chief Operating
Officer, Ooredoo Qatar, said: “We are
delighted to reach this milestone by
launching the state-of-the-art cloud-native
5G core network with Nokia for carrying
5G commercial services. Collaboration
with Nokia, a global technology leader,
will help us in providing low-latency,
high-speed and content-rich services to
our subscribers. This project is testament
to our commitment to bringing the latest
technology to our subscribers, in line with
our goal of complete customer satisfaction,
and reiterates our leadership position in the
global 5G ecosystem.”
Datacentrix to help Qatar Ministry of
Transport and Communications to drive
government digitalisation
Datacentrix, a high performing and
secure ICT solutions provider, has
revealed that it has partnered with the Qatar
Ministry of Transport and Communications
(MoTC), to build a Digital Centre of
Excellence that will define guidelines, policies
and processes to direct all local government
agencies in the digitisation of content,
information and services.
The South Africa-headquartered solutions
provider, is currently implementing two
projects with the MoTC, which include
the delivery of a shared service platform
offering ratification and validation services
to government and corporates in Qatar
and the formulation of a quality assurance
policy framework.
Shakeel Jhazbhay, General Manager: Digital
Business Solutions at Datacentrix, explained
that the first project, called Tasdeeq,
is the provision of a collaborative,
encrypted environment for government,
organisations and individuals to interact
for the secure online verification and
authentication of documents.
“Essentially, the Tasdeeq portal is a citizen
documents ‘vault’, which allows Qatar’s
residents to quickly and easily access
archived documentation in a secure manner.
“Not only does this reduce the opportunity
for forgery, it also ensures that less time
is spent on in-person visits to government
agencies for document verification.
“When it comes to personal identification
verification, Tasdeeq requires that users enter
their credentials in the national identification
system,” Jhazbhay said.
Shakeel Jhazbhay, General Manager: Digital
Business Solutions, Datacentrix
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