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DEWA and Huawei reinforce
AI and Digital Transformation
with the launch of new network
operation centre
The Dubai Electricity and Water
Authority (DEWA) has inaugurated
the InfraX Network Operation Centre
to support industries across the UAE to
build digital applications leveraging AI and
other technologies.
Together with Digital Transformation partner
Huawei, HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer,
MD and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water
Authority (DEWA), has inaugurated the
InfraX Network Operations Centre (NOC), a
wholly-owned subsidiary of DEWA.
InfraX currently owns a secure, independent
and super-fast fibre optics network that
meets the smart and the future applications
of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
The ambition behind the NOC is to enhance
the smart services offered through its
large-scale optical fibre network, which
already provides local enterprises in energy,
transportation, education, healthcare,
finance and more, with new avenues
through which to accelerate their Digital
Transformation plans.
The NOC will also explore the development
path for future network evolution in
Dubai. While enabling service-oriented
network customisation, the NOC will offer
enterprises a more flexible and intelligent
technology-verification platform for
new applications dependent on cloud
computing, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and
virtual reality (VR).
HE Al Tayer said: “The InfraX Network
Operations Centre is the result of our
strategic partnership with Huawei, a global
leader in ICT solutions. This centre supports
the directives of His Highness Sheikh
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice
President and Prime Minister of the UAE
and Ruler of Dubai, to anticipate and shape
the future. The centre will be a valuable
addition to the digital infrastructure of the
UAE, by using DEWA’s fibre-optic network
as a secure, reliable and super-fast means of
increasing efficiency and performance.
“These accord with the vision of our wise
leadership and the future needs of the
Fourth Industrial Revolution.”
Charles Yang, President of Huawei Middle
East, said: “Along with our partner, DEWA,
we are focused on supporting the UAE’s
government policies to activate Digital
Transformation across all industries to boost
efficiency and support growth. Enabling
new industrial applications that are digitalfirst
will contribute to the development of
the nation and encourage the expansion
of the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial
Intelligence (AI) and smart grid solutions
within the UAE.”
Huawei, one of DEWA’s strategic ICT
partners, will use cutting-edge wavelength
division multiplexing (WDM) transmission
technologies to provide comprehensive
solutions for the transmission networks. In
addition to InfraX, DEWA will continue to
work with Huawei to promote a new digital
future for Dubai in key areas that align
with DEWA’s objectives in the Dubai 10X
initiative, as well as UAE Vision 2021. The
partnership includes a number of future
projects involving Big Data management,
perimeter and ICT infrastructure security,
cybersecurity and information security. •
DEWA and Huawei have inaugurated the
InfraX Network Operation Centre to support
industries across the UAE
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