The Senior Vice President and President of Ericsson in the Middle East and Africa, Fadi Pharaon, and a number of other executives met with Amr Talaat, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, on Tuesday. The growth of the company’s operations in Egypt’s digital services sector was reviewed at the conference.
This occurred while he was taking part in the events of the Barcelona, Spain-based International Mobile Exhibition and Conference (MWC 2023), which is put on by the International Association of Mobile Networks (GSMA).
The meeting highlighted what has been achieved to build the information infrastructure in Egypt’s villages within the framework of the Hayah Karima initiative, as well as Egypt’s digital strategy and the Egyptian state’s efforts to improve the quality of telecommunications and internet services across the republic.
In addition to discussing Ericsson’s vision and future objectives in Egypt, company representatives also evaluated the most recent products, services, and solutions offered by the firm. Opportunities for cooperation in establishing digital capabilities in line with Egypt’s digital strategy as well as utilizing Ericsson’s technology and solutions linked to combating climate change were examined.
Also discussed were ways to use Ericsson’s different outsourcing facilities in Egypt to grow the company’s activity in the field of outsourcing and exporting digital services from Egypt.
Talaat also met with Nokia’s CEO, Jean-François Barel, and other top executives to discuss the company’s plans to increase the amount of mobile phone manufacturing it does in Egypt and export it abroad. During this meeting, the Egyptian government’s facilities to encourage companies that manufacture and design electronics to invest and grow their businesses in Egypt were mentioned.
Additionally, he met with Alaa Bawab, general manager of Lenovo Group in the Middle East and Africa, and Wilfredo Sotolongo, senior vice president and head of customer division, Lenovo Group for Infrastructure Solutions. The potential of the corporation opening an engineering design center in Knowledge City, the New Administrative Capital, was considered at the conference.
It was mentioned that the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology established a center for the electronics industry in Egypt, in the Knowledge City in the New Administrative Capital, which houses businesses specialized in the field of electronics design, to serve as a center for research, development, and innovation, with its specialized laboratories.
Ralph Pichler, CEO of Detecon, a multinational firm specializing in management and technology consulting, and a member of the German Deutsche Telekom Group, also met with the minister of communications.
Officials from the corporation evaluated the company’s vision for the development of the telecommunications industry during the conference. The history of fiber optic cable deployment inside the German Deutsche Telekom Group was also examined.
Talaat outlined the initiatives made to disperse Egypt’s digital innovation hubs across the Republic in order to train digital cadres in the communications and information technology sector and to foster technical innovation and entrepreneurship.
source : zawya.com
