Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – The Saudi Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) and Huawei signed a memorandum of understanding to enhance cooperation in the field of communications and information technology.Â
Under the terms of the agreement, the Ministry and Huawei will collaborate to realize a ’10Gbps Society’, seeking to build a superfast broadband infrastructure to support the digital transformation goals of Saudi Vision 2030.Â
Huawei will leverage its global expertise and success stories to support the MCIT in finalizing the business case and designing the required regulations to accelerate the 10Gbps society goal. An initial 10GB district pilot will be launched in 2023.
Small businesses are the backbone of the Saudi economy, while its bourgeoning startup ecosystem is inspiring unprecedented innovation and disruption across various domains. Huawei will work with the Ministry to support digital entrepreneurs working on smart cities, IoT, AI, gaming, fintech, e-commerce, and blockchain projects.Â
The two entities will also jointly promote the Huawei Cloud startups program, a support program for empowering SMEs to develop their cloud capabilities.
Additionally, the Ministry will provide Huawei with support to build a cloud computing region in the Kingdom as cloud adoption accelerates in Saudi Arabia. Huawei will, on its part, work to strengthen partnerships with local data center service providers.
Founded in 1987, Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices.