Vodafone Qatar continues investing in wireless network through strategic partnership with Huawei

Vodafone Qatar and Huawei have entered into a strategic agreement to significantly expand and enhance Vodafone Qatar’s entire wireless network infrastructure including a largescale 5G technology rollout.

The agreement will see “two industry leaders at the forefront of digital innovation come together to accelerate the digital transformation of Qatar” to meet the country’s economic growth targets and national agenda.

The landmark agreement was signed Monday at Vodafone Qatar’s headquarters by its chairman Abdulla Nasser al-Misnad and Charles Yang, president, Huawei Middle East. Also present were both companies senior management.

Commenting on the agreement, al-Misnad said, “Vodafone Qatar is proud to be laying the ground for future technologies that will support Qatar and its vision to be a leader in the development of smart cities and digital economies of the world.

“We are delighted to further develop our partnership with Huawei, who has been the front-runner in terms of innovation related to their early role in the standardisation of 5G technologies globally. The planned expansion and enhancement of our wireless network will place it in the ranks of the best in the world.”

Vodafone Qatar’s CEO Sheikh Hamad Abdulla al-Thani said, “Vodafone Qatar’s wireless network to date has offered its customers a world class service that’s leading on speed, quality and availability on both data and voice. This new agreement with Huawei will further accelerate the transformation in adoption of the new generation of technology such as 5G technology and Internet of Things (IoT) that will support the applications for smart cities, artificial intelligence and others.”

Yang said, “We are glad to see Vodafone in the first wave of 5G rollout globally. Huawei is committed to working with Vodafone to drive digital innovation, take advantage of 5G large-scale commercial rollout best results, and together build a mature 5G ecosystem that thrives on shared success and promotes social progress along the way.

“Early proliferation of 5G is vital to building the digital economy in Qatar. Huawei will ensure providing its end-to-end 5G solutions in Qatar, utilising the best experiences and practices out of working in over 170 countries worldwide.”

Since switching on its 5G network in August last year and receiving the spectrum licence to operate 5G commercially from the Communications Regulatory Authority in January this year, Vodafone Qatar has already deployed 5G in dozens of locations across the country and marked several milestones.

Last week, the company announced that it made 5G technology commercially available to its customers with the launch of Vodafone GigaHome, the latest innovation in home Internet solutions. Recently, the company also made the first live 5G call using a 5G handset and the first live 5G holographic call in the region.

5G offers the ‘real time’ connectivity to power ‘smart devices’ of all kinds. This opens up a whole host of new capabilities in gaming, virtual reality and augmented reality applications. The technology will also help unlock the enormous potential of IoT that will drive economic benefit and improve livelihoods.

This includes smart cities in which self-driving cars interact with traffic systems and connected homes seamlessly control temperature and energy – the benefits of 5G technology are endless.

أعلنت «فودافون قطر» وشركة «هواوي» توقيع اتفاقية تعاون استراتيجية؛ لتطوير وتحسين كامل البنية التحتية لشبكة فودافون قطر الخلوية، بما في ذلك توسعة تغطية شبكات الجيل الخامس «5G» في البلاد.

وستشهد هذه الاتفاقية تعاون الشركتين الرائدتين في مجال الابتكار الرقمي، من أجل تسريع وتيرة التحول الرقمي في قطر؛ سعياً إلى تحقيق الأهداف الوطنية لدولة قطر في النمو الاقتصادي.

وتم توقيع الاتفاقية في مقر «فودافون قطر» من قِبل سعادة السيد عبدالله بن ناصر المسند رئيس مجلس إدارة الشركة، والسيد تشارلز يانغ رئيس شركة «هواوي» في الشرق الأوسط. وقد جرى توقيع الاتفاقية التجارية بحضورعدد من كبار إدارتَي الشركتين.