Fourth Huawei Middle East Innovation Day 2019

This took place on the sidelines of GITEX 2019 in Dubai on 7 October as Government, telecom and enterprise technology pioneers gathered to discuss 5G expansion, AI innovation, and supporting local ICT developers.

It included three sessions: a 5G Ecosystem Conference under the title “5G, Gear Up”; an AI Conference under the theme “Advance Intelligence”, and a “Huawei Developer Day Dubai 2019” session, which is focused on building a better ecosystem for Huawei’s local partners and developers.

Jawad Abbassi, Head of MENA, spoke during the 5G session where he highlighted the work that the GSMA is doing to bring operators together and foster innovation at the advent of new technologies like 5G and how it acts as the platform for the further development of various aspects related to the development of 5G standards, ecosystem and use cases.

Moreover, he drew attention to the 5G ecosystem, network security and the work of GSMA Fraud and Security Group, the Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure (CVD) and the Warning Advice and Reporting Point (WARP).