Amr Talaat, Minister of Communications and Information Technology witnessed the signing of a cooperation agreement between Telecom Egypt and Nokia with the aim of building the first infrastructure in Egypt exclusively to provide Internet of Things services through the Nokia Worldwide IoT Network Grid (WING).
The ministry stated that Telecom Egypt's (WING) network enables the provision of Internet of Things services to companies on a global scale, based on Nokia's multi-service model.
The cooperation agreement includes the global infrastructure for the Internet of Things, a (Pay-as-You-Grow) business model, and (WING), enabling Telecom Egypt to provide global the service at low local prices compared to the most expensive roaming prices.
The agreement also includes cooperation in launching joint initiatives and accelerating the development of Internet of Things projects in the country, which will contribute to the automation of projects and help companies reduce their operating expenses, enhance productivity, and provide new services to markets faster.
The signing of the agreement came within the framework of Talaat's visit to Dubai at the head of a high-level delegation to participate in the activities of the 41st edition of the GITEX Global Exhibition and Conference and the Expo 2020 Dubai.
The agreement was signed by Adel Hamed, Managing Director and CEO of Telecom Egypt, and Henrik Fall, Head of Cloud Services and Networks in the Middle East and Africa at Nokia.
In a related context; Talaat met with Ram Ramachandran, Senior Vice President and Head of the Middle East and Africa for Tech Mahindra, one of the world's top 15 IT service providers.
The meeting dealt with ways of cooperation to enhance digital transformation projects in Egypt, in addition to discussing the possibility of establishing a service centre for the company in Egypt to serve its customers in the field of IT in various markets, in which it operates around the world.
Talaat explained that Egypt is implementing many projects to achieve the transformation into an integrated digital society within the framework of its vision to build a digital Egypt.
The minister also stressed that there is great interest from the state in the outsourcing industry, in light of the availability of all the ingredients for the success of this industry in Egypt, as the country enjoys a regional leadership and a distinguished position on the global map of this industry.
Talaat also met with Isabelle Grojour, Vice President of Amazon Web Services (AWS) for sales in Europe, the Middle East and Africa; to discuss the company's plans to expand its business in Egypt, and to enhance joint cooperation in the field of digital capacity building.
The meeting also witnessed a review of the existing cooperation between the ministry and AWS through a grant that was launched to build a new generation of data science professionals with an internationally accredited certificate.
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