Topic: smart cities
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e& UAE Unveils World's First 200G PON Prototype at GITEX 2025
e& UAE unveiled a world-first 200G Passive Optical Network prototype at GITEX GLOBAL 2025, achieving data rates up to 200 gigabits per second to enable ultra-fast, scalable connectivity for residential, commercial, and smart city uses. The technology uses advanced optical wavelength multiplexing ...
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BRICS Cloud City Forum Wraps Up in Moscow
The BRICS Cloud City Forum in Moscow attracted over 13,000 participants from 42 countries to discuss the impact of robotics and AI on urban infrastructure, digitalization, and societal changes. Key themes included using technology to enhance human happiness and climate resilience, with insights f...
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Dubai's Museum of the Future Launches Urban Future Week
Dubai’s Museum of the Future and Dubai Municipality will host Urban Future Week on November 10–11, 2025, bringing together global leaders to explore resilient, sustainable, and inclusive urban development through technology and governance. The event will focus on key themes like urban resilience,...
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du's 5G+ Boost: Powering UAE's Smart Cities & Startup Boom
du has launched an upgraded 5G+ network in the UAE, designed to support the nation's smart city and sustainability goals while accelerating digital innovation. The 5G+ service offers speeds up to double standard 5G, enhancing activities like HD streaming, gaming, and real-time AI applications, wi...
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Nokia: 82% of MEA Mobile Users on 4G/5G by 2030
By 2030, 82% of mobile connections in the Middle East and Africa will be on 4G and 5G networks, with 5G subscriptions projected to reach 605 million and dominate mobile data traffic. 5G technology is driving innovation, enabling smart cities, enterprise solutions, and economic growth, with the Gu...
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Abu Dhabi Debuts World-First Innovations at GITEX 2025
Abu Dhabi has announced a record 19 strategic partnerships and unveiled advanced AI innovations at GITEX GLOBAL 2025, aiming to become the world's first fully AI-native government by 2027. The upgraded TAMM super app now integrates over 1,100 services, featuring AI-powered tools like AutoGov, AI ...
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Hong Kong Tech Pavilions to Shine at GITEX Global 2025 in Dubai
A group of 22 Hong Kong tech exhibitors, organized by the HKTDC and HKSTP, will showcase innovations at GITEX Global 2025 in Dubai to explore Middle East market opportunities. The exhibitors will present advanced solutions in AI, robotics, IoT, and greentech, with networking events designed to he...
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Gitex Global 2025: AI Use Cases Take Center Stage
Gitex Global 2025, scheduled for October 13-17 in Dubai, will showcase transformative AI applications and position Dubai as a central hub in the global AI economy, focusing on data, algorithms, and interconnected digital systems. The event will feature over 6,800 companies and 2,000 startups from...
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UAE Ranks World's Most Stable Economy as AI Tech Booms
The United Arab Emirates is recognized as the world's most stable economy, with business leaders showing strong confidence in its resilience and rapid adoption of artificial intelligence in security operations. UAE security leaders have a uniquely positive outlook, with only 29% anticipating econ...
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Qatar Airways Launches IPv6 with CRA to Boost Digital Transformation
Qatar Airways has launched IPv6 across its digital systems, advancing Qatar's digital transformation and aligning with national strategy under the CRA's guidance. IPv6 provides a vastly larger address pool essential for IoT, smart cities, and machine communication, supporting the digital economy'...
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Graeme Kane to Lead RUCKUS Networks in Middle East & Africa
RUCKUS Networks has appointed Graeme Kane to lead its Middle East and Africa operations, focusing on vertical markets like hospitality and large venues, with a strategy to unify the region as a single growth engine. Kane brings over 25 years of B2B enterprise technology experience, including 18 y...
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iFLYTEK Expands AI Ecosystem in Middle East at GITEX 2025
iFLYTEK introduced advanced AI solutions at GITEX GLOBAL 2025 in Dubai, focusing on digital transformation and human-centric applications in the Middle East. Key product launches included the AINOTE 2, the world's thinnest E-ink tablet, and AI Translation Earbuds for real-time multilingual commun...
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GITEX 2025 Day 3: Groundbreaking Tech & Industry Partnerships
GITEX GLOBAL 2025, in its 45th year, attracted over 6,800 exhibitors and 180 nations, reinforcing its role as a leading tech and investment hub in the Middle East. Healthcare and biotechnology were key themes, featuring innovations like CRISPR for genetic diseases, brain-computer interfaces for c...
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SHARON AI and VAST Data Launch InsightEngine in Australia
SHARON AI and VAST Data have partnered to deliver scalable, secure AI inference capabilities for enterprises and governments, enabling the transition from experimental AI to full-scale production with sovereign, high-performance infrastructure. The collaboration introduces the VAST InsightEngine,...
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AI: The Middle East's New Engine of Transformation
The Middle East is rapidly adopting artificial intelligence as a key driver for economic transformation, with over half of organizations in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar identifying as fast movers in AI implementation and planning increased investments. AI technologies, including predictive an...
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33 Startups Chosen for ITIDA's Creativa Incubation Program Third Cohort
The Creativa Incubation Program has selected 33 startups from diverse sectors like educational technology and renewable energy to receive comprehensive support. Each startup will get up to EGP 360,000 in financial and in-kind aid, along with mentorship, networking, and access to co-working spaces...
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Sheikh Mohammed Opens Gitex Global 2025, Highlights UAE's Tech Progress
Gitex Global 2025, inaugurated by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, emphasizes the UAE's commitment to leveraging cutting-edge technologies to build a robust digital economy, with Dubai aiming to contribute AED100 billion annually from digital transformation by 2033. The event has evolved in...
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ASUS Unveils Pervasive AI Vision at GITEX 2025
ASUS will present its pervasive AI vision at GITEX GLOBAL 2025, featuring AI-first devices and solutions across infrastructure, workspaces, and mobile platforms to drive digital transformation. The exhibition highlights business and education devices like the ExpertBook series with AI capabilitie...
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Abu Dhabi Unveils 15 Strategic Partnerships at GITEX 2025
Abu Dhabi announced 15 strategic partnerships and 55 projects at GITEX GLOBAL 2025, aiming to become the world's first fully AI-native government by redesigning public services around citizen needs. The emirate showcased AI-driven innovations across sectors, including Smart Hotel Check-In using f...
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BEEAH Group Partners with Hashgraph for Digital Identity
BEEAH Group partners with The Hashgraph Group to launch a decentralized digital identity solution using Hedera's technology, enhancing secure access across its services in environmental, energy, real estate, technology, and healthcare sectors. The initiative, supported by The Hashgraph Associatio...
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Qatar Airways Embraces IPv6 with CRA Backing
Qatar Airways has integrated IPv6 into its digital systems with support from the CRA, aligning with Qatar's national strategy to enhance digital capabilities and meet the demands of a digital economy. IPv6 provides a significantly larger address pool than IPv4, enabling support for modern technol...
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Omnix Leads Digital Twin Innovation at Kingdom Digital Twin 2025
Omnix International will present its advanced digital twin solutions at the Kingdom Digital Twin 2025 Conference in Riyadh, emphasizing its role in transforming industries through improved asset design and management. The company is collaborating with Unity to offer immersive technologies like AR...
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BCG: Quantum Computing to Unlock $50B+ in Industry Value
Quantum computing could generate over $50 billion in value across industries, with major opportunities in energy and transportation, including up to $30 billion in savings for oil and gas operations. The technology poses significant cybersecurity risks, threatening current encryption and enabling...
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du Concludes Envision 2025: UAE's AI Digital Transformation
The UAE's Envision 2025 conference, hosted by du, united government and tech leaders to explore how AI and innovation are driving nationwide digital transformation across key sectors. Discussions emphasized AI's role in revolutionizing industries like healthcare and urban development, alongside f...
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Omnix Launches Matterport Digital Twin Solutions in Saudi Arabia
Omnix International has launched advanced Matterport digital twin solutions in Saudi Arabia, targeting key sectors like AEC, Real Estate, and Oil & Gas to support the Kingdom's digital transformation and enhance project efficiency, cost savings, and collaboration. The initiative aligns with Saudi...
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GSMA MWC25 Doha: 200+ Speakers on AI, 5G & Digital Economies
The inaugural GSMA MWC25 Doha, scheduled for November 25–26, 2025, will focus on AI, 5G, and digital economies as a key part of Qatar's Digital Agenda 2030, attracting a global audience with over 200 speakers and 150 exhibitors. The event underscores Qatar's commitment to digital transformation a...
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Foxconn Teams With Nvidia to Build AI Factory in Taiwan
Foxconn and Nvidia are collaborating to build an advanced AI factory in Taiwan, featuring 10,000 Blackwell GPUs to support research, startups, and industries. The facility will leverage Nvidia's Blackwell Ultra systems and TSMC's semiconductor expertise to drive innovation in smart cities, EVs, a...
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GITEX GLOBAL 2025 Sets Record with Global Tech Dialogues
GITEX GLOBAL 2025 set records as the world's premier tech event, featuring 6,800 enterprises and showcasing innovations in AI, quantum computing, and digital health across five days at Dubai venues. The event emphasized international collaboration and policy discussions on AI, with key dialogues ...
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