AMMAN – Ethan Wang, CEO of
Huawei Jordan, said that plans are under way
to roll out 5G in Jordan, heralding a digital-led future for the Kingdom,
according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.
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Wang issued a statement saying that
5G is a fundamental technology that enables the next generation of digital
services and helps establish the country as a knowledge-based economy.
He emphasized that the
next-generation technology will boost Jordan Vision 2025 by accelerating the
ICT sector, already one of the fastest-growing sectors of
Jordan’s economy. According
to data, he said, the ICT sector accounts for 3.8 percent of the country’s GDP,
with a total annual revenue exceeding $2.3 billion.
According to Wang, there are
currently more than 900 active companies in the sector that directly employ
about 22,000 employees.
For Jordanian carriers, Wang added,
5G promises significant revenue growth potential and evolved customer
experiences.
"We see that early adopters in
the region have begun to reap the benefits of 5G,” he stressed.
Wang cited Kuwait as one of the
countries in the Middle East with the earliest and fastest 5G development.
Since June 2019, three carriers in Kuwait deployed 5G on a nationwide scale,
and they have reported strong business results that have been bolstered by
their 5G user growth as well as 5G technology efficiency and competencies.
But the benefits of 5G go beyond
enabling operators’ business growth, said Wang, explaining that 5G is also an
enabler of numerous industries, businesses, and public services.
He stressed that 5G will enable
completely new applications only accessible with advanced technologies, such as
lag-free ultra-HD video over wireless, truly smart cities, autonomous mobility,
telemedicine, mobile AR and VR, and soon, the metaverse.
Wang affirmed that 5G will enable
Jordan’s enterprising business community to advance business operations, enter
new markets, access finance, and attract talent. He hailed Jordan’s
entrepreneurship spirit and said it is a model for the region, and underlined the
fact that access to affordable technical talent, good infrastructure, a
liberalized telecom sector, proximity to key regional markets, and government
support have spurred a thriving private sector.
According to the Ministry of Digital
Economy and Entrepreneurship, 27 percent of Middle East and North Africa tech
entrepreneurs are Jordanian, even though the country accounts for only 3 percent
of MENA’s population.
To boost these gains, Wang said the
government is continually exploring new ideas to boost the digital ecosystem. A
promising initiative is Jordan Source project – part of the Jordanian
government’s youth technology and jobs program – designed to facilitate and
ease new investments into Jordan’s digital outsourcing economy and create more
jobs for the country’s digital talents.
Wang said that the Kingdom has a
young, well-educated, technologically savvy, highly skilled, bilingual population
eager to work at competitive wages. More than 50 percent of the population is
under the age of 24, with 22 percent holding degrees in IT, computer science,
and engineering.
Wang said Huawei Jordan is
supporting these efforts to nurture the country’s ICT talent. Working within
broad public/private sector ecosystems, “we continue to invest in various
skills development to ensure that organizations have access to the qualified
personnel they need to pursue their digital transformation goals”.
He stressed that Huawei has longstanding
programs, such as Huawei Middle East ICT Competition, Seeds for the Future, and
the Huawei ICT Academy to support the government’s vision to build a sustainable
knowledge-based economy.
"In the past two decades, we have helped the Middle East cultivate more
than 100,000 ICT talents, out of which more than 5,000 were based in Jordan. In
the Kingdom, we have worked with educational authorities, universities, other
educational institutions, and partners to set talent standards, build
alliances, and demonstrate the value of talent," he noted.
Wang pointed out that Huawei has
Jordanian education partners, including the Hashemite University,
Princess Sumaya University of Technology, Jordan University of Science and Technology,
and
Al Balqa’ Applied University (BAU).
To guarantee continued success, Wang
underlined that the Kingdom must bolster its ICT assets against the growing
threat of cybercrime, stressing that collaboration is vital in tackling this
global threat.
In this context, he noted that
Huawei is working with the government, industry, universities, customers, and
partners to advance cybersecurity and strengthen Jordan’s position as a trusted
destination for foreign investment and residency.
Jordan has a rich and proud history
of ingenuity overcoming formidable odds, epitomized by the historical city of
Petra, said Wang, adding that by investing in 5G, digital transformation, and
empowering the talent ecosystem, Jordan is on track to emerge as a digital
economic titan of this era.
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