Technology

• Highlights on display at the Ericsson booth will include the City model, AI drone, cloud robotics, connected vehicles and 3.5GHz connectivity
• Ericsson will host 20 SMMEs inside its exhibition stand

From September 10 to 13, Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) will showcase the latest innovations in 5G, Digital Services, and IoT with a focus on supporting Small, Medium and Micro-sized Enterprises (SMMEs) at ITU Telecom World 2018 in Durban, South Africa.

Global demand for mobile data transmissions to grow by 40 per cent Year-on-Year as 5G technology remains hot trend in the GCC

Kirin 980 and HUAWEI AI Cube capture the attention of the world’s biggest consumer tech media for intelligent design and high-end performance

Under the auspices of H.E. the Minister of Telecommunications, Jamal Jarrah, Alfa, managed by Orascom TMT, launched for the first time in Lebanon the Voice over LTE technology from the Alfa flagship store located in its headquarters in Dekwaneh.

• Strong momentum for Ericsson’s 5G-ready mobile transport portfolio
• Enhances its mobile transport offerings with key technologies to meet 5G challenges
• Partners to deliver best-in-class enhanced edge, core and security functions as well as optical transport

by Chafic Traboulsi; Head of Networks, Ericsson Middle East and Africa

Breakthrough technology reinvents smartphone photography for the everyday consumer

Huawei recently grabbed headlines when it climbed up to become the second smartphone vendor globally. As reported by IDC, Huawei’s Q2 2018 global smartphone market share increased to 15.8%, solidifying the brand’s new ranking.

• New Radio Access Network (RAN) Compute enhances network flexibility for enabling new 5G use cases, lowering latency, and lowering total cost of ownership
• Ericsson Spectrum Sharing to enable 5G within 4G spectrum bands, allowing communication service providers to quickly introduce and expand 5G coverage in bands used by 4G today
• Street Macro transport solutions simplify deployment of 5G millimeter wave for 5G capacity

• Investments will boost US-based R&D to meet the growing demand for 5G in the region
• New product introduction and manufacturing in the US will support global flexibility as well as benefit US customer

In his IFA 2018 keynote titled “The Ultimate Power of Mobile AI”, Huawei Consumer Business Group CEO Mr. Richard Yu introduced the Kirin 980, the system on a chip (SoC) that will bring about the next evolution of mobile AI.