INTELLIGENT MOBILE TECHNOLOGY
Telecom Egypt and Nokia to
build cloud infrastructure for
IoT rollout in Egypt
Telecom Egypt is to commercially launch IoT services in 2019, based on
Nokia WING platform. The collaboration helps Telecom Egypt emerge as
a leader in delivery of innovative IoT enterprises services in the country
okia and Telecom Egypt have
announced they will build the
first cloud infrastructure in
Egypt exclusively for Internet of Things (IoT)
services. Telecom Egypt will use Nokia’s
Worldwide IoT Network Grid (WING) as
Service-as-a-Platform to launch IoT services
for the enterprise segment later this year.
Nokia WING enables operators like
Telecom Egypt to offer IoT services to
enterprises on a global scale. Telecom Egypt
will be able to tap into the growing IoT
market fast and cost-effectively due to the
Nokia WING one-stop model, which includes
a worldwide IoT Infrastructure-as-a-Service
and pay-as-you-grow business model.
WING enables Telecom Egypt to provide
a global IoT service at almost local prices as
opposed to more expensive roaming prices.
As part of a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU), Nokia and Telecom
Egypt will also explore joint marketing
initiatives and will work to accelerate the
development of an IoT partner ecosystem in
the country. A number of IoT use cases drive
automation, which will help enterprises
cut their operational expenses, enhance
productivity and bring new services to
market faster. Adel Hamed, Managing
Director and CEO of Telecom Egypt, said: “We
are excited to collaborate with Nokia for this
IoT initiative. We have worked with Nokia
in the past and we are confident that Nokia
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The Telecom Egypt
and Nokia teams after
signing the WING MoU
WING will enable us to bring world-class
IoT use cases to our enterprise customers in
Egypt and later in the region.”
Ankur Bhan, Head of WING Business at
Nokia, added: “We are pleased to announce
this collaboration with Telecom Egypt to
enable next generation of IoT services for
Egypt and the African market. Our cloud-
native IoT proposition and pay-as-you-
grow business model makes it possible for
Telecom Egypt to move fast to address the
vast IoT market opportunity in Egypt.”
Furthermore, Nokia and the Information
Technology Industry Development Agency
(ITIDA) will conduct collaborative activities
in the fields of telecommunication, software
enablement and innovation and capacity
building in 5G, IoT, Artificial Intelligence and
network security.
The two organisations will also share best
practices in the areas of skills and capacity
building, innovation and the development of
Small and Medium Enterprises.
Nokia and the Information Technology
Institute (ITI), the learning and capacity
building wing of the Ministry of
Communications and Information Technology
(MCIT), will work together to develop
in-house undergraduate and graduate
training programmes. Nokia and ITI will work
towards the following goals:
The two entities will work together
as part of the Egyptian Universities
Students Program to provide three
months of job shadowing opportunities
for graduates from Delta, Upper Egypt,
Suez Canal and Great Cairo universities.
Nokia and ITI will also offer one-
month campus training boot camps
for undergraduate students from the
universities to increase skills.
Visiting sessions, career consultation
demos and field visits to Nokia’s premises
will further provide a unique opportunity
to the students to benefit from interacting
with world-class professionals.