Huawei received the award during a two day ICT summit in Dar es
Salaam dubbed ‘Connect to Connect’ (C2C) on account of its exceptional
participation in the ICT industry and leading position in conducting
research and contributions in the evolution of broadband connectivity in
the country.
Speaking during the summit held in the city, Huawei’s senior
solutions consultant for Eastern and Southern Africa, Dr Bello Moussa
said countries of Eastern and Southern Africa have shown great
enthusiasm in investing and innovating in the broadband ecosystem over
the past few years.
“These countries are of course at different stages of ICT
development but unfortunately, 90 percent of the population of the
region can still not access broadband at home. So therefore we are far
behind more advanced markets,” he declared.
The summit which kick-started on Thursday brings together ICT
practitioners, policy makers, investors and solution providers to
deliberate on how to drive country to country broadband connectivity
across Africa, from coast to coast. They are also looking at innovations
that will propel Tanzania’s economy and facilitate public service
delivery at a higher levels of efficiency.
During the presentation, Huawei outlined aspects of strategic
thinking on a continuous developing path from three gigawatt broadband
connectivity to 4G and 4.5G and finally to five gigawatts connectivity
levels. Moving to long term evolution (LTE) where a country stays at a
moderate connectivity level for a long time, as it enables optimal
competitiveness.
Huawei Wireless Marketing vice president Alex Wang said that Huawei
has helped operators build nearly 200 LTE networks worldwide and
accumulate abundant experience on mobile network evolution.
The company continues to pay attention to protect customers’
investments and more importantly focus on network evolution to help
customers improve competitiveness levels he asserted.
“Huawei’s contribution in 5G research is recognised by the
industry worldwide,” he said, elaborating that the company was awarded
the ‘Biggest Contribution to 5G Development’ at a 5G global summit on
26th June 2015 LTE workshop.
This is also the second time that the government recognises Huawei
dedication in the country, having signed a Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) with the firm on ICT strategies to be adopted in pursuit of the
country’s 2025 Development Vision and the Big Results Now drive in the
service delivery sector, he added.