Integrated Telecom Co. Ltd. (ITC), recently signed a memorandum of understanding with Nokia to do experimental trials to develop and measure the 5G applications. ITC is willing to contribute in a strategic vision, to develop 5G in favor of the new advanced broadband. The memorandum contains adding new technologies to ITC’s towers such as LTE 4.5G, 4.9G and the fixed 5G.
Ghassan Itani, ITC CEO, said: “We in ITC are working on fulfilling the goals of one of the Kingdom Vision 2030’s axes which states that Saudi Arabia is working on increasing high-speed internet coverage in all of its regions and improving the quality of connectivity. And for that, we are in the middle of signing several memoranda with Nokia and other companies with a history in launching advanced technologies in telecom towers.”
Itani added: “We welcome and embrace CITC’s vision in the 5G technology, and we look forward with great optimism to launch this technology in Saudi Arabia.”
5G is providing high speeds which are 30 to 50 times faster than the speeds provided by the existing 4G. 5G applications and services are not limited to communication and entertainment, they are also targeting new services such as virtual reality, enhanced reality, health care, remote surgery and much more. 5G technology will be the main enabling factor for the future communication technologies such as M2M, IoT and Smart City services.
ITC is working on covering more than 640,000 households with fiber-optic broadband services. And these experiments are part of ITC’s plan to develop communication services through FTTx and wireless networks.
