The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia participated in the World Telecom Exhibition 2019 in Budapest, Hungary, as the exhibition brings together governments, institutions and small and medium-sized companies in the field of technology to showcase innovative solutions, communicate, share knowledge and debate with experts.
Dr. Abdulaziz bin Salem Al-Ruwais, Governor of Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) of Saudi Arabia, delivered a speech at the event in which he thanked the Government of Hungary for hosting the event, highlighting its good reception and organization.
He emphasized the Kingdom's determination to continue to provide the best digital services to its population, having established regulatory governance in order to achieve more qualitative leaps towards the digital economy and contribute to the growth of the telecommunications and information technology sector.
He added that the Kingdom recently celebrated the launch of more than 2000 sites supporting 5G technologies, as well as equipping NEOM Airport as the first airport in the Middle East and Africa to support 5G technologies.
Source: https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=1967661
