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GITEX GLOBAL 2025: Driving Innovation Across the Region, including
on FWA

GITEX GLOBAL 2025, set to take
place from October 13 to 17 in
Dubai, represents more than just
a technology exhibition. Now in its
45th year, GITEX has evolved into a
global platform where governments,
enterprises, and innovators from over
180 countries come together to shape
the future of digital transformation.
With more than 6,000 exhibitors
expected, this year's edition reflects
a decisive shift—from showcasing
technology to implementing it at
scale.

The theme for 2025, "Powering
the Future," encapsulates the
ambition of turning bold ideas into
operational systems that address optimization, improved customer are key issues, especially in regions
real-world challenges. The focus experiences, and advanced services with high energy demands.
areas cover artificial intelligence, through AI-powered Customer
quantum technologies, advanced Premises Equipment (CPE) and Cybersecurity remains a core focus.
infrastructure, cybersecurity, biotech, sophisticated network management. As systems become smarter and
and sustainability. These are no more connected, vulnerabilities
longer standalone concepts but Quantum computing and increase. The Cyber Valley pavilion will
interconnected parts of a larger effort technologies are making their debut host discussions around zero trust
to rethink how cities, industries, and at GITEX in a dedicated pavilion. Once architecture, next-generation threat
services function. considered too early-stage for detection, and quantum-resistant
practical use, quantum is now being encryption. These conversations are
At the heart of GITEX 2025 is artificial taken seriously by both governments critical not only for protecting digital
intelligence. While AI has been a and tech leaders. Discussions will likely assets but also for maintaining trust in
dominant feature in recent years, this center on secure communications, technology across public and private
edition explores its expanded role quantum cryptography, and future sectors.
across sectors such as mobility, computational power. The presence
manufacturing, healthcare, and of this track shows that quantum is Healthcare and biotechnology are
education. There is an emphasis on not just a research topic but a also taking center stage. GITEX's
what is called "Physical AI," where strategic priority. DigiHealth and Biotech track will
intelligence meets machines that explore how technologies such as AI,
operate in the physical world, Equally critical is the infrastructure genomics, and telemedicine are
including robotics, drones, and that supports digital transformation. reshaping healthcare delivery. There
autonomous systems. This focus GITEX 2025 will give considerable is growing interest in precision
highlights a new phase where AI attention to data centers, medicine, remote diagnostics, and
begins to act, rather than simply semiconductors, and cloud predictive healthcare models. These
compute. Moreover, AI will also be infrastructure. As businesses move tools offer the potential to make
highlighted as an important addition toward AI-driven systems, the need healthcare more personalized,
to the capability of Fixed Wireless for secure, fast, and efficient data accessible, and efficient, particularly
Access (FWA) and how the latter is processing grows. The industry is also in underserved regions.
equally important for extending grappling with the environmental
access to AI-powered services and costs of this infrastructure. Beyond the technologies, GITEX 2025
solutions in both urban and remote Sustainable cooling, renewable serves as a hub for investment and
settings. To add, AI is transforming energy integration, and reducing the collaboration. Events like North Star
FWA by enabling intelligent network carbon footprint of digital operations Dubai bring together startups, venture

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