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Sustainability
TRA Telecom Business Continuity Forum recommends updating emergency plans
Majed Al Mesmar: Transformation into smart
city result in challenges need to be addressed
The TelecomBusiness Continuity Forum, an
event organized by the Telecommunications
Regulatory
Authority
(TRA),
has
recommended the regular update of various
sectors’ emergency plans, particularly
in telecommunications, as the vital link
for other sectors and keeping pace with
contemporary innovations and solutions in
telecommunications.
The Forum called in the recommendations
issued in the final session to promote the
integrity of emergency plans and crises
through the participation of government
departments in the telecommunications
continuity programs and meet the needs
and requirements of those departments.
H.E.EngineerMajedSultanAlMesmar,Deputy
Director General- TRA Telecommunication
Sector,
said:
“The
contemporary
technological transformations and the
global trend in smart cities has produced
new challenges that must be addressed to
ensure sustainability and continuity. As we
face the risks in the future, it requires urgent
reflection on our security and development,
which we have are very proud of, following
the directions of the UAE Government’s wise
leadership.
For his part, Abdulrahman Al Naser, TRA’s
Manager of Telecom Business Continuity
and Crisis Management stated that the
forum’s recommendations have focused
on the integrity of emergency plans
between the TRA and various government
entities. The TRA has worked to establish
the significance of the forum during its
successive sessions, covering the biggest
possiblenumber of partners, includingmajor
telecoms operators. In the latest edition, the
event has included various licensed partners,
academics and other government entities
to expand its scope and expand the basis of
common work.
The forum has discussed the possible
impacts in the community in case of sudden
telecommunication disconnections that
may happen for any reason, given the
unprecedented growth in the global ICT
sector, the prevalence of smart applications
and devices, and heavy dependence on ICT
technologyservicestothepublic.Itpromoted
major hubs such as future forecasting, smart
and sustainable cities, scientific research and
technological innovation.