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UAE chaired ‘Internet of Things and Smart Cities’ in the International Telecommunication …. Hamad Al Mansouri
We will continue the policy of developing the national
competencies to reach to international leadership
positions
The International TelecommunicationsUnion
has re-elected UAE to chair the Study Group
20 of ‘Internet of Things and Smart Things’ in
addition to electing UAE as Vice President of
the Second Study Group of Digital Issues.
The General Authority for Regulating the
Telecommunications Sector has cleared in the
closure of its participation in the International
Telecommunications Union standardization
sector hosted by the city of Hamamat Al
yasameen in Tunisia, that Engineer Nasser Al
Marzooqi UAE representative to the ITU was
elected the chairman of the Study group of
Internet of Things and Smart Cities.
TRU added ‘Engineer Saif Bin Galetha the
manager of technology development affairs
in the authority was elected as the acting
chairman of the second study group of digital
issues.
His excellency Hamad Obeid Al Mansouri,
General Manager of the Authority confirmed
thatUAEenjoys theconfidenceofmembersof
the International Telecommunication Union
and the OAS as a result of the tireless exerted
efforts represented by the Authority in all the
conferences and activities of the organization.
His Excellency stressed stresses on the
aspiration of the Authority to continue to
work according to a deliberate and systematic
plan for the development and empowerment
of this relationship with the International
Telecommunication Union, through the
continuous contribution in providing
suggestions and opinions that enrich the
work of the organization and supports
their efforts and devote its role in the
leadership of the telecommunications
sector in the world.
His Excellency Al Mansouri pointed
out that the Authority continues to
prepare and develop and qualify
young national competencies
to reach access to leadership
positions in the international
organizations
relevant
to
telecommunications
and
information technology sector.
He stressed that this trend
focuses on serving of goals set
by the leadership within UAE
Vision 2021 which confirms
on the need to invest in the human element
as the basic foundation in the sustainable
development process.
The
meetings
of
the
International
Telecommunications Union standardization
sector have witnessed an active attendance by
the Arab group through the presentation of 32
suggestionswhosemajoritywas accepted and
accredited.
One of the most important suggestions
that were submitted by the group is the
amendment of the e-Health resolution
and the accessibility of the special needs
individuals to the information technology and
telecommunications services in addition to
accrediting a new resolution about the open
resources societies.
United Arab Emirates has presented several
suggestions that were adopted by the Arab
group as mutual Arab suggestions.