Hatem Dewidar, Executive Vice President of Etisalat Group, announced that the company will continue to develop and modernize, as it ranked first in the world as the fastest mobile network in the world, in addition to its global leader. The penetration ratio of the home optical fiber network.
According to Arabiya Net, Dewedar explained that the group has increased the penetration rates of the fifth generation network during the last period until it exceeded the barrier of 35% of the main cities in the United Arab Emirates,
During the height of the pandemic, video conferencing and voice over the Internet applications on fixed broadband and mobile networks increased by more than 250%. The percentage of data traffic in video services and applications increased by more than 50%, in social media by more than 80%, and in gaming applications by more than 200%, according to Dewdar.
During the pandemic period, Etisalat was able to provide support to quarantine areas and other vital areas of the healthcare sector. And since telehealth services have become essential through the telemedicine service that was launched for the health sector, we have supported this sector through exceptional access to these applications, according to Al Khaleej newspaper.
Dewedar explained that the importance of the communications and information technology sector will increase with the gradual reopening of economic activities and businesses, as well as the commitment to precautionary measures.
In this context, 55% of business owners worldwide reported that most employees would want to work from home after the epidemic, and that 72% of office workers would like to Work from home at least two days a week. This is a paradigm shift in people's lives, with digital technology taking first place in sectors such as education, healthcare and the work environment.
and pointed out that in Etisalat there are at least 130 robots working to complete 70 operations in the support office and more than 800 thousand transactions per month.
The robotic process automation has achieved 98% efficiency as it enables employees to create, innovate and connect with customers to enhance their experience. Blockchain technology is another area with huge potential to help reduce middlemen, costs, increase speed, access to provide transparency and traceability of business processes, according to Dewdar.
He explained that blockchain technology is expected to generate more than $ 3 trillion in business revenues by 2030, and at least 20% of the infrastructure will use the economy. ..
