Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia, represented by Appearing Governor of the Communications, House and Know-how Fee (CST) Eng. Haytham AlOhali participated within the annual assembly of the UN Broadband Fee for Sustainable Improvement. This yr’s session marked a particular version celebrating 15 years for the reason that fee’s institution.
Saudi Arabia’s participation displays its ongoing dedication to advancing digital transformation, fostering international digital financial progress, bridging the digital divide, and increasing entry to communication and expertise providers.
Eng. AlOhali reaffirmed Saudi Arabia’s dedication to reaching equitable and sustainable digital improvement and praised the Broadband Fee’s continued help for the Sustainable Improvement Objectives (SDGs). He famous that CST operates as a 5G regulator, as acknowledged by the Worldwide Telecommunication Union (ITU), and leads a spread of nationwide and international initiatives in collaboration with worldwide companions to assist notice shared targets.
He emphasised that the Kingdom’s nationwide digital technique aligns intently with the ITU’s “Join 2030” imaginative and prescient. He additionally referenced ongoing cooperation with the ITU to replace the research titled Connecting Humanity By Sustainable, Reasonably priced, and Progressive Options, which goals to determine connectivity gaps and develop sensible approaches to reaching common and reasonably priced web entry.
AlOhali highlighted the success of the Open Entry Initiative, which enabled infrastructure sharing amongst telecom suppliers and prolonged fiber-optic connections to greater than 3.9 million properties—surpassing earlier targets. He additional famous the Kingdom’s continued funding in non-terrestrial community applied sciences, together with Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites and Excessive Altitude Platform Techniques (HAPS), to increase protection to underserved areas.
Regionally, he pointed to Saudi Arabia’s management in launching the “Digital Sustainability Software” in cooperation with the Digital Cooperation Group (DCO), in addition to its position in main the Round Digital Financial system monitor underneath the ITU’s Inexperienced Digital Motion initiative.
Whereas stressing that closing the digital divide stays one of the crucial urgent international challenges, AlOhali referred to as for better collaboration and joint efforts to realize inclusive digital improvement.