Strategy & Operations

e& and Nokia Bell Labs win ‘MEA Business Technology Achievement Award’ from SAMENA Council

21 Oct 2024

Dubai, UAE: e& and Nokia Bell Labs were recognised by SAMENA Council for the ‘MEA Business Technology Achievement Award’ under the ‘Innovative Collaborations and Partnerships’ award category for their contribution towards the innovative advancements in AI and R&D across industries.

MEA Business awards celebrate a diverse range of technology achievements from a range of sectors including telecommunications, AI and machine learning, Cyber Security, cloud computing satellite technology, robotics, e-commerce and many more.

This award is a testimony to e&’s continuous efforts and achievements in the field of AI, specifically the recent partnership with Nokia’s research arm ‘Nokia Bell Labs’. This partnership brings together the advanced industrial research and innovation of Nokia Bell Labs, with e&’s deep understanding of the market and industry sector.

Most recently e& announced the launch of the #AI4SD platform developed by e& in collaboration with UNDP & MBZUAI, an #AI powered solution to help countries and NGOs better predict and respond to natural disasters. Nokia Bell Labs is an industry leader in Responsible AI and has defined six principles to guide AI research in the future along the lines of fairness, reliability, privacy, transparency, sustainability and accountability.

SAMENA Council serves as a unified voice for telecom operators and a platform for industry decision makers to help bring about a consensus-driven policy and required regulatory change for enabling digital transformation in the SA-ME-NA (Subcontinent, Asia, Middle East and North Africa) region.