5.2 thousand towers support G5 technologies in
30 Saudi cities
The number of towers that support 5G technologies have reached 5,200 base towers in more than 30 cities around the Kingdom.
A report is issued by the Communications and Information Technology Commission
clarified that this technology would add to providing digital
infrastructure for several current and new services and systems is added to
enabling the fourth industrial revolution and getting emerging and modern
techniques.
The report pointed to several qualitative leaps achieved
by the communications and I.T department in 2019 to build and strengthen the
infrastructure and to improve the quality of service so that modern
technologies could be growing and the user experience improved.
The achievements included the Kingdom’s second rank in
the list of G5 states for the total distribution of frequency bands identified
globally for the provision of mobile communications services, according to
reports and statistics of the group’s countries ’allocation of frequency bands,
and the Kingdom had reached 2nd after Japan ahead of the U.k, Germany, Italy
and Canada, and the rest of the twenty countries, By entering the total
frequency bands allocated to provide telecommunications services to 1110 MHz.
The increased spectrum allocations contributed to the
increase in internet speeds and the increase in the prevalence of its services,
as mobile speeds in the Kingdom at the end of November 2019 reached 51.80MB /
s. As a result, the Kingdom ranked 14th globally in mobile internet speeds
between countries of the world.
The Communications Authority stated that among the
efforts aimed at improving the infrastructure of telecommunications and
information technology services are the establishment of necessary support for
communication networks, one of the essential services in the new plans, within
the framework of qualifying new residential neighborhoods, government, and
commercial projects and business areas and equipping them with communications
and information technology facilities during the stages of preparation Schemes
and building construction, which helps reduce the cost of delivering
telecommunications and information technology services to users and providing
them early, and reduces road excavation, and will positively reflect the
investment in the infrastructure. Greetings for communications, enabling
digital transformation.
In the field of digital transformation and modern
technologies, the Authority launched during the year 2019 the cloud computing
portal, to localize cloud computing services, and to stimulate the adoption of
solutions and related technologies in the Kingdom to improve the level of
performance, productivity, and flexibility of government agencies and the
sector.
The private sector, enabling the knowledge economy, in
addition to reducing operating costs, facilitating data access, and ensuring
service continuity and a high level of protection.
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) ranked
the Kingdom among the highest mature in regulating the telecommunications and the information technology sector. In contrast, the industry in the Kingdom achieved a superior position in the indicators
of global competitiveness, as the Kingdom jumped 16 ranks globally in this regard,
describing this sector as one of the most developed and developed areas in The
Kingdom.
At the level of the postal sector, the Communications and
Information Technology Commission assumed the regulatory and oversight
functions on it and the Authority issued two regulatory documents that would
improve the services provided in this vital sector and enhance investments in
it, namely the postal user rights document, and a record of controls and
guidelines for providing delivery service via electronic platforms.
The report pointed to the record consumption of data and
communications that witnessed the pilgrimage season this year after it reached
more than 38.9 thousand terabytes of data by pilgrims - equivalent to watching
more than 15.9 million hours of 1080p HD video - an increase of 27% over the
year. In the past, the average download speed in Makkah reached 44 Mbps - a
rise of 67% over the previous year.
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