Dubai South, a single-urban master development focusing on aviation, logistics and real estate has announced a partnership with Huawei to adopt and develop innovative digital technologies and solutions to enable intelligent, connected and sustainable communications infrastructure, data management, smart transportation, operations, security and other related services at Dubai South.
The memorandum of understanding (MOU), was signed at the Dubai Airshow by HE Khalifa Al Zaffin, Executive Chairman of Dubai Aviation Corporation and Dubai South and Jerry Liu, CEO – Huawei UAE.
Innovation and investment
Speaking on the agreement, HE Khalifa Al Zaffin, said, “Dubai’s status as a worldwide communication hub has been activated and achieved through its relentless efforts towards innovation and investment in cutting-edge technology. The collaboration with Huawei enables us to build a connected aviation community capable of supporting sophisticated services that cater to the future of transportation and mobility. We are certain that our valued partners and customers will benefit from cutting-edge infrastructure through which they can offer bespoke services to their clients.”
Jerry Liu added, “Huawei’s solutions already power some of the most prominent airport projects in the UAE. This partnership is yet another milestone in the pipeline of Huawei solutions that help develop regional economies through the latest digital technologies, underpinned by strong cybersecurity design that can address hot-button, board-level concerns, such as ransomware. Eventually, this project will set the benchmark for other connected communities towards the region’s rapid digitalisation.”
Smart transportation
As part of the creation of a smart transportation system, Dubai South will deploy a fully connected, high-bandwidth, low-latency private network for massive machine interactions using Huawei’s technology. Huawei’s will also assist in the design of an advanced integrated operations centre for centralised monitoring and control operations, traffic, security and other services. The two partners will also explore innovative smart transportation solutions to support a mixed-traffic, intelligent transport system for autonomous and driver-assisted vehicles.
Alongside the smart transportation system, Dubai South and Huawei will consider potential collaboration on an AI-enabled operational platform for diverse stakeholders, including aviation, logistics, education and training, leisure and hospitality and other sectors for operational purposes. The two organisations will also develop and promote unified international cybersecurity standards to safeguard digital transformation projects.
Huawei recently released their 2021 results and outlined their aims for the coming year.
