Huawei has launched OpenLab Dubai, its first one to serve customers and partners in the Middle East, and an important part of Huawei's Global OpenLab program. OpenLab Dubai is committed to providing innovative solutions for IoT, cloud computing, big data, intelligent analysis, eLTE, converged communications and other new technologies to build public safety, smart city, oil and gas solutions, and has attracted YITU, Zenith, Walkbase, 7G , IOmniscient, Nedap, Richfit and more than 20 other partners.
With a platform and ecosystem, to accelerate the Middle East digital transformation of the industry, OpenLab Dubai brings together partners and customers from around the world to discuss the importance of collaboration in the development of a local digital ecosystem.
Huawei plans to add seven new OpenLabs in 2017, and in the next three years will invest US$ 200 million and hire nearly 1,000 people, bringing the total number of OpenLabs to 20 by the year 2019.
At the launch ceremony, Mr. Fan Siyong, President of Public Sector, Huawei, said, “The digital transformation is causing disruption across every industry. Huawei has established OpenLabs across the world with the theme ‘platform + ecosystem’, and is committed to working with global multi-specialty and industry partners to build customer-centric, innovative industry solutions to promote digital transformation and promote ecosystem development through the creation of an 'open, flexible and safe’ platform that fully supports the ecosystem.”
Huawei is committed to helping governments and enterprises in the Middle East to rely on new ICT technology and applications to maintain steady growth, achieve excellence and enhance the competitiveness of the ICT industry in the region.
Huawei’s OpenLab Dubai was built based on local market demands, talents, and technologies, and will focus on cooperation between enterprises, services, partners and customers in the Middle East.
