Ooredoo wins award at ‘Broadband World Forum 2017’ in Germany

Ooredoo has won the ‘Best Smart City Collaboration’ award for its collaboration with the Lusail Real Estate Development Company on Lusail City at the recent ‘Broadband World Forum 2017’ held in Germany. One of Qatar’s largest developers, Lusail Real Estate Development Company is building Lusail City, Qatar’s showcase greenfield smart city. Ooredoo is deploying fixed-line broadband networks in Lusail City, which will enable innovative smart government and municipal services such as intelligent transport, smart metering and irrigation, and smart parking.Ooredoo COO Yousuf Abdulla al-Kubaisi said: “Winning the ‘Best Smart City Collaboration’ award at the Broadband World Forum is a major milestone for Ooredoo. We are committed to providing the country’s best-in-class networks and services to transform daily lives in Lusail City, and sharing global best practices to enhance Qatar’s global standing as a leading Smart City innovator.”Across Qatar, Ooredoo has built the best national broadband network with up to 10Gbps to facilitate smart services for household and enterprise users.Ooredoo and Lusail Real Estate Development Company have also developed world-class smart city and smart services guidelines, ensuring services are aligned to infrastructure.Lusail Real Estate Development Company CEO Essa Mohamed Ali Kaldari said: “Building a smart city requires collaboration across stakeholders. Lusail City is seeing strong success thanks to our partnerships with Ooredoo, government agencies, and citizens in laying the foundation for next-generation citizen services. Ooredoo’s broadband networks enable Lusail City to become one of the world’s most advanced smart cities.”In the coming months, Ooredoo is set to finalise a smart city platform for real-time data analysis of smart services, leading to more efficient operations and faster response times. In Lusail City, Ooredoo and Lusail Real Estate Development Company are also rolling-out a smart metering pilot project for real-time utilities monitoring.Qatar’s business customers can leverage the Ooredoo Advantage, making Ooredoo ‘Best for Business’, thanks to its breadth and depth of talent, best fixed and mobile networks, broadest portfolio of ICT services and solutions, and trusted partner for 60 years.