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| Huawei, ITU to Promote ICT Development in Developing Countries Huawei Technologies has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to jointly promote ICT development in developing countries. The MOU was signed by Mr. Sami Al-Basheer, Director of Bureau of Development of Telecommunication of ITU, and Mr. Fan Hui, Vice President of Huawei at the Connect Africa Summit held in Kigali, Rwanda from 29th-30th October. Under the MOU, Huawei and ITU will work together to improve connectivity in rural and remote areas in emerging markets, as well as to close gaps in broadband backbone networks. Both parties will also co-operate to improve interconnection between regions, and develop local telecoms expertise by offering training programs focusing on the maintenance of established networks. These initiatives will be implemented based on an analysis of existing and planned infrastructure. As a first step, the two parties will use Huawei's existing training centers in India and Nigeria to provide telecommunications training for local talent. Huawei operates 22 training centers across the world, with 12 strategically located in developing countries including India, Nigeria and Egypt. In line with this, Huawei also donated telecommunication equipment worth USD $130,000 to the Rwandan government, to provide quality broadband services in support of the Connect Africa Summit. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Networking News :: home page |