Ericsson and the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology have teamed up to explore and develop industrial applications of 5G. The first use case for production of jet engine components for MTU Aero Engines is currently being evaluated and is presented this week (April 23-27) at the Hanover Fair in Germany.

Read more: Ericsson partners with research institute to test industrial applications of 5G

Global technology company SAP announced today a new investment plan to catalyze Egypt Vision 2030's nationwide digitization and Smart Cities, and support economic, social, and environmental transformation, according the newly-appointed Managing Director of SAP Egypt.

Read more: SAP announces investment plan to accelerate Egypt Vision 2030

Chinese telecommunications vendor ZTE has vowed to protect its company and its employees and declared it would utilize all the tools at his disposal to ensure it continues to serve its operators, partners and suppliers despite the export ban issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Read more: ZTE vows to fulfill needs of operators and partners despite US ban

Qualcomm Incorporated announced that Qualcomm and NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) at the request of the Ministry of Commerce in China (MOFCOM) have withdrawn and refiled the notice of acquisition regarding the companies' planned combination.

Read more: Qualcomm and NXP withdraw and refile application for Chinese regulatory approval

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) and Huawei, a leading global ICT solutions provider, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enable the national cadre in ICT and promote innovation and entrepreneurship in the sector to push the growth and development of the kingdom, and achieve the goals of Saudi Vision 2030 and the National Transformation Plan 2020.

Read more: KSA Ministry of Communications and IT signs MoU with Huawei

As technology continues to develop and networks become increasingly advanced, experts across the ICT industry largely agree that smart manufacturing will come to represent the biggest portion of market revenues for internet of things (IoT) in the coming years. Smart manufacturing is dependent on industrial automation, which relies heavily on the use of robots and machine intelligence; meaning that the factories of the future will be built on the digitalization of the manufacturing process and plants, which will be enabled by 5G networks and all their building blocks.

Read more: Ericsson: Untapped opportunities of 5G industrial automation in the Middle East and Africa

5G took center stage at this year's Mobile World Congress, and for good reason: recent developments indicate that this revolutionary network is no longer a distant dream. The dawn of 5G will have reverberations across the world, but particularly in Lebanon, which is set to unlock the benefits of the digital transformation and gain enormously from 5G.

Read more: Leading the future direction of the 5G industry closer to digital Lebanon

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