Under the patronage of H.E. Eng. Abdullah Alswaha, Minister of Communications and Information Technology and Chairman of the Commission's Board, the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC, now the Communications, Space and Technology Commission) organized, in cooperation with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the virtual international symposium “Spectrum for IMT-2020 and Beyond: Fostering Commercial and Innovative Use” on 8–10 December 2020.
More than 70 speakers took part, including senior officials and specialists from government, private-sector and academic entities concerned with modern wireless technologies in 20 countries.
The symposium was opened by the Minister and by ITU Secretary-General Houlin Zhao, with keynote addresses from H.E. Dr. Mohammed bin Saud Altamimi, Governor of CITC, and Mario Maniewicz, Director of the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau.
During the event, the Governor announced that the Commission would release more than 10 GHz of spectrum for commercial and innovative use over the following five years and was preparing a forward-looking roadmap for these uses.
The symposium was held as part of the National Spectrum Strategy 2025, with the aim of aligning global efforts and visions and activating the role of spectrum in advancing digital transformation in the Kingdom and worldwide.
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Start Date
8/12/2020
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2:30 PM
End Date
10/12/2020
Hijri Date
23/04/1442 AH
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