Vision 2030 empowers digital economy to support ICT projects

RIYADH: The World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), concluded on Tuesday, where Saudi Arabia chaired one of the conference’s five most important committees to define the scope of the ITU telecommunication development sector.

“For so long, the Saudi government has been aware of the importance of the ICT sector, which empowers the digital economy that supports ICT projects as part of the Vision 2030,” said Majid bin Mohammed Al-Mazyad, deputy governor of the Communication and Information Technology Commission for infrastructure and technology, and head of the Saudi delegation.

Al-Mazyad demonstrated some of Vision 2030’s programs that have relevant strategic goals. These include: Infrastructure development, advancing broadband solutions and promoting advanced technologies.

“The Saudi ICT market is the region’s largest telecommunications market,” he said. “Around $35 billion was spent on telecommunications and information technology services in 2016, with a growth rate of more than 8 percent compared to 2015.”

The WTDC is one of the main conferences of the ITU and is held once every four years. This year, more than 1,400 experts from 134 countries participated in the conference. innovation in