As part of their efforts to raise awareness on 3.5G services, Mobily, Ericsson and Sony Ericsson organized 'Jeddah Forum for 3.5G Technology and Beyond', which was held on 2nd April under the patronage of Prince Meshaal Bin Majid, Governor of Jeddah, and the presence of the Mayor of Jeddah and Mobily's CEO.The forum which lasted for one day, aimed at promoting awareness on 3G services, shed light on new services and presented the future value added services of generations to come. A number of Mobily and Ericsson experts spoke about 3.5G services during the forum, which was attended by mobile and IT specialists and the media.
During Jeddah Forum, Mr. Khalid Alkaf, CEO of Mobily spoke about his company's achievements on 3.5 services, referring to the rapid growth of Mobily in acquiring more subscribers to the services of 3G which exceeded half million subscribers in less than eight months ranking Mobily as number one 3G operator in the Kingdom, and number two in the Middle East.
In his presentation, Mr. Kasuis Meddeler, VP Marketing and Strategies of Ericsson in the Middle East touched on the premium services of 3G and 3.5G, and elaborating on the future of the mobile broadband worldwide. Demos of 3.5 services like HSDPA, video telephony, video streaming were showcased.
It is worthy to mention here that Ericsson has been deploying the 3G network of Mobily in the Western Province of Saudi Arabia, which include Jeddah, Makkah, and Madinah, in addition to major contracts signed between the two companies in deploying the GSM network in the Central Province. Mobily has been active in running programs to the public designed to promote awareness of various services like 3G, blackberry, etc, and participating in all the major telecom and IT exhibitions.
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