The Minister of Communications and Information Technology Amr Talaat and the Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Houlin Zhao have signed an agreement to host the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-19) and the Radiocommunication Assembly (RA-19) from October 21st to November 26th in Sharm El-Sheikh.
The ITU Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) WRC is one of the most important international forums organized by the ITU, where most heads of regulatory bodies worldwide and key players in spectrum management participate. During the conference, a spectrum is allocated for 5G mobile technology, sparking the spread of 5G services around the world, along with the development of Internet of Things (IoT) technology, cloud computing, and Artificial Intelligence (AI). 5G shall spur the spread and development of these technologies to work together leading all countries of the world towards digital transformation.