2020.07.01. ARAB NEWS

Saudi investment company Batik has entered into a contract with Huawei to launch a smart city project across Saudi Arabia. The Smart City Solutions Company (SC2), part of the Riyadh-based Batik Investments and Logistics Co. Group, is China's technology giant Huawei and areas such as parking, transportation, energy, lighting, and waste. Collaborate on smart projects that deal with.

Batik already has contracts with major smart cities in the eastern region, which is part of the 25 billion Rial (about $13 million) project that will be under way for 3 years.

“SC2 and Huawei will cooperate in supplying the market with a model and integrated service portfolio for customized smart city operations,” said Adnan Al-Morshid, SC2 chief executive officer. “One of the first projects under this agreement is Dammam's parking lot project. to be. SC2 will be in charge of the control centers of Khobar, Dammam and Dhahran and modern parking lots.”

Saudi Arabia is investing heavily in smart cities to modernize the economy and provide technology-focused, high value-added jobs to young people. This is part of an effort to diversify the economic structure without relying on oil.

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs launched the nation's first smart city program. The first phase covers 17 cities, accounting for 72% of the Saudi population.

In addition, in 2017, Saudi Arabia announced plans to build a'city of the future beyond borders' called NEOM in Tabuk province in the northwest.

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