Tata Communications, Zain KSA to offer smart city solutions to Saudi Arabia

Tata Communications and Zain KSA have entered into a strategic engagement to fuel digital transformation journeys of enterprises and government organisations in Saudi Arabia. With this collaboration the combined ecosystems will deliver solutions and platforms to remodel cities with smart street lighting, smart waste management, connected workplace, healthcare and connected cars.

The project to bring smart street lighting solution is for one of the key cities in the kingdom. Tata Communications IoT ecosystem will provide the hardware, platform, application and insights while Zain KSA will expand the footprint with its business-to-business (B2B) offerings through joint projects related to software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) and global contact centres, as well as the application of smart transport and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions enabling smart waste handling, smart metering and other smart city use cases.

“This is a milestone project for Tata Communications for transforming the city into an intelligent and energy efficient metropolis, reducing its carbon footprint and charting the path for other cities to replicate,” said Vaneet Mehta, region head, Middle East, Central Asia and Africa, Tata Communications.

“The confluence of reliable connectivity, agility and trust will converge to better serve communities, businesses and governments. Together we will strengthen the digital core of the country to reinforce Saudi Vision 2030 and provide businesses the tools to embrace innovation and disruption to succeed in a rapidly evolving environment, commented Eng Saad A. Al-Sadhan, chief business and wholesale officer, Zain KSA.

The Tata Communications and Zain KSA strategic engagement will serve Saudi’s enterprises and government institutions with advanced technologies such as IoT, 5G, low range wide area network, managed security services, SDWAN and many others. It will also support environmental sustainability measures and digital transformation of the region.