Huawei Successfully Holds 2018 Global Smart City Summit Helping Central and Eastern Europe Go Digital

[Sofia, Bulgaria, July 6, 2018] Today Huawei held the 2018 Global Smart City Summit and announced cooperation with Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. The cooperation will cover domains such as smart city, transportation, and education, and is aimed at promoting digital transformation and development of the digital economy in these countries.

Attendees visited the Huawei booth at Hilton Sophia and were briefed on Huawei's development in Central and Eastern Europe, learning about Huawei's innovative ICT solutions for smart city, smart transportation, smart education, video cloud, 5G, and national broadband. Huawei shared innovative practices in digital transformation, and showcased achievements in national digital talent development.

As the world goes digital, Huawei will apply cutting-edge solutions to develop digital talent for the ICT industry and digital economy, working with Central and Eastern Europe to cultivate more industry talent and helping to enable CEE countries to maximize the value of digitization.

Edwin Diender, Vice President of Government & Public Utility Sector, Huawei Enterprise Business Group, said: "We are entering an intelligent world where all things can sense, all things are connected, and all things are intelligent. ICT will be an enabler for the coming intelligent world. Huawei is committed to continuous innovation to meet customer needs. We will conduct joint innovation and develop smart solutions with CEE countries based on our strengths in ICT technology and R&D. Together, we will enable digital transformation and build a fully connected, intelligent world."

Since entering the CEE market 15 plus years ago, Huawei has worked with local enterprises in the consumer electronics, communications, education, transportation, energy, and finance industries and actively cooperated with governments in smart city construction. Over the past five years, Huawei has cultivated more than 15,000 ICT talents in 16 CEE countries, in a bid to cultivate skilled talent for the development of the digital economy and digital transformation in these countries.