Batelco Chief Executive Bahrain Rashid Abdulla and Korea Telecom Executive Vice President and Head of Global Enterprise Sales Department Sang Wook Kim signed the agreement at a ceremony held at Batelco Headquarters in Hamala, Bahrain.
The agreement will benefit Batelco by enhancing the Company’s competitiveness in the marketplace by exploring innovative Smart Cities solutions utilising the state-of-the-art communication infrastructure which Batelco has invested in over many years.
Batelco’s Chief Executive Bahrain Rashid Abdulla said that Batelco was very pleased to join forces with a global leader such as Korea Telecom to explore Smart Cities services for Bahrain.
“Korea Telecom is a very well known name in this field with a proven record in delivering Smart Cities services in other locations and we are delighted to have the opportunity to benefit from their expertise and knowhow to support our goals.”
Sang Wook Kim said that Korea Telecom was delighted to enter into this MoU with Bahrain’s leading communications company and that they looked forward to the development of a cooperative and mutually beneficial relationship.
“We also look forward to delivering our experience and knowledge in the domain of Smart Cities to support Batelco’s efforts in exploring innovative services which will ultimately benefit the whole Kingdom of Bahrain.”