Al-Sawaha praises pioneering partnership between NEOM and OneWeb

Al-Sawaha praises pioneering partnership between NEOM and OneWeb

RIYADH — Minister of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Space Commission (SSC), Eng. Abdullah Bin Amer Al-Sawaha announced a pioneering partnership between NEOM and OneWeb company worth $200 million will provide a satellite network that will change the face of broadband Internet throughout the Middle East and Africa, enabling new business models. In a dialogue session entitled “Connection of Digital Economy to Space Economy”, as part of the activities of the 5th edition of the Future Investment Initiative conference, Eng. Al-Sawaha said, “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's presidency of G20 last year took it upon itself to reduce the digital gap, because we do not accept the exclusion of billions of people from participating in the digital economy due to their inability to connect to the Internet, and we do not accept that the school digital experience offered to a child living in a remote area is less than the one we all enjoy.” He explained that the Saudi space sector constitutes a great opportunity for investors, indicating that the large area of the Kingdom and its proximity to the equator make it an ideal location for launching satellites, expecting