du and Dubai Silicon Oasis Elevate Dubai Digital Park to Smart City Hub

du, a part of Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), and Dubai Silicon Oasis have joined forces to enhance the smart services offered at Dubai Digital Park. This collaboration aims to elevate Dubai Digital Park to the status of the city’s first integrated smart hub, providing a transformative digital experience for residents, visitors, and employees. Leveraging du’s technology, Dubai Digital Park will integrate over 20 new smart services into its existing portfolio of 60, fostering a holistic, responsive, and integrated platform for district management.

Jasim Al Awadi, Chief ICT Officer (Acting) at du, expressed the company’s commitment to driving digital transformation in the UAE. The partnership with Dubai Silicon Oasis is seen as instrumental in creating a connected and smart city. The collaboration will bring forth advanced technologies, including signage and wayfinding screens, smart parking solutions, smart access, wireless sensing networks, and a comprehensive community portal, revolutionizing everyday living in Dubai Digital Park.

Abduljalil Mohammad Al Abbasi, Senior Vice President – Planning & Design at DIEZ, highlighted the collaborative effort to provide world-class smart services aligned with Dubai Digital Park’s status as the city’s first integrated smart hub. The initiative supports the UAE’s Net Zero by 2050 strategic initiative and coincides with the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference 2023 (COP28) in Dubai.

As part of the collaboration, du oversaw the end-to-end functional delivery of key components, including on-premise co-location space, servers for data hosting, fixed network structures, fibre connections, Wi-Fi UAE, teleworking capabilities, and WSN Sensors for monitoring various aspects such as noise levels, air quality, water quality, flood, weather, and traffic. The integration also includes voice communication services (IP telephony) to ensure seamless operations.

The implementation of enterprise energy management solutions, an Operations Management System (OMS), reporting and analytics capabilities, enterprise application integration, a network management system, and an Integrated Building Management System (IBMS) will contribute to efficient district management and operations at Dubai Digital Park. The collaborative effort reflects a strategic drive towards digitalization and increased efficiency in preparation for COP28 and beyond.