China Mobile Communications Corporation, the world’s largest mobile carrier by subscribers, has entered the UAE market to provide information and communication technology (ICT) services in collaboration with etisalat and du. Find out more about China mobile in Dubai below.

The Hong Kong-headquartered company’s subsidiary — China Mobile International (CMI) — opened its Middle East office at Dubai Internet City on Tuesday.

Li Feng, chairman and chief executive officer of China Mobile International (CMI, said that China maintains close ties with the UAE and the Middle East.

“With the opening of the office, we can bridge the gap between China and the Middle East. With the support of the government and local companies, we can share resources and improve the 5G, IoT , Big Data and AI operations to end users in the region,” he said.

China Mobile is etisalat and du’s international roaming partners and the world’s largest mobile network operator with 912 million customers, followed by Vodafone with close to 500 million customers and Airtel with close to 400 million customers.

In line with the Belt and Road Initiative to build trade routes between China and the countries in Central Asia, Europe and Indo-Pacific countries, he said that there are a lot of Chinese enterprises here and there is a need to support them and give them the same level of services they are provided in China.

“In China, we have advanced IoT technologies and the best facial recognition cameras developed. Either we can sell it here or the telecom operators can label it and sell it. We are considering a data centre here but it is still under evaluation,” he said.

Being a market leader, Ammar Malik, managing director of Dubai Internet City and Dubai Outsource City, said that China Mobile fits directly with the objective of attracting disruptors and innovators.