Tamimi, Chief Operating Officer at Mobily, receives the award from Khalid Al-Moammar, president of Al Moammar Information Systems Co., dealer of Esri in Saudi Arabia, on behalf of Esri, at the former's office in Riyadh last Wednesday.RIYADH – Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) received the Excellence award in geographic information systems application from the American company Esri which specialized in digital geographic information systems (GIS). The award comes in recognition of achieving geographic information systems applications for optical fiber communications network in Saudi Arabia. Engineer Abdulaziz Al-Tamimi, Chief Operating Officer at Mobily, received the award from Khalid Al-Moammar, president of Al Moammar Information Systems Co., dealer of Esri in Saudi Arabia, on behalf of Esri, after visiting him at his office in Riyadh last Wednesday. Digital Geographic Maps System or Geographic Information System (GIS) application is one of the most important tools of communication through optical fiber cables for both voice calls and data transfer in Saudi Arabia. The great importance of this system will emerge upon starting of construction projects and maintenance of underground paths both for telecoms, electricity, water and other public utilities to avoid disrupting any vital service to other service sectors. Commenting on winning this prestigious award, Engineer Al-Tamimi said: " We strive to always apply the latest world's technologies in all areas of communications to maintain the best level in providing services, this award reflects Mobily's keenness to apply modern technology in completing its projects in cooperation with other related public parties in order to reduce working period for ourselves and for other parties." Esri presents this award for the first time for the telecom sector in Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, although this system is provided by many other companies around the world, but Esri is the leading company in this area of technology and that is why Mobily chose to deal with them for the supply of this advanced system.
