Msheireb Properties, a subsidiary of Qatar Foundation and a key sustainable developer, said it has signed up Meeza, a leading IT solutions and services firm, to provide smart city solutions.

Msheireb Properties, a subsidiary of Qatar Foundation and a key sustainable developer, said it has signed up Meeza, a leading IT solutions and services firm, to provide the company with a system integrator service.

This is a strategic step encompassing wide range agreements to create an Integrator environment with the best smart cities solutions at Msheireb Downtown Doha (MDD), said Abdulla Hassan Al-Mehshadi, the chief executive of Msheireb Properties after signing the deal with Meeza CEO Ghada P. El Rassi.

As per the contract, Meeza will provide MDD with all information technology, and integrator systems for all design, operation and maintenance processes.

Al Mehshadi said the partnership enables the group to achieve all specifications of a smart city as information communication technology (ICT) will provide the competitive edge required to create a modern urban community here in Doha within the context of Arab culture and traditions.

"The MSI will enable Msheireb to provide integrated services, information systems and applications that will connect consumers, retail, and the wider business community while monitoring an exhaustive range of information analytics to provide an intelligent, mobile and secure environment at MDD. This means citizens, residents and guests in Qatar will have the opportunity to experience technology second to none when visiting the world’s first downtown urban regeneration project," he added.

El Rassi said the partnership marks the start of a new era in the development of smart cities across the region and beyond.

"It brings about local domain technology knowledge coupled with leading multi-national partnerships under the umbrella of a Qatari governance framework," she noted.

"The level of sophistication and the vast number of services to be rendered at the residential, commercial and administrative levels form a matrix of interdependencies that will be served best by our unique position as an IT services provider and a systems integrator," she added.-TradeArabia News Service