Through the partnership e& UAE and Ankabut will expand capacity for advanced research, cloud connectivity, AI workloads and collaboration with global research networks.
e& UAE and Ankabut have renewed their agreement to strengthen and modernize the infrastructure of the country’s education and research ecosystem. The next phase of the partnership will expand capacity for advanced research, cloud connectivity, AI workloads and collaboration with global research networks.
Abdulla Ebrahim Al Ahmed, Chief Government & VVIP Relations Officer, e& UAE, said: “True digital transformation in education requires us to look beyond traditional network solutions. We are proud to serve as the trusted architect of this secure, scalable, and resilient AI-ready foundation. By integrating Ankabut’s educational network with e&’s world-class connectivity and local AI hyperscalers, we are creating a powerful catalyst for home-grown innovation. This private education network will ensure that our academic institutions have sovereign, secure access to the world’s most advanced AI tools and collaborative platforms.”
e& UAE, Ankabut Partnership Highlights
As AI adoption accelerates across the education sector, academic institutions require high-capacity networks to support AI model training, deep learning inference and data-intensive workloads. The new private education network will connect campuses directly with local AI hyperscalers and cloud environments, helping researchers handle intensive workloads and large datasets. The companies said the network is also designed to reduce the impact of congestion, bandwidth constraints and latency.
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Tarek Jundi, CEO, Ankabut, said: “We are witnessing the next evolution of research. With high-performance computing and data-intensive collaboration becoming central to modern knowledge, we need to move beyond just connecting institutions and become the digital backbone that enables secure and sovereign data research. This collaboration with e& UAE marks Ankabut’s progression in the ecosystem that helps strengthen the country’s capabilities for years to come.”
The partnership also extends connectivity to international research and education networks. UAE-based academic institutions will be able to collaborate on international research initiatives through Ankabut’s NREN (National Research and Education Network), which provides high-performance data exchange between UAE institutions, global research networks and UAE cloud service providers.
Disclaimer: This article is based on a joint official announcement by e& UAE and Ankabut, and has been edited for length and readability. Details about initiatives, investments, and programmes are provided by the companies.
