The collaboration focuses on enabling small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), including retailers, streamlining operations, increasing efficiency and eliminating digital barriers.
e&uae, U ae's flagship telecom arm, and Honeywell A global leader in industrial automation, today announced the signing of the Performance Partner Program Agreement to deploy pre-configured mobile-first 5G and AI-enabled solutions tailored to the private sector of the UAE.
The collaboration focuses on enabling small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), including retailers, streamlining operations, increasing efficiency and eliminating digital barriers. The companies plan to offer packaged, easily deployable digital tools that eliminate the complexity of traditional IT and simplify digital transformation across sectors.
“Collaboration with Honeywell allows E&'s robust 5G infrastructure and AI capabilities to accelerate SMB's digital conversion by combining Honeywell's deep industrial expertise. Together, we offer an intelligent, connected solution that allows SMB customers to optimize operations, increase safety and lock new levels of efficiency in real time. ”
– Fady Shanaah, Senior Vice President of Enterprise Sales, E&UAE
“Through this strategic collaboration with E&, we leverage Honeywell's technology and E&'s 5G capabilities to enable digital transformation, simplify complexity and drive smarter and faster operations.
– George Boo Mitri, President, Honeywell Industrial Automation Middle East, Türkiye, Africa, Central Asia
Bringing AI and 5G power to the field
This collaboration connects E&'s secure 4G/5G network infrastructure with machine-to-machine (M2M) with Honeywell's industrial hardware, automation software, and AI analytics platform. The result is a suite of instantly deployable mobile-first solutions that allow field teams and business users to work smarter directly from their mobile devices, without relying on back-office systems. Important products include:
- Connected Workforce Solutions: Honeywell's mobile devices feature E&'s secure 4G/5G M2M connectivity, offering a seamless “device” as a service offering, allowing field workers to operate with logistics, facility management, maintenance and inspection without dependencies.
- Plug and Play Digital Kit for SMB: You need a zero IT infrastructure with mobile-first kits (inventory, sales, asset management, etc.) that digitize your core workflows. These kits, which drive E&' devices as service (DAAS) models, allow small and medium-sized businesses to adopt enterprise-grade tools at just a small portion of their cost and complexity.
- AI-driven reports and dashboards: Built-in analytics and AI-driven dashboards deliver real-time performance data and predictive insights, enabling smarter and faster decision-making.
- Smart barcode and QR code integration: Accurate app-based scanning and labeling tools to replace manual documents, reduce errors, and improve speed, accuracy, and quality of service.
- Vertical Industry Solutions: Customized sector-specific solutions for SMB use cases, including logistics hubs, facility management, and field services.
As Middle Eastern companies double their adoption of AI, digitalisation and growth, the E&-Honeywell collaboration is set up to directly support these efforts with mobile-enabled automation tools that do not require back-end infrastructure.
From facility monitoring and asset tracking to real-time field inspection and automated logistics, solutions developed under this collaboration are designed for immediate deployment and measurable results, removing complexity and reducing barriers to digital entry.
