July 13 (SeeNews) - Chinese telecommunications equipment and services company Huawei plans to launch a project for the development of smart tourism in Serbia, the Serbian government has said.
Huawei intends to set up a joint team with the Serbian government to carry out the project, which will enable greater visibility of the country on the global tourist map and facilitate the arrival of foreign tourists, the government said in a statement on Thursday.
Serbia is satisfied with its cooperation with Huawei and the modernisation of the country's fixed telecommunications network carried out in cooperation with state-run operator Telekom Srbije, trade minister Rasim Ljajic said.
In November, Serbia's prime minister Ana Brnabic has said Huawei has expressed interest towards supporting the country in developing a system of electronic government.
Serbia's government said in May Huawei plans to start offering the Smart City solution in Serbia. The solution incorporates cloud, network, and platform technologies to sense, analyse, and converge key data from city operations and management systems so that managers can intelligently respond to a variety of governance, livelihood, and business needs.