Riyadh, April 01, 2020, SPA -- Governor of the Communications and Information Technology Commission Dr. Mohammed bin Saud Al-Tamimi participated today in the virtual meeting of the United Nations Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development. The leaders of the communications and information technology sector from various governmental, international and private agencies took part in the meeting to discuss ways to harness technology to combat the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). During the meeting, Dr. Al-Tamimi delivered a speech in which he expressed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's keenness and commitment to combat this pandemic through taking precautionary and preventive measures. He pointed out that the safe communication has become an important requirement today, in light of the of applying the remote work procedures taken by most countries, noting that the Kingdom witnessed during the last short period an increasing demand for communications and information technology services. He also affirmed that the Kingdom has taken early measures to harness technology to serve many social and economic fields. --SPA 22:07 LOCAL TIME 19:07 GMT 0051 www.spa.gov.sa/w1299360