Zain
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ZainTECH, the digital solution provider of Zain Group, has entered a share purchase agreement (SPA) with Redington, a technology solutions provider, to acquire Citrus Consulting. -
Ooredoo, Zain and TASC Towers have signed a US$2.2 billion agreement to create the largest tower company in the MENA region.
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The 30,000 site towerco would be the biggest in MENA and combine Zain, Ooredoo and TASC’s assets across six markets.
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Zain Group and Omantel have launched a joint venture to offer international wholesale services to customers worldwide.
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China Mobile International (CMI) and Mobile Telecommunications Saudi Company (Zain KSA) have entered into a memorandum of understanding for an 'all-around partnership'.
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AST SpaceMobile has signed a memorandum of understanding with a branch of Zain to expand satellite service to mobile phones.
Forthcoming events
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Zain Iraq has entered into a 15-year agreement to sell and leaseback management rights of the passive physical infrastructure of its 4,698 tower portfolio in the country to TASC Towers Iraq for US$180 million.
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Kuwait-based telco Zain is expanding into enterprise cloud services by buying a managed provider, Bios Middle East, based in Dubai.
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More than a decade after South Sudan won independence from Sudan, local operations of Zain and MTN are continuing to pay licence fees to the government of Sudan.
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Kuwait-based Zain has increased its second-quarter profit by 22%, with revenue up 14% year-on-year.
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Zain confirms the successful completion of the first live trial in the region of open and cloud virtual radio access network (Open cRAN) in Kuwait.
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Huawei will work with top Middle Eastern operators as it bids to create self-starting networks via its IntelligentRAN solution.
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Zain has become the first telco to commercially launch voice over 5G (Vo5G) services.
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In this episode of the Digital Digest we roundup the biggest stories of the week from tax wrangles in PNG to a series of new exchanges in the GCC.
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Zain Global Connect (ZGC), the wholesale carrier subsidiary of Zain Group, is connecting the Middle East to Europe with the J2M subsea cable system.
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Zain Group has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Huawei to accelerate its migration from 4G to 5G including 5.5G innovation.
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Six big-name players from across the Middle East have made a public pledge to reduce carbon footprints through their operations.
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TIP and Intel have joined forced with operators from across the Middle East to establish the region’s "first Open RAN centralised test lab".
