BROWSING: Zain

Zain KSA recently said it aims to accelerate the deployment of 5G-Advanced (5G-A) services from 2024 Saudi carrier Zain KSA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nokia with the aim of collaborating on 5G cloud RAN infrastructure, the former said in a release. Through the...

Zain initially launched 5G-A services last year in capital Riyadh Saudi Arabia telco Zain aims to accelerate the deployment of 5G-Advanced (5G-A) services from 2024, the carrier’s engineering executive general manager Mohammed Abdulazis AlNujaidi said. The telco launched 5G-A services last year. The initial launch took...

Zain Kuwait also tested Ultra-Reliable Low Latency Communication (URLLC) Zain Kuwaut said it has achieved speeds of 10 Gigabits per second after completing a 5.5G technology trial on its network in partnership with Chinese vendor Huawei. The Middle East telco said it was the first operator...

Huawei said that RedCap connections are expected to exceed 100 million within the next three years DUBAI- UNITED ARAB EMIRATES—Reduced Capability (RedCap) technology has already entered large-scale commercial use at a global level as over 10 carriers from seven countries have piloted the technology, Chinese...

Rakuten Symphony said the agreement stipulates the deployment of private networks in six Asian markets MWC, Barcelona—Axiata Enterprise, which is a business solutions company owned by Asian mobile telecommunications conglomerate Axiata, and Japanese company Rakuten Symphony have inked an agreement under which the latter will...

AST SpaceMobile CEO has said goal is to 'close the connectivity gaps that negatively impact billions of lives' AST SpaceMobile, a satellite operator which is based in the U.S., has entered two new partnerships: One with Kuwaiti operator Zain, and another with Brazil’s TIM. In the...

  Indian company Tata Communications and Saudi Arabia operator Zain KSA announced they have entered a strategic engagement to carry out smart city initiatives in Saudi Arabia. With this collaboration the partners will deliver solutions and platforms to remodel cities with smart street lighting, smart waste...

This article is continued from a previous entry, covering key NB-IoT deployments 1-5, which is available here. Both are taken from a new report, entitled NB-IoT – what has gone wrong, and when will it go right? The full report is available here. A...

Etisalat, STC, Zain, Mobily, and du, commit to deploying Open RAN Major global operators seem committed to overhauling radio access network deployment models with a quintet of Middle Eastern operators signing a memorandum of understanding "to push forward the implementation of...Open RAN solutions in...

  Saudi Arabian telco Mobily announced a partnership with Ericsson to trial 5G on the 800/1800 MHz band using Ericsson Spectrum Sharing technology. The trial showed 5G capabilities in a real-world environment over a live network, including tests of speed and latency, the vendor said in...

Saudi Arabian carrier Zain KSA has accelerated the rollout of 5G services in the country with new deployments in the cities of Qurayyat, Ras Tanura and Tabarjal, the telco said in a release. With these latest deployments, Zain KSA’s 5G network now covers 38 cities...

  Telecom operator Zain Saudi Arabia ended 2019 with a total of 2,600 5G towers across the country, the telco said in a release. Zain Saudi Arabia Vice-Chairman Bader Al Kharafi said that these 5G towers enabled the operator to offer commercial 5G services in 26...

  Saud Arabia’s Communication and Information Technology Commission (CITC) expects to award two mobile virtual network operator licenses for foreign operators interested in investing in the Saudi telecom market, a spokesperson at CITC told RCR Wireless News. The spokesperson said that the two licenses will be...

Zain planning 2,000 5G towers in initial rollout Mobile operators in Saudi Arabia have been accelerating the deployment of 5G networks across the Kingdom during the second half of 2019 after the government awarded spectrum for the provision of this technology. In November, Middle East telecom...

Ericsson now has more than 70 commercial 5G agreements Zain has selected Ericsson to modernize its network in Bahrain from LTE to 5G. Ericsson is providing 3GPP standards-based 5G New Radio (NR) hardware and software from its Ericsson Radio System portfolio, as well as the...

Initial focus is on 5G for 20 cities supported by 2,000 towers Middle East telecom group Zain has launched commercial 5G operations in Saudi Arabia, the telco said in a release. Zain said that the first phase of its 5G rollout program stipulates the deployment of...

  One of the agreements stipulated the implementation of Nokia’s WING platform for the delivery of IoT solutions for enterprises   Nokia and Zain Saudi Arabia have signed two memorandums of understanding that will enable the Arab carrier to launch IoT services and applications and provide end-to-end...

  Ericsson will provide SAP’s HANA in-memory platform for this smart meter project   Kuwait's Ministry of Electricity and Water has announced a new smart meter project which will connect hundreds of thousands of buildings across the Arab country. Under the project, the government aims to install a...

Mobile operators from every region have backed the GSMA’s new IoT security guidelines. AT&T is the only US operator so far to have committed to the GSMA measures; it is joined by the leading operator brands in Europe and China. The GSMA guidelines make 85...

In June 2016, 3GPP finalized its Release 13 LTE Advanced-Pro specification, which included the fundamental technological features of narrowband-internet of things (NB-IoT) connectivity. Since then, the connectivity scheme has gained widespread attention and adoption from the global operator communities in support of use cases...

NB-IoT trial follows a previous MoU with Zain to collaborate on 5G and IoT Nokia and Middle East telecommunications operator Zain have announced the completion of a trial of NB-IoT technology at a live site in the Mina area of Makkah province, in Saudi Arabia. In...

IoT security alliance advises businesses and customers about cybersecurity measures needed to help create a safer IoT ecosystem Qualcomm Technologies has joined AT&T, IBM, Nokia, Palo Alto Networks, Symantec and Trustonic as part of the IoT cybersecurity alliance formed earlier this year. The main goal...

In $72 million deal, Zain, with partner Ericsson, will install and operate the IoT smart systems for a seven-year period Middle East telecommunications operator Zain has signed an agreement with the government of Kuwait for the development of IoT-based interconnectivity support of the country’s smart meters...

Like its competitors, Nokia is engaged in numerous 5G pilot and trial projects meant to help gain a better understanding of key technologies, use cases and applications associated with the high capacity and ultra low throughput of 5G. Here we take a look at...