Zain

Zain is a leading mobile and data services operator with a commercial footprint in 8 Middle Eastern and African countries with a workforce of over 7,000 providing a comprehensive range of mobile voice and data services to over 46.1 million active individual and business customers as of March 31, 2015.
Zain Group CEO Bader Al-Kharafi and employees in Kuwait © Zain

Telco & CSP

Zain pushes for gender diversity in Middle East

Cellular IoT

Zain Kuwait enters pioneering agreement with Zain Drone for tower inspection and maintenance services

IoT Services & Applications

Zain launches zBot; the new face of smart customer service

Radio Access Network

Ericsson wins contract to upgrade ZAIN Iraq’s Radio Access Network

Blockchain

Axiata, PLDT, Telin, Turkcell, Viettel and Zain join the Carrier Blockchain Study Group

Security

GSMA: Global mobile operators commit to common approach to IoT security

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Zain Group and Cisco blaze innovation trail to drive network transformation for the digital era

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Zain Saudi Arabia delivers a superior experience during Hajj and Ramadan with Nokia software

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Zain Group introduces Women Empowerment Network initiative with inaugural meeting in Kuwait

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Zain Group addresses growing industry DDoS threats with new mitigation service

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Nokia and Zain deploy FastMile solution to provide better broadband experience to end users

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Zain Saudi Arabia turnaround continues, reports 3rd consecutive quarterly profit

5G

Nokia and Zain Saudi Arabia conclude Middle East's first trial of Flexi Zone LTE-U multiband small cells with deployment to follow

5G

Another milestone towards 5G: Zain Kuwait achieves over 70Gbps speed in 5G trial

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Zain Iraq to deploy Ericsson virtual EPC

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Zain publishes sixth annual sustainability report entitled ‘Innovate for a Sustainable Future’

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Ericsson joins Zain Kuwait-led utilities digital transformation project

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Zain Group records stable net income of KD 82 million (USD 270 million) for the first six months of 2017

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Zain Kuwait and IBM launch Cloud Disaster Recovery service

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Ericsson extends Managed Services deal with Zain Iraq to 2021

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Mobile Telecommunication Company Saudi Arabia (Zain) announces the acquisition of additional spectrum

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Zain Group net income increases 3% to reach KD 38 million (USD 125 million), generates revenues of KD 247 million (USD 810 million) for Q1, 2017

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Zain submits formal bid for third mobile phone license in the Sultanate of Oman

5G

Nokia and Zain Saudi Arabia use multi-access edge computing to help Umrah and Hajj pilgrims better navigate their journey during the holy seasons