Zain collaborates with Cisco to accelerate 5G monetization

Zain collaborates with Cisco to accelerate 5G monetization

KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, selected Cisco to deploy Standalone 5G, delivering high value for B2B services. The announcement was made during Zain’s participation at the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2022 in Barcelona, Spain. The agreement was attended by Zain Kuwait CEO Eaman Al-Roudhan, Zain Kuwait Chief Enterprise Business Officer Hamad Al-Marzouq, Zain Group CTO Nawaf Al-Gharabally, Cisco Vice President, Customer Experience, EMEAR Adele Trombetta, Cisco Vice President, Service Provider, Customer Experience, EMEAR Mario Sebastian Miguel, as well as Cisco SP Managing Director, MEA Region Mohammad Tantawi.

MWC is the GSMA’s flagship mobile industry and technology event, and this year focused on a number of themes including 5G Connect, Advancing AI, CloudNet, FinTech, Internet of Everything, Tech Horizon, and more. Zain Kuwait’s 5G traffic currently accounts for more than 40 percent of its total wireless traffic, ranking the operator as number one in GCC countries in terms of 5G offload ratio. Zain Kuwait is one of the leading telecom operators in MENA and has been at the forefront of innovation for years as the first operator to launch commercial 5G services in the Middle East.

Zain Kuwait acknowledged that Standalone (SA) is the future of 5G, allowing it to