Zain successfully completes trial for 4G /5G Open and cRAN in Kuwait

Zain successfully completes trial for 4G /5G Open and cRAN in Kuwait

KUWAIT: Zain, a leading mobile voice and data services operator in seven Middle Eastern and African markets, announces it has successfully completed the first live trial in the region of Open and Virtual Radio Access Network (Open cRAN) in Kuwait. This innovative achievement enhances Zain Kuwait’s position on the global ICT map, and was implemented in collaboration with both Mavenir, a leading network software provider building the future of networks with cloud-native software that runs on any cloud and transforms the way the world connects, and with Masiya, a leading system integrator in the Middle East.

This successful live trial in Kuwait follows Zain Group’s key contribution to the OpenRAN support MOU in 2021with other leading regional mobile operators driving innovation across the Middle East. Mavenir, in partnership with Masiya, Intel and Dell successfully deployed Mavenir Radios Units (RU), fully containerised Distributed Units (DUs) and Central Units (CUs) software on Mavenir’sWebscale Platform (MWP) acting as a CaaS / PaaS layer running on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware from Intel and Dell.

Nawaf Al Gharabally, Zain Group & Zain Kuwait Chief Technology Officer said, “As a pioneer of mobile telecommunications playing a leading role in the digital transformation vision of the region, Zain is