Huawei stays busy in the Middle East telecom sector

During Mobile World Congress 2014 Huawei signed a number of agreements with Middle East operators.

These included signing a new series of agreements that will see Etisalat Group and Huawei deepen their cooperation in 5G mobile broadband services, fibre broadband services, and delivering Huawei’s latest range of consumer devices to more customers across the MENA region. A specific memorandum was also signed with Etisalat UAE to cooperate in mobile network modernisation in the Northern Emirates and Dubai over the course of 2014. Etisalat Nigeria further unveiled plans for an outsourcing partnership with Huawei covering aspects of the company’s IT infrastructure—the first IT outsourcing programme to be announced between the two companies in Africa.

Saudi Arabia’s STC has also announced the launch of an advanced 4G LTE-Advanced network in Saudi Arabia, supported by Huawei, with unprecedented download speeds making it the fastest commercial 4G network in the Middle East.

In Kuwait, Huawei and Viva announced plans to launch the first Joint Innovation Centre in Kuwait dedicated to enhancing the user experience of Viva’s mobile customers throughout the region.

Huawei also launched at MWC 2014 the world’s smallest carrier-grade router—the Atom Router—which simplifies the operation and maintenance of telecom IP networks and provides operators greater visibility of network performance.