June 28th, 2011 — Issue 27 June 2011
In what turned out to be one of Abdul Al Jaber’s last presentations as CEO of Zain Jordan and COO of Zain Group, in early June in London he spoke about the changes required in the broadband and content game in order for service operators to finally enjoy the share of the incremental revenues they ought to
Al Jaber believes operator brands are becoming less relevant with respect to end-users’ mobile purchase decisions
June 28th, 2011 — News
Abdul Malek Al Jaber is set to leave his dual role of CEO of Zain Jordan and COO of Zain Group, effective end of the month, Comm. can exclusively reveal. Sources close to Zain confirmed that Al Jaber will be departing the company effective June 30, for personal reasons. 
He had only been appointed to his group-level position in March, and last month had spoken extensively to Comm. about the shift in focus he was helping to effect at Zain, as part of the cellco’s senior management team.
Abdul Malek Al Jaber is set to leave his dual role of CEO of Zain Jordan and COO of Zain Group, effective end of the month
“Our new strategy is innovation based,” Al Jaber said last month. “There was a combination of organic and inorganic expansion before Zain Group’s sale of its African assets, which was the turning point. We are still ambitious to emerge as a global operator, but this ambition has a new tagline, which is innovation.”
The announcement of the departure of Al Jaber follows the planned departure of Bashar Arafeh, Zain Group’s chief commercial officer earlier this year.
June 27th, 2011 — News
STC and Google Saudi Arabia held a joint press conference in Riyadh to launch the YouTube Invision service.
The conference included a visual demonstration showcasing the applications of the YouTube service that have been launched, detailing the features and benefit of the service and how to access it, in addition to the other customer benefits that will be gained from this new service. 
YouTube Invision is a new and unique service in the Middle East that allows customers subscribing to the Advanced Interactive Television Service (Invision) to view and search for videos on YouTube on the Internet by using the television screen at home and at no additional charge without having to use the search engines or visit or logon sites and forums.
June 27th, 2011 — News
Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) today announced the appointment of Hazim Al-Rawi as the new head of sub-region East. He will be responsible for the development of the company’s business and operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Pakistan and Syria effective July 1, 2011.
With over 16 years of experience in working closely with telecommunications providers, Al-Rawi joined NSN from Motorola on May 1, 2011 when the company’s acquisition of Motorola Solutions Networks was completed. He was director responsible for network services pre-sales and sales development for EMEA and before this director market development and pre-sales support, Systems Integration Services EMEA. Prior to joining Motorola, Al-Rawi was a specialist CDMA and GSM engineer with Lucent Technologies as well as a senior lecturer at Kingston University, UK.
Hazim holds a PhD, Microwave Antennas for Mobile Communications from the University of Bath, UK.
June 27th, 2011 — Issue 27 June 2011
IctQatar’s order for Qtel to close down the Virgin Mobile brand by August was a drastic measure, and potentially a blow to innovation in Qatar. However, upon closer examination the case the regulator makes for taking the action appears largely justified as Qtel appears to have been pushing the limits of what could reasonably be considered a brand extension exercise
Qtel failed to bring Virgin Mobile into the guidelines laid out by the regulator despite a number of requests and ongoing monitoring of its activities
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