Network operators are being advised to seek organic means to growth as opposed to acquisitive inorganic ways, given the limited motivations and appetite for such transactions. However, with network operator Q1 results typically showing a pattern of flat top-line growth and declining profitability, a serious issue arises as to what exactly network operators need to do in internally in order to boost their growth prospects

As the telecom sector in the Middle East matures, network operators are struggling to keep growing their revenues at the double-digit rates of the past

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At the end of April pan-regional MVNO Friendi Group announced it secured an additional US$25 million of new funding from existing and new shareholders. The investment is aimed at further accelerating expansion plans across the Middle East, Africa and Asia region, setting the company on course for an initial public offering in another 2-3 years time

Vinter said he was very satisfied with the different sources of the latest round of funding

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Abdul Malek Al Jaber is an executive who has to divide his time between overseeing the operational activities of Zain’s presence in Jordan, at the same time as he acts as the chief operating officer of Zain Group’s pan-Arabian business. In many ways the country and group functions are similar, though the challenges a standalone Zain Group faces at this point in time are more acute than in any of its standalone country markets

Al Jaber holds the dual roles of being the CEO of Zain Jordan as well as being the chief operating officer of Zain Group

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