June 12th, 2012 — Issue 33 June 2012
The Middle East’s pre-eminent MVNO, Friendi Group has agreed to merge operations with Virgin Mobile South Africa, with the combined entity set to pursue opportunities across the Middle East and Africa. Such a tie-up will be the ultimate litmus test as to whether a hereto underperforming business model can find wide scale success in the region
Branson attending the ill-fated launch of Virgin Mobile in Qatar in 2010
May 24th, 2012 — Issue 33 June 2012
As telecom networks become more complex in their design and operation, partnering with a knowledgeable and capable managed services partner offers numerous advantages. As service providers in the Middle East move to launch LTE commercially, Alcatel-Lucent’s Nazih Lebbos explains the benefits of managed services in such an environment, and identifies where Alcatel-Lucent is gaining significant traction
Nazih Lebbos is Alcatel-Lucent’s Director, Services Business Development for Middle East and Africa
May 19th, 2012 — Issue 33 June 2012
Earlier this year Nokia Siemens Networks’ (NSN) CEO Rajeev Suri said he believed it was not sustainable for there to be five global telecom technology companies and that consolidation was inevitable at some stage. Comm. looks at whether NSN is doing enough to avoid being the victim of consolidation rather than the beneficiary of it 
Rajeev Suri is leading a strategy for which NSN will look to specialise in managed services alongside mobile broadband, innovation, and quality
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