March 11th, 2013 — Issue 37 January/February 2013
Ericsson continues to dominate the global telecom infrastructure market, though its performance in 2012 highlighted some weaknesses that the company is looking to improve. President and CEO Hans Vestberg articulates the company’s future plans and direction 
Hans Vestberg believes the further investment in LTE infrastructure in 2013 shall boost Ericsson’s prospects even further during the course of the year
March 7th, 2013 — Issue 37 January/February 2013
Nokia Siemens Networks’ performance in 2012 took many industry analysts and commentators by surprise as the technology provider reported its best financial year yet, with forward momentum also being present for 2013 and beyond. Igor Leprince, NSN’s man for Middle East and Africa describes why the sense of surprise is not as animated internally, and what the company is doing in the region to ensure further gains 
Leprince was appointed head of MEA at the start of 2013, and amongst his main priorities is the development of sustainable growth for NSN in the region
March 3rd, 2013 — Issue 37 January/February 2013
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) telecom sector is extremely diverse, with advanced communications markets sitting alongside less developed ones. However, the demand for high-speed mobile broadband access and digital content is a consistent theme across the region, and Pierre Chaume, Alcatel-Lucent’s VP for MENA offers his impressions of the dynamics at play there 
Pierre Chaume, Alcatel-Lucent’s VP for MENA, is confident of the company’s prospects in the region in 2013
February 28th, 2013 — Issue 37 January/February 2013
Undoubtedly, GCC telecom operators are faced with tremendous challenges in 2013. A.T. Kearney expects GCC operators to refine their pricing, retention, and customer experience approach; make digital diversification a top-priority; re-assess and actively manage their portfolio of operators; and, lastly, transform their operating models to the changed industry dynamics
Rob van Dale, principal at A.T. Kearney Middle East, has 10 years international consulting experience and is a member of A.T. Kearney’s Communications, Media, and Technology Practice in the Middle East
February 24th, 2013 — Issue 37 January/February 2013
The phenomenal growth in mobile broadband has created a massive challenge for the industry to satisfy the thirst for data, yet it has also created an equally significant market opportunity. If leveraged effectively it could transform users’ mobile experience for the region. While it is a fact that mobile data continues to grow unabated, Qualcomm believes what the industry now needs is a focus on practical solutions to manage and grow from this trend
Hani Yassin is Qualcomm‘s Senior Director of Technology for the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia
For the first time in the Middle East, Huawei this week unveiled its SoftMobile solution, which is set to help build on-demand, orchestrated and ocean-like mobile broadband networks. SoftMobile helps operators create commercial opportunities by opening up the way for mobile broadband success. Total revenue from subscriptions can be increased via the expansion of the [...]
Orascom Telecom Holding’s board of directors has rejected the offer from Russia’s Altimo to buy the remainder of the company that it does not already own. Altimo owns just under 48 per cent of VimpelCom which in turn already owns 52 per cent of Orascom Telecom, and last month launched a bid to buy the [...]
Mobily has selected Ericsson to provide EPC (Electronic Product Code) networks in the western region of Saudi Arabia, boosting the mobile data network router capacity four-fold. As part of the agreement, Ericsson will upgrade the EPC network with the Evolved Packet Gateway based on the SSR 8000 family to support LTE and prepare the network [...]
Five consortia have submitted applications to be awarded three mobile virtual network (MVNO) licences in Saudi Arabia. The deadline for the submission of applications closed on May 11 with Axiom Mobile, Virgin Mobile Saudi Consortium, Jawraa Consortium, FirstNet Consortium, and Safari Consortium all having submitted applications within the required time. Comm. has learnt that Axiom [...]
BlackBerry has announced plans to make its own mobile social network, BlackBerry Messenger (BBM), available on Apple and Android smartphones this summer, with support planned for iOS6, and Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) at launch. "For BlackBerry, messaging and collaboration are inseparable from the mobile experience, and the time is definitely right for BBM to [...]
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