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
April 29th, 2012 — Issue 32 March-May 2012
When Hans Vestberg, president and CEO of Ericsson spoke at Mobile World Congress in March, he reiterated the telecom technology company’s desire to become a one-stop-shop for its customers. Not since the 3G licensing-inspired market crash at the turn of the millennium has a telecom technology provider expressed such a bold ambition, and Ericsson is putting the strategies in place to achieve it
Hans Vestberg believes service providers shall remain cautious in 2012, though there remain strong growth indicators in the telco market
April 16th, 2012 — Issue 32 March-May 2012
Shared data plans were pioneered by operators such as Canadian carrier Rogers Wireless, but have been quickly adopted by operators all over the world. Last year Orange UK launched a combined plan for the iPhone 4 and iPad 2 splitting a monthly data allowance, voice minutes, unlimited texts and Wi-Fi access between the two devices, on a single tariff. StarHub became the first operator in Singapore to offer a post-paid plan offering subscribers the ability to share data, minutes and text messages with other users.
Doug Suriano, CTO at mobile data management company Tekelec
March 20th, 2012 — Issue 31 January/February 2012
In its fourth quarter earnings release Ericsson warned of short-term challenges as operators remained cautious with their spending plans, as a result of factors including macro-economic and political uncertainty. Anders Lindblad, Ericsson president of Region Middle East placed Ericsson’s Q4 and 2011 performance in regional perspective
Lindblad said one of Ericsson’s strengths is being more pro-active with customers than any of its competitors
March 16th, 2012 — Issue 31 January/February 2012
Within large enterprises tensions are known to arise between the chief marketing officer, the chief information officer, and the chief financial officer over the resources that ought to be allocated to IT systems in order to keep the business running effectively. Khaled El Amrawi, Intel’s regional director for enterprise solutions in the Middle East, explains how cloud computing can help smooth over differences in management’s strategic IT outlook for a business, and allow the enterprise to benefit from significant efficiency gains
Khaled El Amrawi says in terms of a cloud computing strategy, it begins first with virtualisation of non-core data before mission critical ones are added
Batelco has successfully activated 5G coverage across Bahrain, which is available in all four governorates, covering 95% of the nation’s population. The telco’s launch of the network makes Batelco the first operator to provide national 5G coverage in Bahrain.
Omantel has renewed and expanded its managed services agreement with Ericsson for a further five years, with the renewed agreement being more outcome-based and customer-centric.
South Africa-headquartered MTN Group CEO Rob Shuter will step down from his role at the end of his fixed four-year contract in March 2021, having given no explanation why he would not seek to stay on beyond that date.
Nokia CEO and president, Rajeev Suri, is set to step down from his position later this year, to be replaced by Pekka Lundmark, currently CEO and president of energy company Fortum. The move comes as Nokia struggles to keep pace with the global shift to 5G.
Following Zain Group’s regional milestone announcement in November 2019 that its operations in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia had successfully launched the first 5G roaming service across the MENA region, Bahrain telco Batelco has announced partnering with the UAE’s du to deliver 5G international roaming services in the UAE.
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