April 30th, 2011 — Issue 25 April 2011
Deepening of the competitive landscape in Afghanistan over the past few years has meant that Roshan has had to work harder to stake its claim to be the country’s most popular mobile provider. Roshan CEO Karim Khoja describes how customer retention is the absolute name of the game and how satisfying a subscriber at a time is likely to keep the operator in pole position
Khoja intends to keep Roshan ticking over through a combination of tight cost control and churn-limiting strategies
April 30th, 2011 — Issue 25 April 2011
It is no surprise that healthcare professionals are turning to wireless technology to significantly improve healthcare practices around the world. There are great challenges faced by national healthcare systems in terms of prevention and efficient provisioning of medical care to an ageing population with growing incidence of chronic diseases
With the patient’s prior consent, M2M solutions enable mobile health devices to remotely monitor, connect and communicate the patient’s health status to a medical specialist over the air
March 31st, 2011 — Issue 24 March 2011
With a target to generate €500 million (US$724 million) from cloud computing opportunities in 2015, Orange Business Services is tailoring its offerings to match the requirements of all kinds of corporates. Flexibility appears to be the name of the game in the burgeoning cloud computing market, and Rudolf Sarah, regional Cloud director for Orange Business Services, highlights the direction things are taking in the field
Sarah says that while the benefits from cloud computing are there to be seen, it is an intricate job putting all the various parts in place
March 31st, 2011 — Issue 24 March 2011
Investment in mobile broadband networks is one thing. Monetising the investment through the creation and delivery of services and applications is another thing. Mona Benlaib, Ericsson’s VP and head of Mobile Broadband Engagement Practice in the Middle East and Africa, explains why it is important for operators to also consider a mobile broadband segmentation model 
Mona Benlaib says that mobile broadband business models tailored for the region are critical to ensuring the sustainable uptake of services
March 31st, 2011 — Issue 24 March 2011
In February, Jay Srage was promoted to become president for Qualcomm in the MEA region. In his broadened role he shall focus on strategies that cut across the entire region and believes the three years that Qualcomm has been physically present in the region have been met with huge success 
Jay Srage says that on a wider view, Qualcomm is also a huge supporter of the vision of the ‘Internet of everything’ in which anything that benefits from being connected to a network shall be
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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