16 February 2017
In a first for Lebanon’s telecommunications sector, Alfa, the country’s leading mobile operator managed by Orascom TMT, has embarked on another digital transformation process in partnership with Oracle whereby the operator has deployed the Exadata solutions within its systems. As part of this deployment, Alfa will be able to improve its customer experience, performance and scalability, lower operating expenses and improve sustainability by reducing the amount of energy and space required.
Alfa Chief Technology Officer, Imad Hamed commented: “As part of our constant strive for innovation and thanks to partnerships with leading technology partners, we are able to meet the exponential growth in data within our systems and complement our landscape with innovative solutions. Today, and thanks to this deployment of Oracle’s Exadata machines, another first from Alfa in Lebanon, a more efficient optimization of our operations is achieved by accelerating analytic queries by orders of magnitude and enabling real-time business decisions.”. He added: ‘It is a challenge for Alfa and I am certain that with Oracle as a partner, it will be a success”.
“As we transition into an increasingly mobile age, new communication technology is playing an increasingly pivotal role in people’s lives. Digital disruption continues to accelerate, requiring telecom operators to refine their systems and adapt to the changing landscape,” said Alain Nohra, Country Manager – Lebanon, Oracle. “Advanced, efficient, and reliable database solutions are important for telecom operators to be able to take advantage of new technologies and deliver superior services to customers. We are delighted that Alfa has deployed the Exadata solution as part of its digital transformation process to deliver next generation solutions and achieve growth”.
As a part of the new deployment, Alfa has chosen to consolidate its existing databases into Oracle’s Exadata Database Machines equipped with Oracle DBEE, Real Application Clusters and Partitioning.
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About Alfa
Alfa is the brand name of the first Lebanese mobile network managed by Orascom Telecom, Media and Technology (OTMT). Alfa capitalizes on the vast know-how and international expertise of OTMT in order to deliver quality and professional solutions for the mobile sector in Lebanon. Alfa has been focused since 2009 under OTMT management on technology innovation being the first operator to introduce latest global mobile technologies in Lebanon. On October 25, 2011, it was the first to launch 3G+ mobile broadband services. On May 15, 2013, it became the first to commercially roll out 4G-LTE services in the country, and in another regional milestone, Alfa launched the first 4G+ LTE-Advanced live site in Lebanon in Q3, 2015. Alfa currently serves 2 million subscribers, among of which more than 75% are data users and its state of the art network (2G, 3G+, 4G LTE and 4G+) covers 99% of Lebanon. For more information, please visit www.alfa.com.lb
About Orascom Telecom Media and Technology
OTMT is a holding company that has investments in companies with operations mainly in Egypt, North Korea, Pakistan, Lebanon and other North African and Middle-Eastern countries. The activities of OTMT are mainly divided into its GSM, media and technology and cable businesses. The GSM activities include mobile telecommunications operations in Egypt, North Korea and Lebanon. The media and technology division consists of OT Ventures/Intouch Communications Service and the OT Ventures Internet portals and other ventures in Egypt, including LINK Development, ARPU+ and LINKonLINE. The cable business focuses on the management of cable networks.
About Oracle
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Contact Information
Gaurav Bhatnagar
Director, Corporate Communications – Middle East & Africa
Oracle
+971 55 100 1407
gaurav.b.bhatnagar@oracle.com
Mohaned Lafi
Account Director, Four Communications
+971 55 985 3379
Mohaned.Lafi@fourcommunications.com
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