Manama: Zain Bahrain, the leading telecom operator in the Kingdom, has recently joined “Global Zone”, the carrier-neutral transit zone in Bahrain, to support its digital growth and transformation strategy.
With Zain’s presence in “Global Zone” and “MANAMA-IX”, the Bahrain based carrier-neutral Internet Exchange, Zain will be adding a new local Internet Exchange to a list of 10 IX’s across the region and the globe where Zain has peering and connectivity services within. Zain Global Network extends from Singapore at the East till the United States at the West, covering 16 countries with more than 33 Points-of-Presence (POPs) and connected through 18 submarine and terrestrial cable systems. Zain Global Network enables its business customers to enjoy a comprehensive suite of digital and network solutions within Bahrain and across the globe.
“Global Zone” and “MANAMA-IX” provide interconnection and peering services for the global ISPs, Cloud and Content providers locally within the Kingdom. Where Zain will be able to deliver cost effective, high speed and low latency cloud services through “AWS” and “MS Azure”
This move comes under Zain Bahrain's strategy to drive digitalization throughout the Kingdom and enhance Zain Global Network performance and reachability. Whereas, Zain Global Network aims to support the development of the Kingdom’s digital economy and attract leading ICT players by enabling them to meet and exchange data in a robust, sustainable and secured ecosystem.
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About Zain Bahrain
Zain Bahrain, a telecommunications industry innovator focused on enhancing customer experience, was awarded a mobile telecom license on 22 April 2003 and commenced commercial operations on 28 December 2003. The operation promptly placed Bahrain on the world telecom map through the introduction of many mobile technology innovations that continue to this day with nationwide high-speed 4G LTE services being offered through the Kingdom’s most advanced mobile network. Zain Bahrain, listed on the Bahrain Bourse (Ticker: ZAINBH), is part of Zain Group, a leading telecommunications operator across the Middle East and Africa, which provides mobile voice and data services to over 49 million active customers as at 30 September 2019. With a commercial presence in eight countries, Zain operates in Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and South Sudan. In Lebanon, the Group manages ‘touch’ on behalf of the government. In Morocco, Zain has a 15.5% stake in ‘INWI’, through a joint venture. For more information, please email info@bh.zain.com or visit: www.bh.zain.com
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