Exclusive Interviews

Women are excelling in the ICT industry which proves the need to bridge the gender gap in order to give women more opportunities to prove their skills in the field. Zain Group has recently published a report entitled “Women in Tech - Bridging the Gender Gap in STEM Fields” to highlight this matter. In an exclusive interview with Telecom Review, Jennifer Suleiman, chief sustainability officer, Zain Group explains more about the report’s outcomes and her influencing role as a leading woman in the ICT field.

Following a string of recent conferences and the release of its 2020 Annual Report, Telecom Review catches up with Charles Yang, President of Huawei Middle East, on plans for the region.

As telco service providers become digital service providers, operators in the MEA region are looking for the ways to streamline digitalization and take their business to the next level. An example of such project is the Unified Billing, which has been recently completed by Nexign, the leading business support systems (BSS) provider, and MegaFon, the pan-Russian operator of digital opportunities. Nexign and MegaFon moved 8 operators’ subsidiaries to a single BSS platform and ensured seamless migration of the 70 million subscriber base.

In an exclusive interview with Samer Halawi, chief commercial officer, Intelsat, Telecom Review has gained insights about network convergence and the important role of satellites for modern connectivity. In addition, we are enlightened on the innovating steps the leading satellite communications provider has taken to serve the needs of telcos and transform into reality the needs of businesses and governments across numerous verticals.

Tedmob has been helping its clients solve business problems for the past 6 years. With its innovative solutions, the agency has been accompanying businesses to achieve digital transformation. In an exclusive interview with Telecom Review, Mario Hachem, CEO, Tedmob highlighted the company’s role in accelerating digital business.

In an exclusive interview with Telecom Review, Zeina Mokaddem, VP, regulatory and market access at Inmarsat, gave us her point of view about women empowerment and discussed the essence of working within the satellite communications industry.

The telecom industry is undergoing an unprecedented digital transformation. With evolving technologies such as 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), big data, Internet-of-Things (IoT), autonomous vehicles, machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, cloud, robotics, and blockchain, as well as the introduction of new business models to cater to the changing customer demands, Etisalat Group remains at the forefront of digital innovation in telecommunications.

With evolving technologies, new trends have emerged, shaping the mobile communications industry. Nokia has been a leader in that space with new technologies uplifting the overall ICT industry. In order to discuss Nokia’s mobile networks business and activities, Telecom Review spoke to Tommi Uitto, President of Mobile Networks, Nokia; and Bernard Najm, SVP, Mobile Networks, Nokia Middle East and Africa.

OSS/BSS modernization is important in the era of 5G and digital transformation. Dalia Nabil, Head of Pre-sales, Cloud and Network Services, Nokia MEA explains to Telecom Review all about the transformative impact of 5G on OSS/BSS systems and the role that Nokia is playing in that space.

MEA economies can unlock new value and growth, but it requires local industries and enterprises to be hyper-productive, adaptively scalable, and ultra-resilient in the face of unforeseen disruptions.