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  • Nokia and Zain KSA smarten up Saudi homes and offices with 5G-powered FWA and Wi-Fi 6

    Nokia today announced an expansion of its strategic 5G partnership with Zain KSA to rollout 60,000 FastMile 5G Gateway 3.1 with eSIM across Saudi Arabia over the next 12 months. The gateways will deliver stronger signal, better connectivity and ultra-high data speeds to every corner of homes and offices in the Kingdom. The move allows Zain KSA to support smart home and office adoption in the country with enhanced connectivity for smart devices through 5G and Wi-Fi 6, which altogether guarantees an improved customer experience.

  • Nokia and Zain KSA deliver fastest indoor 5G speeds in the Middle East

    Nokia today announced that it has achieved a record 5G speed of 1.9 Gbps during a successful trial of its next-generation AirScale Indoor Radio System (ASiR) at the headquarters of mobile operator, Zain KSA in Jeddah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Nokia’s dedicated indoor 5G solution delivers ultra-fast 5G speeds and also counters high penetration coverage losses.

  • Saudi Arabia has fastest 5G download speed, S Korea second

    South Korea’s 5G download speed is the world’s second fastest behind Saudi Arabia, reaching an average speed of 336.1 megabits per second (Mbps), a report revealed on Tuesday. Saudi Arabia delivered an average 5G download speed of 377.2 Mbps, according to a report from industry tracker Opensignal, which tracked data between July 1 and September 28 in 15 countries with 5G networks.

  • Saudi Arabia leads world in speed and coverage of 5G: survey

    It covered three aspects, which were all led by the Kingdom, namely: 5G speed, general speed for the 4G and 5G technologies and 5G coverage. The average download speed of the 5G in the Kingdom exceeded 414.2 Mbit/s, beating second place (South Korea) by 32 per cent.

  • Zain Saudi Arabia Expands 5G Coverage to 35 Saudi Cities

    Zain KSA has announced adding five more Saudi cities to its 5G service network map, bringing the total number of covered cities to 35.

  • Huawei-supplied STC wins 5G contract for Saudi mega-city

    Last year, stc announced a multi-vendor integration (MVI), intended to “pave the way for STC to lead a diverse 5G deployment through joint innovation”. As such, Huawei and Cisco were named as core infrastructure suppliers with Ericsson and Nokia appointed to supply 5G Radio Networks.

  • Zain KSA 5G network now covers 30 cities across Saudi Arabia

    Zain KSA has announced that its cutting edge 5G network is now available in Al-Jouf and the Northern Borders, meaning that the network now covers all regions of the country, including 30 cities. Zain has rapidly expanded its 5G networks across Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain in recent months.

  • Zain reaches nationwide 5G coverage in Saudi Arabia

    Saudi Arabian carrier Zain KSA announced the expansion of its 5G network to cover all the Kingdom’s regions, after it has recently included Al-Jouf and the northern borders, the telco said in a release. This expansion raises the company’s 5G network’s total coverage to 30 cities throughout the Kingdom. Zain KSA’s CEO Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al-Deghaither reaffirmed the company’s commitment to supporting digital transformation across all the Kingdom’s regions, in line with Saudi Vision 2030 and in cooperation with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) and the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC).

  • Mature Saudi market gearing up for 5G opportunity

    5G is firmly on the agenda for Saudi Arabia with the regulator awarding new spectrum for 4G/5G use in early 2019. STC, Zain KSA and Mobily have all developed various 5G partnerships with solution providers like Huawei, Nokia, Cisco and Ericsson, and the three operators have launched preliminary services, with Zain offering 5G roaming between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

  • Saudi Arabia ranks fourth globally for 5G technology use

    “The Kingdom jumped from 150th to 10th place globally in terms of internet speed, showcasing the durability of its infrastructure. This was also due to the increasing use of fiber optics that have reached more than three million Saudi households, accompanied by 5G technology that will be used in the health and industrial sectors among others.”